por Administrador de COFI | Oct 1, 2010 | POWER-PAC IL
On October 1, 2010, one-hundred POWER-PAC parents and children rallied to “Step Up for Kids” as a part of a national campaign of the Every Child Matters Education Fund. Parent leaders and advocates nationwide want to make children a priority on the local, state and...
por Administrador de COFI | Sep 1, 2010 | POWER-PAC IL
POWER-PAC’s innovative early learning campaign is featured in a new report released September 27, 2010, Child Care Matters: Building Economic Security for Low-Income Women. The report was produced by the Women’s Economic Security Campaign of which the...
por Administrador de COFI | Jun 1, 2010 | POWER-PAC IL, Saliendo de la pobreza
POWER-PAC leaders began work on issues of economic security for low-income families last fall. A number of events are reaching families and policy makers to take on the particularly harsh repercussions of the recession. At a citywide forum more than 50 parents...
por Administrador de COFI | May 1, 2010 | POWER-PAC IL
Cabrini Mothers in Power, a group of COFI-trained women leaders, works to make life better for children and families in the housing community on Chicago’s near north side. Their work was featured on the cover of Streetwise, in the story Cabrini Moms Share Home....
por Administrador de COFI | 1 de marzo de 2010 | Campaña de Aprendizaje Temprano, POWER-PAC IL
COFI recibió en 2010 el Premio Leo P. Chall a nivel nacional por su destacada labor en la promoción de la matriculación de niños de bajos ingresos en programas de educación infantil de calidad. Este premio, financiado por un fondo de la Fundación de Iniciativas Sociológicas de Boston,...
por Administrador de COFI | Jul 1, 2009 | POWER-PAC IL
POWER-PAC families organized their 11th Annual Celebration of Hope a theme of Good Health for Life with the co-sponsorship of CLOCC (the Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago’s Children). This cross-community, end of the school year picnic was a fun way to celebrate...