Tuesday, October 4th

COFI, POWER-PAC (Parents Organized to Win, Educate and Renew—Policy Action Council), and WTLU (West Town Leadership United) will host a bilingual Parent-to-Parent training on restorative justice in Chicago Public Schools. Participants will receive a free copy of POWER-PAC’s Parent-to-Parent Guide on Restorative Justice in the Chicago Public Schools.  Refreshments, childcare and transportation will be provided. To RSVP or for more information, please contact COFI at 312-226-5141.

Tuesday, October 4

9:30am – 12pm CT

Our Lady of the Americas Episcopal Church, 2610 N. Francisco, Chicago, IL

(2 blocks east of Sacramento and Logan Blvd.)

Contact COFI: 312-226-5141

Access Living will hold a forum on the use of restorative practices to prevent bullying in schools.

Tuesday, October 4

5pm CT

Access Living,  115 West Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL

Contact Candace: 312-640-2128, ccoleman@accessliving.org

Wednesday, October 5

Middle school Blocks Together members will stage a series of street theater actions outside several Chicago public schools.

Wednesday, October 5

Chicago, IL

Contact Ana: 312-498-6479, bt.youthorg@gmail.com

Friday, October 7

POWER-PAC will host its city-wide quarterly meeting where they will discuss what POWER-PAC is doing to stop school push out and the school to prison pipeline.  To RSVP or for more information, please contact COFI at 312-226-5141.

Friday, October 7

9:30am – 12pm CT

Eckhart Park, 1330 W. Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL

Contact COFI: 312-226-5141

COFI and POWER-PAC will hold a press conference to promote POWER-PAC’s restorative justice work at Wells High School and call on Chicago Public Schools to make a true commitment to reducing school pushout. The press conference will feature testimony from POWER-PAC parent leaders, Wells High School’s principal, and a student who has benefited from the restorative justice program.

Friday, October 7

11am CT

Wells Community Academy High School, 936 N. Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL

Contact COFI: 312-226-5141

Saturday, October 8th  

Generation Y will host a “Break the Chains Campaign Day of Action Speak Out” that will include a peace circle putting restorative justice into practice as an alternative to criminalizing discipline practices, zero tolerance, arrest, and push out.  Youth will also have the opportunity to give testimonies as part of the open mic.

Saturday , October 8

3 - 7pm CT

Center of Change, 2749 W.63rd St., Chicago IL

Contact Cindy: cindyibarra@swyc.org