KOCO HISTORY
What year was KOCO founded?
What is 1965?
Who is the current Executive Director of KOCO?
What is Shannon Bennett
This campaign works to protect and promote the rights of seniors, ensuring they have the support, dignity, and services they deserve.
What is Senior Bill of Rights
In the 1970s, KOCO played a key role in the fight to prevent the demolition of this historic neighborhood, which was eventually preserved.
What is the Bronzeville neighborhood?
What school in 2015, parents, community members, and KOCO activists staged a 34-day hunger strike to demand the reopening of this South Side Chicago high school?
What is Walter H. Dyett High School.
Who is the Deputy Director of KOCO?
What is Jaribu Lee
This campaign raises awareness about the alarming number of Black girls and women who are missing in Chicago, advocating for their safety
What is Girls Lead & #WeWalkForHer
These are key focus areas that KOCO focuses on to improve South Side Chicago neighborhoods.
What is housing, seniors, youth and education.
What Hospital did KOCO fight to keep open?
What is Mercy Hospital.
Who is the SCS (sustainable community school) resource coordinator of KOCO?
What is AJ McDowell & Daruis Anderson
This campaign KOCO fights for communities such as North Kenwood and Oakland to receive equitable investments in clean energy and climate projects to reverse the effects of?
What is Environmental Justice campaign.
The first Black mayor of Chicago who broke ground at the site that KOCO developed as the Woodlake Village Townhomes, replacing a vacant lot that had become a waste dump.
Who is Harold Washington.
Who was the first Executive Director of KOCO?
What is Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr
This KOCO member made history as the first to serve on the Chicago Board of Education.
What is Jitu Brown
This campaign is engaged in organizing 18 cities around the country that were experiencing mass school closings.
What is Journey for Justice.
KOCO played a pivotal role in opposing Chicago's bid for this event in 2016, arguing that the money would be better spent on community development rather than a costly international spectacle.
What are the 2016 Summer Olympics?