✨ICYMI: ✨ #AFTVoices sat down Cathy Mastronardi, President of the Springfield Federation of Paraprofessionals!

#FreedomToThrive

✨ ICYMI! ✨ #AFTVOICES got to chat with Jim Lucia, President of the Massachusetts Retirees United (MRU), to discuss all the amazing work the MRU has done and continues to do! Read more here: buff.ly/41EtG9G

✨ #AFTVoices sat down Pina Maggio, Director of Lowell Teachers Academy!!

Stay tuned as we display more of our conversation with Pina!

Lots of #AFTVoices this week! Next up is Jenna Young. We talked with her about the importance of libraries and what they mean for community! Read more here: buff.ly/41F8H5w

Thank you Johnny McInnis for sitting dowin with #AFTVoices ! Read more about Johnny's work and The AFT Black Caucus Boston Chapter here: buff.ly/3qA9E2c

✨ ICYMI! ✨ #AFTVOICES got to chat with Johnny McInnis - music teacher, Boston Teachers Union Political Director, AFT Massachusetts Vice President and chapter president of the A. Phillip Randolph AFL CIO! Read more here: buff.ly/3qA9E2c

#AFTVoices 'Even as our rights continue to be systematically eroded, women are speaking up.' Read, President of Local 212's Retirees Chapter, Patricia McFarland's story aftvoices.org/im-no-longer-a…

Thank you for including me! From invisibility to solidarity: An AAPI experience by Jessica Tang bit.ly/3LHPZ8Q via Medium #ReadYourWorld #AAPI #AAPI HeritageMonth #asianPacificheritagemonth #KidLit

The art of hope: One student’s journey 'If we can help students “feel safe, included and accepted, then we can inevitably increase the level of tolerance and compassion not only in the kids but in the adults they will later become,”' medium.com/school-house-v…

#PairedTexts

1. Concluding paragraph from a progressive, child-centered column on student behavior: aftvoices.org/from-chaos-to-…

2. Concluding paragraph from a conservative, teacher-centered column on student behavior. fordhaminstitute.org/national/comme…

🩺Fighting for equality and respect 🩺
Read the latest AFT Voices op-ed from your ONA colleague Erin Grace, RN, about why and how she became a hospice nurse at Sacred Heart Home Care Services and why she joined last month's strike!
aftvoices.org/fighting-for-e…
#WeAreONA #SHHCSStrike

To mark Mental Health Awareness Month this May, special education paraprofessional, Jeff Whittle, wants to share his struggles with anxiety, depression and low self-worth. Read his story and know that you are not alone. 
 aftvoices.org/a-word-to-the-…

The latest AFT survey is clear: Parents and the public support public schools and teachers, they don't want culture wars and politicization.  aftvoices.org/putting-fundam…

May 1st is Worthy Wage Day, and we are calling on lawmakers, advocates, and communities to commit to finding solutions to address the chronic underfunding of child care, Pre-K, and early childhood education programs! aftvoices.org/tagged/worthy-… #WOYC24

.AFT member & cardiac telemetry technician Niky Jones is responsible for monitoring & interpreting patients' heart rates at all times & for acting immediately on any changes. Read this #AFTvoices piece to see how staffing shortages affect her. aftvoices.org/staffing-by-th…

“There are so many good faculty members who are totally dedicated to their students but have no choice but to leave,” says Youngmin Seo, citing lack of job security, low pay, hours spent commuting & other factors. “This is no way to teach.” #InvestinCUNY aftvoices.org/adjuncts-fight…

“Visibility is important.Our kids need to see people who look and act like them in positions of power.They need to believe that they can be themselves and still succeed.” ⁦-⁦Anthony Nicodemo(he/him/his)🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸🏀⁩ ⁦AFT⁩ ⁦Randi Weingarten 🇺🇦🇺🇸💪🏿👩‍🎓🟣⁩ ⁦Viri Pettersen⁩ aftvoices.org/coming-out-for…

Educators have experienced the hardest years of their professional lives, only to be blamed for school closures caused by a pandemic, labeled as “groomers” and accused of teaching “filth.” They deserve better! - Randi Weingarten 🇺🇦🇺🇸💪🏿👩‍🎓🟣  aftvoices.org/putting-fundam…

The dream: Learning to be bilingual aftvoices.org/the-dream-lear… #AAPIPROUD

‘The union kept my electricity on’: Why Kaitlyn Davidson became an OSEA activist
aftvoices.org/the-union-kept…