by COFI Admin | Nov 1, 2011 | Health, Food, and Recess, POWER-PAC IL
Giving Thanks and Taking Action – Huffington Post, November 9, 2011 By K. Sujata, President/CEO, Chicago Foundation for Women “The days are getting shorter, but the future looks bright for women and girls. This year Chicago-area organizations have made...
by COFI Admin | Apr 1, 2011 | POWER-PAC IL
POWER-PAC leaders traveled to Washington D.C. to educate Congress about the issues that children face in our public schools because of the over-emphasis on high stakes testing and the pressures that that creates to push children out of school. POWER-PAC mothers and...
by COFI Admin | Mar 1, 2011 | Elementary Justice, Health, Food, and Recess, POWER-PAC IL
U.S. Department of Education Director of Community Outreach Alberto Retana came to meet with POWER-PAC parent leaders on March 17th. They held a wide-ranging, two-hour dialogue where they talked about what the federal government can do to support the engagement of...
by COFI Admin | Feb 1, 2011 | POWER-PAC IL
A record number of parents from communities across Chicago participated in COFI’s Parent Peer Training. New teams of Head Start and public school parents sent representatives from Austin, Englewood, Kenwood, Little Village, North Lawndale, Pilsen, and West Lawn....
by COFI Admin | Jan 1, 2011 | POWER-PAC IL
Congratulations to POWER-PAC Leader, Rosazlia Grillier, one of four people nationally to be honored by Allstate as a “Give Back Day Hero”! To commemorate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., this award is given to volunteers in African American...
by COFI Admin | Dec 1, 2010 | Health, Food, and Recess, POWER-PAC IL
Article reprinted from Newstips by Curtis Black COFI: A win on recess, and more Posted By Curtis On December 8, 2010 @ 11:32 am Parents who’ve been pushing for several years to restore recess in Chicago schools won a victory in Springfield last week when the General...
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