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The Parent Power and Leadership Project Snapshots

Community Organizing and Family Issues (COFI) Way Leadership Development
Image captures a group parents seated in a circle. These parents work and plan collectively to mkae the most of their power and and equity. The four parentss in the phot are deeply involved in conversation. The image centers around a black woman sitting in a chair with her arms at her sides, with her hand turned upwards. This gesture seeks greater clarity or affrimation from the audience of follow parents in her circle.

“If We Come Together, Then We Have Power”

This snapshot highlights POWER-PAC IL parent leaders who have engaged in COFI Way leadership development. Read about how parent leaders, their children, and their families are working to protect democracy and improve policies and practices that directly affect them-- and how doing so has shaped their learning and growth.
Image captures three parents seated together in a circle as they discuss how to leverage their power and advance equity. The photo center around a man wearing a red corded sweater with a collarded shirt. He speaks passionately, using his hands. The fellow parent sitting adjacent to him looks intentily, and leans him. She wears a cream colored top with a olive colored sportcoat.

“Si Nos Reunimos, Entonces Nosotros Tenemos Poder”

Esta ilustración se enfoca en padres de POWER-PAC IL quien han participado en entrenamiento de liderazgo COFI Way. Lea sobre como padres lideres, sus hijos, y sus familias están trabajando para proteger la democracia y mejorar pólizas y prácticas que directamente les afectan—y como esto ha moldeado su aprendizaje y crecimiento.