por Gino Whitaker | Ago 1, 2024 | Testimonios
We have to be seen. We have to be heard. brings out the inner leader within. Originally from Mexico, she first became involved with COFI after attending a COFI training in 2015 at her child’s school. Using what she learned in COFI training, she helped advocate for and...
por Gino Whitaker | Ago 1, 2024 | Testimonios
We have to continue because the fight is not over. Meet Donna Carpenter, a COFI/POWER-PAC IL mother and lifelong Englewood resident who has stood at the forefront of the affordable utilities fight for years. In 2006, with her youngest child in preschool, Donna...
por Gino Whitaker | Ago 1, 2024 | Testimonios
There should be nothing about us without us. Everyone is entitled to just live their best life and thrive, yet there are some families who have to think, “Are we going to eat today? Do we have to live outside?” instead of just being able to have food, shelter, and all...
por Gino Whitaker | Ago 1, 2024 | Testimonios
Nobody is going to do it but us. Felipa’s life changed dramatically in 2009 when her twenty-year old son, Angel, was killed by street violence. While Felipa had already been organizing to make life better for low-income families and low-wage working women for years,...
por Gino Whitaker | Ago 1, 2024 | Testimonios
I would always fight for my children no matter what. My children remember me telling them when they started school that I would always fight for them no matter what. My son, who struggled, saw this firsthand when I showed up again and again to make certain he had what...
por Gino Whitaker | Ago 1, 2024 | Testimonios
I am not alone. There are others I can reach out to for help or support. COFI Center training has been an amazing opportunity—learning, networking, and most importantly, building meaningful relationships with each other. I came home with such an overwhelming sense of...
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