The Heckman Equation: “People are the greatest economic resource”, Professor James Heckman

by Jennifer Sunseri, Online Organizing Intern and Volunteer In the US, the gap between the wealthy and the poor has grown, and the middle class is facing increasing challenges. Professor James Heckman, a Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor of Economics at The University of Chicago, a Nobel Memorial Prize winner in Economics, and an expert [...]

Cope’s Blue Ribbon Luncheon: Kristi Fowler’s Talk on Child Sexual Abuse

Jennifer Sunseri Cope Online Organizing Intern and Volunteer The Outreach committee has been busy handing out whistles, putting up lawn signs, and informing the public of Cope’s upcoming Blue Ribbon Month events, Kids Day and the Blue Ribbon Luncheon. Thanks to all our volunteers who are standing outside grocery stores to talk to people (sometimes [...]

Introducing new Community Outreach & Advocacy Committee

by Jennifer Sunseri, Online Organizing Intern, Cope Community Outreach & Advocacy Committee As a new volunteer for Cope, I’m very excited to be a part of a new committee called Community Outreach & Advocacy, comprised of Cope staff and volunteers.  Community Outreach & Advocacy’s priorities will be planning and discussing how we can best reach the population [...]

It Takes a Village to Raise a Child

by Julie Foss, Cope volunteer and blogger “It Takes a Village to Raise a Child” is dated back centuries ago to an African proverb.  I, for one, believe there is no truer statement.  It takes not only, family and friends, but a community as a whole to ensure that our next generation is given a [...]

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