Dear AFT Guild Members: The 78th Annual Convention of the California Federation of Teachers will be held online commencing Friday, March 26th, 2021 at 9:00 AM and continuing through Saturday, March 27th, 2021 until 3:30 PM. Delegates will consider constitutional and by-law changes and resolutions at the convention, but the election of CFT officers and Executive Council, [...]

Please distribute widely. This event is open to all CFT members!   Advancing equity on campus & the New Deal for Higher Education    Wednesday, March 10 4pm – 5:30pm PRESENTERS: Alyssa Picard, Director, AFT Higher Education Jennifer Shanoski, President, Peralta Federation of Teachers Rika Yonemura-Fabian, Member, San Mateo Community College Federation of Teachers Chris Goff, [...]

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************************************************************************* Forum Schedule (each forum is 1-hour and each finalist will participate in two (2) forums) Monday, February 22, 2021 Pamela Luster, Ed.D. 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. https://cccconfer.zoom.us/j/96917923538 Webinar ID: 969 1792 3538 Tuesday. February 23, 2021 Carlos O. Turner Cortez, Ph.D. 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 [...]

Date: February 19, 2021 at 12:05:26 PM PST Good afternoon, VEBA will be hosting a live webinar on the COVID-19 vaccine for members on Tuesday, February 23rd, from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. During the webinar, Dr. Susan Little from UCSD, will tell VEBA members everything they need to know about the vaccine, such as how [...]

Dear SDCCD AFT Guild Members, I am pleased to report that we have reached a tentative agreement with the District on a new Resource Allocation Formula (RAF) which will cover the period July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2023. Despite the fact that the next few years will continue to be lean from a fiscal [...]

From: Thekima Mayasa <tmayasa@sdccd.edu> Date: February 17, 2021 at 2:15:00 AM PST To: DL for Mesa College <mesadl@sdccd.edu>, DL for City College <citydl@sdccd.edu>, DL for Miramar College <miramardl@sdccd.edu>, DL for District Office <dlfordistrict@sdccd.edu> Subject: Black History Month Activities for this week. Greetings Mesa Community, Just a quick reminder of what’s happening for Black History Month [...]

Please see the resources below shared by AFT national: How racism is embedded in our system of higher education finance More data from AFT partners on racial injustice and student loan debt Racism in academic medical centers has effects on Black faculty and patients Racist Zoom-bombings of 2021 college Black History Month events appear coordinated [...]

Black History Month is as important as ever. Honoring the lived experience of Black people is essential to fighting oppression and discrimination and achieving a country that is anti-racist. We are having a long overdue reckoning with racism in America, dating back to our original sin of the enslavement of African people. Many of us [...]

Dear AFT Guild Members, Our next AFT Guild meeting will be held this Thursday, February 11th beginning at 3:00pm via Zoom (see connection details below). Attached is the tentative agenda for this Thursday's meeting.  Please let me know if you have any items you would like to see added to the agenda. Looking forward to connecting electronically [...]