por Administración del COFI | Feb 27, 2018 | En los medios, POWER-PAC IL, Saliendo de la pobreza
Melissa Sanchez, reportera de investigación de ProPublica Illinois, cuenta las historias de los habitantes de Chicago que se endeudan con las multas. Las líderes de POWER-PAC Rosalva Nava y Yolanda Williams comparten sus historias. Ver la pieza aquí.
por Administración del COFI | Feb 6, 2018 | En los medios, POWER-PAC IL, Saliendo de la pobreza
“Advocates point out that the rate increase illustrates how financially vulnerable low-income residents are hit hard by fees and fines that quickly add up, says Tracy Occomy Crowder, a senior organizer with Community Organizing and Family Issues.” Read the...
por Administración del COFI | Feb 1, 2018 | En los medios, POWER-PAC IL, Saliendo de la pobreza
The Chicago Tribune features the newly released report, “Stopping the Debt Spiral,” and the debt trap that low-income families of color face in Illinois. Read the full column “Fees, Fines, Loans, Scams: How the Poor Get Poorer,”...
por Administración del COFI | Ene 31, 2018 | POWER-PAC IL, Saliendo de la pobreza
On Tuesday, January 30, 2018 POWER-PAC mothers and grandmothers, shared the results of their parent-to-parent surveys and personal stories of how they become indebted by predatory systems that take advantage of people living on a low-income, revealing what poverty...
por Administración del COFI | Ene 31, 2018 | En los medios, POWER-PAC IL, Saliendo de la pobreza
The Chicago Reader destaca el informe recién publicado de POWER-PAC, "Detener la espiral de la deuda" y entrevista a la líder de POWER-PAC, Rosazlia Grillier, sobre cómo la deuda está afectando a las familias de bajos ingresos. Mira el articulo completo aquí.
por Administración del COFI | Ene 10, 2018 | En los medios, POWER-PAC IL, Saliendo de la pobreza
The POWER-PAC Stepping Out of Poverty has been working with partners to oppose utility rate hikes that leave families with massive amounts of debt to the utility companies. Unfortunately, besides Commissioner Miguel del Valle, other members of the Illinois Commerce...