por Jacqui Guillen | 24 de mayo de 2024 | Justicia elemental, En los medios
COFI and POWER-PAC IL parents joined Chief of Safety and Security Jadine Chou and the Whole School Safety Steering Committee on May 23 to present a safety plan to the Chicago Board of Education – and it was voted through for public comment! The plan emphasizes...
por Jacqui Guillen | 6 de noviembre de 2023 | Justicia elemental, La justicia restaurativa
When schools want Lynn Morton, founding co-chair of POWER-PAC IL, to do restorative justice (RJ) training, the first thing she asks is: How many parents do you have lined up for this training? “[Restorative justice] is not a school-only thing. This is about the school...
por Administrador de COFI | 6 de diciembre de 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 Administrador de COFI | Oct 31, 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 Administrador de COFI | 16 de agosto de 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 Administrador de COFI | 31 de octubre de 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,...
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