Events Calendar
Workshop
We’re Glad You Asked: Making Policy & Systems Change in Alliance with Parent Leaders
How do we get parents to our policymaking table? What does it take to engage them? How can the participation be real? Join us for a webinar on COFI’s latest guide, “We’re Glad You Asked,” to answer these questions. The guide is available now and reflects COFI’s nearly 30 years of parent-led organizing. It offers […]
Phase 3: Policy & Systems Change
Q Center 1405 North Fifth Ave., St. Charles, Illinois, United StatesThis is the final and ongoing phase of The COFI Way that covers how to bring together parent teams (built through the Phase 1 and Phase 2 process) to work on their first policy change campaign and to build a parent power organization. Phase 3 builds off of the incremental steps during the first two phases. You […]
Introduction to The COFI Way (Virtual)
This virtual two-hour session will be an introduction to The COFI Way, a family-focused parent leadership and organizing model. Participants will meet COFI trainers, organizers, and parent leaders and will gain firsthand […]
Introducción a el Modelo de COFI (Virtual)
Esta sesión virtual de dos horas permitirá a los participantes a conocer el Modelo de COFI, un modelo de liderazgo de padres para organizar con un enfoque en las familias. […]
Orientation to The COFI Way
Community Organizing and Family Issues (COFI) 2245 S Michigan Ave, Suite 200, Chicago, IL, United StatesThis two-day hands-on and participatory session introduces The COFI Way of Family-Focused Organizing model to staff and/or parent leaders from a range of organizations, including community organizing groups, advocacy organizations, schools, […]
Phase 1: Self, Family & Team + Team Building
Community Organizing and Family Issues (COFI) 2245 S Michigan Ave, Suite 200, Chicago, IL, United StatesPhase 1: Self, Family & Team + Team Building is for people who plan to incorporate The COFI Way, a family-focused parent leadership and organizing model, in their own community […]
Introduction to The COFI Way (Virtual)
This virtual two-hour session will be an introduction to The COFI Way, a family-focused parent leadership and organizing model. Participants will meet COFI trainers, organizers, and parent leaders and will gain firsthand […]
Phase 2: Community Outreach & Action
Community Organizing and Family Issues (COFI) 2245 S Michigan Ave, Suite 200, Chicago, IL, United StatesAt the 3.5 day Phase 2 training, you will learn how to build a parent team and work with them to do one-on-one relationship building interviews, map a community, choose […]