por Administración del COFI | Jun 1, 2011 | Salud, Alimentación y Recreo
Chicago Teachers’ Union President Karen Lewis met this winter with POWER-PAC parent leaders and agreed to work with us on the Recess for All! Campaign to bring recess back to Chicago elementary school students. This May and June, the CTU (Chicago Teachers’ Union) and...
por Administración del COFI | Mar 1, 2011 | Justicia elemental, Salud, Alimentación y Recreo, POWER-PAC IL
U.S. Department of Education Director of Community Outreach Alberto Retana came to meet with POWER-PAC parent leaders on March 17th. They held a wide-ranging, two-hour dialogue where they talked about what the federal government can do to support the engagement of...
por Administración del COFI | 1 de diciembre de 2010 | Salud, Alimentación y Recreo, POWER-PAC IL
Article reprinted from Newstips by Curtis Black COFI: A win on recess, and more Posted By Curtis On December 8, 2010 @ 11:32 am Parents who’ve been pushing for several years to restore recess in Chicago schools won a victory in Springfield last week when the General...
por Administración del COFI | Ago 1, 2009 | Salud, Alimentación y Recreo
More than 100 parents, children, school staff, and community leaders gathered at Woods Academy Elementary School to celebrate the new playground at this public school in the Englewood neighborhood. There has not been a playground here for more than 30 years! The...
por Administración del COFI | Abr 1, 2008 | Salud, Alimentación y Recreo, Mamás en una misión, POWER-PAC IL
Over 120 mothers, grandmothers and children from Chicago traveled to Springfield on May 8th, to call upon elected officials to stand up for children’s rights throughout Illinois. In a day-long program of individual and group meetings with legislators, Moms on a...