by Gino Whitaker | Apr 2, 2020
COFI trains and organizes parents, and those parents become leaders at decision-making tables. We work with parents, most of them mothers, in some of the toughest neighborhoods anywhere. They become engaged and connected in their community and then come together to...
by Gino Whitaker | Dec 1, 2018
In seven communities across Illinois, from spring of 2014 through fall of 2017, Community Organizing and Family Issues (COFI) recruited, trained and supported 591 low-income parents of color in becoming civic leaders. These communities were new to COFI, which had for...
by Gino Whitaker | Jan 30, 2018
POWER-PAC IL’s Stepping Out of Poverty Campaign presents research and recommendations to reduce poverty and the debt trap. Download "Stopping the Debt...
by Gino Whitaker | Jan 1, 2018
The impact of parent leaders on Early Learning Collaborations. Report published jointly with COFI and Illinois Action for Children. Download "No Decisions About Us, Without...
by Gino Whitaker | Dec 30, 2017
The COFI Way is generating a fresh look at how COFI-trained parents are becoming effective, innovative partners in policy-making on the issues that affect their families every single day. Packed with real-life stories and perspectives from parents raising families in...
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