1) Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism Best-selling author and associate professor at UCLA, Dr. Safiya Noble will give a virtual talk titled Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism at 10:30 a.m. (pacific) on Wednesday,...
Silence is NOT an option – 10/14/20 (10/14/2020)
1) Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism Best-selling author and associate professor at UCLA, Dr. Safiya Noble will give a virtual talk titled Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism at 10:30 a.m. (pacific) on Wednesday,...
Yes on Prop 16! (10/13/2020)
SDCCD Proposed Calendars for 2021-22 and 2022-23 (10/13/2020)
Dear SDCCD AFT Guild Members, Please find attached the College and Continuing Education calendars that are being proposed for the 2021-22 and 2022-23 academic years. If you have any questions or concerns regarding any of these calendars, please send them my way. In...
GCCCD Proposed Calendars for 2021-22 and 2022-23 (10/13/2020)
Dear GCCCD AFT Guild Members, Please find attached the calendars that are being proposed for the 2021-22 and 2022-23 academic years. A couple of items of note: Due to Veterans Day in Fall 2021 falling on a Thursday and thus not allowing for enough Thursday...
UPDATED: AFT Guild Election Endorsements – General Election 2020 (10/07/2020)
A couple of late additions now included in the listing below: • YES ON Measure E - Exclude the Midway-Pacific Highway Community Plan Area from Coastal Zone • San Diego Unified School District D - Richard Barrera From: Jim Mahler Subject: AFT Guild Election...
Silence is NOT an option – 10/06/20 (10/07/2020)
1) Why Voting in This U.S. Election Will Not Be Equal The first episode of our four-part series, Stressed Election, focuses on voter suppression in Georgia, where a growing Black and Latino population is on the precipice of exercising its political voice, if they get...
Minutes of AFT Guild Union Meeting Thursday, October 1st (10/06/2020)
Dear AFT Guild Union Members, Attached please find the minutes from our October Union meeting. Please let me know if you have any questions regarding any of the topics we covered. In Solidarity, Jim Jim Mahler, President AFT Guild, Local 1931 Minutes Open Meeting...
AFT Guild Election Endorsements – General Election 2020 (10/05/2020)
PLEASE DISTRIBUTE WIDELY TO ALL FAMILY MEMBERS, FRIENDS, AND STUDENTS Dear Colleagues, Election ballots are being mailed today from the Registrar of Voters to all voters at the address at which you are registered to vote. If you know of someone who has not yet...
AFT National Climate Task force Town Hall (10/02/2020)
You’re Invited: AFT Town Hall Confronting the Climate Crisis & the 2020 Election We’re excited to invite you and your members to a nationwide town hall addressing the climate crisis and the 2020 election. In this moment, our country is dealing with four crises – a...