by COFI Admin | Jan 10, 2018 | In the Media, POWER-PAC IL, Stepping Out of Poverty
The POWER-PAC Stepping Out of Poverty has been working with partners to oppose utility rate hikes that leave families with massive amounts of debt to the utility companies. Unfortunately, besides Commissioner Miguel del Valle, other members of the Illinois Commerce...
by COFI Admin | Sep 28, 2017 | POWER-PAC IL
50 COFI-trained parent leaders from across Illinois met and voted to build POWER-PAC as a statewide organization. POWER-PAC (Parents Organized to Win Educate Renew Policy Action Council), a cross-cultural membership organization of parent leaders welcomes parents from...
by COFI Admin | Jun 21, 2017 | Early Learning Campaign, POWER-PAC IL
Parents in Illinois won BIG! The Illinois Early Learning Council passed the parent leaders’ recommendations for a new Family Engagement Framework, which includes the creation of a Family Advisory Committee of parent leaders to provide authentic voice, input and...
by COFI Admin | May 12, 2017 | In the Media, POWER-PAC IL
“It’s important to hear the voice of the parents,” Ellen Schumer, the Executive Director of COFI said. “Parent leaders are experts on what is happening in their families, schools and communities. In our work, they ground the issues and problem solving in their real...
by COFI Admin | Feb 10, 2017 | POWER-PAC IL, Stepping Out of Poverty, Utilities
POWER-PAC co-chair and parent leader Rosazlia Grillier testified at an Illinois Commerce Commission hearing on how the rising cost of utilities is leaving too many families in the cold – literally! The Illinois Commerce Commission is concluding an investigation into a...
by COFI Admin | Nov 15, 2016 | POWER-PAC IL
This fall, POWER-PAC approved a new leadership structure for the organization, effective January 1, 2017. Parent leaders created four new regional branches in Chicago and two delegates from each of those branches along with the co-chairs of POWER-PAC’s four issue...
English 
Spanish