por Administración de COFI | Dic 6, 2022 | Justicia elemental, En los medios
“Lisa Russell, the mother of four Chicago Public Schools graduates and a West Side parent advocate with the nonprofit Community Organizing and Family Issues, said a classmate of her youngest son had to repeat the eighth grade shortly before the pandemic hit. ...
por Administración de COFI | 31 de octubre de 2022 | Justicia elemental
Congratulations to the Elementary Justice Campaign for another successful Week of Action in partnership with Dignity in Schools! We held three remarkable gatherings to elevate campaign efforts led by POWER-PAC IL parents and promote this year’s theme,...
por Administración de COFI | Ago 16, 2022 | Justicia elemental, En los medios
“For years, Chicago parent Maria Toribio heard countless stories of school officials quick to call police to deal with minor disciplinary issues. She worried these police interactions would follow students into adulthood and criminalize them. ‘Instead of...
por Administración de COFI | Oct 31, 2021 | Justicia elemental
This month, COFI and POWER-PAC IL were proud to join grassroots organizers, student and parent groups, education advocates, and other members of the Dignity in Schools Campaign in National Week of Action Against School Pushout. This year’s theme, Community Not Cops,...
por Administración de COFI | Sep 30, 2021 | Justicia elemental, En los medios, Legislación
Many students across the state are returning to in-person school for the first time in a year and a half, and POWER-PAC IL parents are back to it as well and hitting the ground running! Pictured above are members of Southside Parents United Roundtable, or SPUR branch...
por Administración de COFI | Sep 10, 2021 | Justicia elemental, En los medios
“Upholding all schools’ votes to begin the school year was necessary, Dexter Leggin said. His son attends Al Raby High School in East Garfield Park, which voted to keep one officer. Students, parents, faculty and other school community members must be the ones...
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