por Administrador 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 Administrador 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...
por Administrador de COFI | Sep 5, 2021 | Justicia elemental, En los medios
“CPS parent Dexter Leggin has two children at CPS high schools and is a parent leader with the nonprofit Community Organizing and Family Issues. Leggin says he supports the removal of police from schools, and that improving relationships between Black and brown...
por Administrador de COFI | 27 de agosto de 2021 | Justicia elemental, En los medios
“Most of the high schools that voted to remove one officer are in low-income Black neighborhoods, while those that voted to remove both officers have mostly Latino students or a mixed student body. ‘It is bull,’ said Dexter Leggin, a parent who works...
por Administrador de COFI | 4 de agosto de 2021 | Justicia elemental, En los medios
“Parent and activist Dexter Leggin said under-resourced schools also feel like police are their only option for dealing with troubled students. Leggin works with the parent action group, COFI. ‘When a kid is acting up, we don’t have the resources,’...
por Administrador de COFI | Jul 9, 2021 | Justicia elemental, En los medios
Maria Leticia (Letty) Toribio, copresidenta de la Campaña de Justicia Primaria de POWER-PAC IL, habló con NBC 5 para su serie Race in Chicago sobre las continuas disparidades educativas en la ciudad, hablando específicamente sobre la disciplina escolar. Mira la historia aquí.
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