Community Organizing and Family Issues (COFI)

A special thank you to The Chicago Community Trust for joining our list of sponsors! Our 30th Anniversary Gala sponsors are helping us build parent power and turn dreams into action! Parent-led action is powered by the generosity of donors and sponsors who believe community voices deserve a seat at policy tables.

🔗See the full list of sponsors here and learn more about our 30th Anniversary: https://cofionline.org/about-cofi/30-years/

A big congratulations to COFI and POWER-PAC IL leader, Karen Lynn Morton, for this incredible honor! Last week, she received the Ora Schub Trailblazer Award from BUILD Chicago for her transformative restorative justice work across Chicago. Her peace-building efforts are rooted in faith, reconciliation, and dignity. And as a founding member and Co-Chair Emeritus of POWER-PAC IL, she has advanced racial justice, civic engagement, and leadership development for years.

Way to go, Lynn! We celebrate your impactful journey! 🎉🎉🎉

We’re just a few days away from our 30th Anniversary Gala on June 4, and we want to give a HUGE THANK YOU to all of our sponsors who are helping us build parent power and turn dreams into action!

Thank you to SEIU Healthcare IL & IN, one of our Action Takers Sponsors, for supporting our mission and helping us bring more COFI and POWER-PAC IL parents to policy tables. ✨

🔗See the full list of sponsors here: https://cofionline.org/about-cofi/30-years/

🎫 There are a few more tickets left! Purchase your tickets here: https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/3bTeMzfuAgAhLz10yJ1lYw

🚨🚨 Tell your state legislators to tax the rich and invest in our communities! Take action now: https://icirr.quorum.us/campaign/161787/

🚨TAKE URGENT ACTION TODAY: Time is running out to hold off Trump‘s billionaire tax breaks and protect healthcare and SNAP by passing state revenue solutions! Email your legislator TODAY and demand they tax the rich!

We won’t allow working class people and families to carry the burden of funding vital resources while the ultra rich receive tax breaks. With the Illinois Revenue Alliance’s four revenue proposals we could raise up to $4 billion that the state desperately needs to fund critical programs everyday people rely on.

No matter where you live in Illinois, you can take action right now and help us pass progressive revenue! Use the link below to email your legislator today!

https://icirr.quorum.us/campaign/161787/

TOMA ACCIÓN: ¡Tenemos poco tiempo para proteger la asistencia médica y SNAP y frenar los beneficios de Trump hacia los multimillonarios! ¡Envía un correo electrónico a tu legislador HOY para exigir que aprueben soluciones de ingresos estatales e impongan impuestos a los ricos!

Los ultra ricos se benefician de recortes en sus impuestos, mientras que la clase trabajadora y las familias cargan con el peso de financiar servicios esenciales. Con las cuatro propuestas de ingresos de la Illinois Revenue Alliance podríamos recaudar hasta 4000 millones de dólares que el estado necesita urgentemente para financiar programas esenciales de los que dependen nuestras comunidades.

¡Puedes actuar ahora mismo para apoyar desde cualquier parte de Illinois! ¡Utiliza el enlace abajo para enviar un correo electrónico a tu representante!

https://icirr.quorum.us/campaign/161787/

"Babies Can't Wait!" Hundreds of providers, advocates, and educators' voices echoed in the Capitol Rotunda on May 13 as they rallied for lawmakers to increase investments in early childhood, and we're still chanting! If you missed it, there's still time for you to join the movement and take action. Read the highlights and find out how to make your voice heard in our recap blog: https://hubs.li/Q04jjK_k0

Congratulations to this group of Madison County parents for completing a COFI training! They recently completed “Phase 1: Self, Family & Team + Team Building” and will be working together on a community goal next! 🎉🎉

To learn more about trainings at the COFI Center for Action and Learning, visit: https://cofionline.org/get-training/cofi-center-for-action-and-learning/

As we get closer to our 30th Anniversary Gala on June 4, we want to give a HUGE THANK YOU to all of our sponsors who are helping us build parent power and turn dreams into action!

Thank you to Providence Bank & Trust, one of our Action Takers Sponsors, for supporting our mission and helping us bring more COFI and POWER-PAC IL parents to policy tables. ✨

🔗See the full list of sponsors here: https://cofionline.org/about-cofi/30-years/

🎫And, don't miss our June 4 event! Purchase your tickets here: https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/3bTeMzfuAgAhLz10yJ1lYw