by COFI Admin | Nov 30, 2017 | Uncategorized
COFI is a member group and serves as fiscal agent and lead agency for a new national network of parent leaders, United Parent Leaders Action Network (UPLAN), which held its inaugural national gathering in Albuquerque, New Mexico in November. Over 100 representatives...
by COFI Admin | Oct 27, 2017 | Uncategorized
The COFI Institute for Family Focused Organizing completed a busy month of trainings on COFI’s Family Focused Organizing model. Staff and leaders of community organizations across the country participated in training to learn COFI’s unique leadership and organizing...
by COFI Admin | Oct 18, 2017 | In the Media, Uncategorized
Check out this WBEZ feature on the inequities in special education funding. COFI parent leader, Tara Williams advocates for her son’s special education services. COFI parents are fighting to make sure all children get the special education resources they deserve...
by COFI Admin | Sep 28, 2017 | Uncategorized
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 | Feb 10, 2017 | Uncategorized
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 | Dec 19, 2016 | Uncategorized
COFI is a proud member of United Parent Leaders Action Network, a new, national network of parent leaders and parent leadership and organizing initiatives from all over the country that have come together to have national impact on policies and programs that matter to...
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