Dear AFT Guild NANCE Members, As the fall semester (and thankfully 2020) comes to an end, you should be aware that you are eligible to apply for unemployment benefits, even if you have already been given an assignment for the spring. With all of the new twists and turns associated with unemployment benefits due to [...]

Silence is NOT an option will be taking a holiday break and will return the week of January 18th. 1) ‘Is Austin on Your List?’: Biden’s Pentagon Pick Rose Despite Barriers to Diversity With retired Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III’s nomination to be the first Black defense secretary, the Pentagon comes face to face with its [...]

Dear AFT Guild Adjunct Faculty Members, As the fall semester (and thankfully 2020) comes to an end, you should be aware that you are eligible to apply for unemployment benefits, even if you have already been given an assignment for the spring. With all of the new twists and turns associated with unemployment benefits due [...]

Dear Colleagues, We have an abundance of free CFT masks available to anyone who would like one.  Take as many as you need.  They are in a box outside of our office door.  Our address is: 3737 Camino del Rio South, Suite 410  (look for 3717 from the street, enter the parking lot, go to [...]

Dear Colleagues, Many of you have asked how you can help in the two U.S. Senate run-off races in Georgia.  Democrats Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock are challenging incumbent Republican Senators David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler, respectively. The election will be held on January 5, 2021. These runoff elections are critical because they would give Democrats and [...]

A big THANK YOU to all who participated in what will now become our annual Toy Drive-Thru!  We had a record number of participants and collected an abundance of gifts for the children of unemployed and under-employed workers! Hopefully we will see even more of you next year but without masks! Please enjoy some photos [...]

Please sign the following two AFT Local 1931- endorsed statements. We are collecting signatories to the following statements that will be presented to the SDCCD Board of Trustees meetings. We are also asking our colleagues and fellow union-members to send in written statements of support for the content of the following two statements to be shared during the public comment section [...]

Dear AFT Guild Members, Our next AFT Guild meeting of this academic year will be held this Thursday, December 3rd beginning at 3:00pm via Zoom (see connection details below). Let’s make this December meeting festive! Dress in your favorite holiday attire (holiday sweaters, Santa hats, antlers, lights, etc.). The more ridiculous, bizarre, or preposterous the better! (and keep your camera [...]

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1) ‘A Long Time Coming’: Black Women Celebrate Harris’s Ascension As Kamala Harris heads toward the highest levels of power, many rejoiced and saw her achievement as a particularly poignant reminder to Black girls that anything is possible. Read more… 2) Black Voters Helped Deliver Biden a Presidential Victory. Now What? Joe Biden thanked Black voters in [...]