As educators, we understand the importance of defending democracy and protecting the values of inclusion and tolerance that allow our schools and our communities to thrive.

Join your fellow UFT members at this Saturday’s No Kings March. We will be marching with the broader city labor contingent from a new starting location at Duarte Square (6th Avenue and Canal) towards Times Square.

On Oct. 15, UFT-endorsed mayoral candidate @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social pledged his support for the RESPECT Check bill. Paraprofessionals, join us at the Paraprofessional Town Hall on Wednesday, Oct. 22 to hear how we’re organizing to make sure the NYC City Council passes this legislation on Nov. 13.

Janelle Rudder is a UFT member, teacher in the Bronx, and a New Yorker. She's knocking doors for UFT's endorsed mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani because she knows his policies benefit educators and their students. Help GOTV for Zohran: www.uft.org/get-involved/uft-politic...

Why are UFT educators canvassing fellow members for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social?

"He sees the needs of working people." "His opposition is gonna be bad on schools."

Help get out the vote in these final weeks: www.uft.org/get-involved/uft-politic...

Here with @uftnyc.bsky.social

Thank you to all the educators out on the streets today!

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#NoKings #NoKingsNYC

Shout out to Sen Jackson and his team for their leadership in helping to move TRS for ALL closer to reality! All that's left is for Gov Hochul to sign into law! Lets Go!!!

I read this followed by Devil in the White City. Good run. Now I just finished Ryan Grim’s We Got People. Next up: A Collective Barhain, again lol

Great theater

The Education Wars

If you're in search of a perfect gift for the public education advocate in your life, The Education Wars is small enough to fit in a large stocking. www.educationwarsbook.com

Rampant staffing shortages across all sections of the DOE's special education system leave more than 10K students without services. UFT educators and parents are rallying at the DOE’s D75 HQ in Manhattan to say that the system is at the breaking point.

What's in Eric Adams's Wallet? - Hell Gate We're learning that gratuitous rinky-dink deceptions are a hallmark of this mayor.

There is something quintessential to the Eric Adams administration that today's news cycle revolves around allegations that City Hall spun up a secret document-forgery operation to make a photo he could claim he'd kept in his pocket a long time:

https://hellgatenyc.com/whats-in-eric-adamss-wallet