por Administrador de COFI | Jul 22, 2015 | En los medios, Justicia y equidad en salud mental
In partnership with the Greater Chicago Food Depository and the Illinois No Kid Hungry Campaign, POWER-PAC leaders and COFI launched the 4th year of the Food Ambassador Project. Food Ambassadors work during the summer months to spread the word to families about free...
por Administrador de COFI | 12 de julio de 2015 | En los medios
Rosalva Nava, POWER-PAC member and Peacemaker at Wells High School, traveled to Washington D.C. to join Dignity in Schools campaign members from across the nation to participate in a panel discussion on positive alternatives to school discipline. Rosalva was featured...
por Administrador de COFI | 1 de abril de 2015 | En los medios
The Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) has released “Assessing to Achieve High Performance: What Nonprofits are Doing and How Foundations Can Help.” COFI’s Executive Director, Ellen Schumer, is interviewed in the report (page 30) discussing how COFI uses...
por Administrador de COFI | Dic 16, 2014 | En los medios
The Mayor’s Commission for a Safer Chicago recently released a report and accompanying video sharing plans on reducing youth violence throughout the city. In the report, the Mayor’s Commission recommends 28 strategies on reducing the violence throughout the city. As a...
por Administrador de COFI | 1 de noviembre de 2014 | En los medios
In November, 2014, the Annie E. Casey Foundation highlighted ‘The COFI Way’ report’s capturing of parents playing “an active, hands-on role in changing public policy and systems to benefit their children, families and communities as a whole.” Parents as Advocates...
por Administrador de COFI | Oct 23, 2014 | En los medios
Cornelia Simms, POWER-PAC parent and canvasser for COFI Ambassador projects, was featured in the Chicago Sun-Times, ‘Faces of Minimum Wage’ series. Cornelia, who also goes by Cye Cye, has been serving as a home care worker for her mother for years. She travels five...
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