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Advocating for Schools and Communities First (Prop 15)

(9/7) Labor Day Actions for Prop 15!

San Francisco

Labor Day is time to FIGHT BACK against some of our city’s worst COVID-19 corporate villains: Marriott’s St. Regis hotel, Lyft corporate headquarters, and the SF Giants’ Oracle Park. Cosponsored by SEIU, SF Labor Council, and Local 2.

Oakland

Co-sponsored by East Bay DSA, the Oakland Education Association, and UAW Local 2865, the event will begin at Oakland Tech High School at 10 am, where we will briefly hear from Trent Willis (ILWU Local 10) and Keith Brown (OEA) and organize the car/bike caravan.

Faculty voice-mail disconnected

Some faculty who don’t have offices use what the college calls “virtual” phone numbers – voice-mail only lines. We have just learned that some of these lines were housed at Gough St., and have been disconnected in the move. We’re not sure exactly when this happened, but it seems to have been shortly before Fall semester began. Faculty were not notified. Students were left with no way to reach us at the worst possible time.

If you have a virtual phone number, call it and check to make sure it’s working.

IT is aware of this problem and can create new virtual numbers to replace the old ones. They ask that anyone affected contact the helpdesk. And as always, you can fill out AFT’s tech reporting form. It automatically sends a report directly to the chancellor, so he can see what’s going on in our college.

Upcoming COPE and DA meetings, D11 Endorsement

Last week, AFT 2121 members attending our COPE meeting heard from the two candidates running for District 11 Supervisor: Supervisor Asha Safai and John Avalos and voted to endorse John Avalos for District 11 Supervisor.

• You can watch the recording by entering the password AFT2121COPE!

• You can read the candidate questionnaires by visiting our COPE folder. The password is COPE.

Please plan to attend our upcoming DA and COPE meetings.

• AFT 2121 COPE MEETING, WEDNESDAY, 9/2, 5pm
  1. Call to order and welcome
  2. SFUSD Board of Education endorsements (30 mins)
  3. Motion to reconsider endorsement of an endorsed candidate proposed by member Harry Bernstein
  4. Contributions to endorsed candidates, 5 minutes
  
  To attend go to https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83549777239?pwd=OGVyaThOcExiZHZ5VWYramdSYkNmdz09 OR call 1-669-900-6833 and follow the prompts to enter the Meeting ID: 835 4977 7239 and Password: 006109

• AFT 2121 COPE MEETING, TUESDAY, 9/22, 1:30pm
  Agenda TBA.
  
  To attend go to  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87503466273?pwd=UEd1QVhRbklFZFVJbS9vUi8xTWtNdz09 OR call 1-669-900-6833 and follow the prompts to enter the Meeting ID: 875 0346 6273 and Password: 080340
• AFT 2121 DELEGATE ASSEMBLY MEETING, 8/22, 3pm
  Agenda TBA.
  
  To attend go to  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87503466273?pwd=UEd1QVhRbklFZFVJbS9vUi8xTWtNdz09 OR call 1-669-900-6833 and follow the prompts to enter the Meeting ID: 875 0346 6273 and Password: 080340

You can read questionnaires and issue summaries we’ve received in 2020 by entering the password COPE on the COPE page of our AFT 2121 website. To ensure that all members can cast a vote, we will send out an online ballot after each meeting. The ballots will be open for 24 hours following the COPE meetings.

Advocating for Schools and Communities First (Prop 15)

CFT President Jeff Freitas Statement on  Police Shooting of Jacob Blake and the Harassment of California Teacher Supporting Black Lives Matter at School

SACRAMENTO, CA – Today CFT issued the following statement from President Jeff Freitas:

“Educators and classified professionals will not be silent in the face of racism, brutality, and the murder of Black lives by the police who are supposed to protect them.

“We will not tolerate a justice system so unbalanced that the cops who murdered Breonna Taylor or paralyzed Jacob Blake still have not been arrested. We will actively work to defeat anti-Black racism because our country is better than what we, once again, witnessed this week, as a 17 year old white youth took to the streets and murdered those engaged in our most sacred right — civil and peaceful protest.

“Here in California, one of our fellow educators who was working to create anti-racist curricula for the classroom had to flee her home under threat of death for her role in supporting the Black Lives Matter movement. Whether we teach math or social studies, educators and classified professionals need to be able to teach about racial and social justice without threats, harassment, bullying, or scare-tactics and have the support and protection of their administration.  

“Today we mourn the loss of innocent life, and we support each and every school employee who continues to do the important work of teaching about racial and social justice while shouldering a heavy burden in the wake of these events.  

“CFT unequivocally stands with educators and classified professionals who are fully dedicated to our students inside and outside the classroom. We call for systemic and sweeping changes to a criminal justice system that truly fulfills the promise of innocent until proven guilty — regardless of the color of our skin. And we stand behind educators doing the critical work of teaching anti-racist curriculum in their classrooms because BLACK LIVES MATTER.”

The California Federation of Teachers represents 120,000 teachers, faculty, and school employees in public and private schools and colleges, from early childhood through higher education. It is the statewide affiliate of the AFT. More information at www.cft.org.

Today, the Committee on Public Education of the American Federation of Teachers heard from the two candidates running for District 11 Supervisor: Supervisor Asha Safai and John Avalos. It was an engaging conversation that demonstrated the good work both have done to support CCSF.

• You can watch the recording.

• You can read their questionnaires by visiting our COPE folder. 

• In our COPE , every member has a vote. We hope that you will have a chance to review the questionnaires and the video and cast your vote online. The you can do that by visiting: https://surveyhero.com/c/a84f92be.

The polls are open until 12 Noon on Friday 8/28.

Please plan to attend our upcoming DA and COPE meetings.

• AFT 2121 DELEGATE ASSEMBLY MEETING, 8/25, 3pm
  
  —View the agenda
  —Delegate Assembly Meeting Minutes – DRAFT – May 12, 2020
  —Emergency Delegate Assembly Meeting Minutes DRAFT – May 22, 2020
  
  To attend go to https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85472694916?pwd=VzVpTUFNOTR3NWltUHVOeGxkNjJyZz09 OR call 1-669-900-6833 and follow the prompts to enter the Meeting ID: 854 7269 4916 and Password: 324993
  
  

• AFT 2121 COPE MEETING, TUESDAY, 8/25, 1:30pm
  1. Call to order and welcome
  2. Schools and Community First Action Plan
  3. Public Banking (California), 20 minutes
  4. Revised Social Housing proposal, 20 minutes
  5. Introduction of resolution for 9/2, 5 minutes
  6. Contributions to endorsed candidates, 5 minutes
  
  To attend go to https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85472694916?pwd=VzVpTUFNOTR3NWltUHVOeGxkNjJyZz09 OR call 1-669-900-6833 and follow the prompts to enter the Meeting ID: 854 7269 4916 and Password: 324993
  
  

• AFT 2121 COPE MEETING, THURSDAY, 8/27, 11am
  1. Call to order and welcome
  2. District 11 (Supervisor Ahsha Safai and John Avalos) endorsements 45 minutes
  3. Contributions to endorsed candidates, 5 minutes
  
  To attend go to https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89692207084?pwd=ZzkyaHk1Y0V6TC85bkNDYkxHNVNvUT09  OR call 1-669-900-6833 and follow the prompts to enter the Meeting ID: 896 9220 7084 and Password: 576080
  
  

• AFT 2121 COPE MEETING, WEDNESDAY, 9/2, 5pm
  1. Call to order and welcome
  2. SFUSD Board of Education endorsements (30 mins)
  3. Motion to reconsider previous endorsement proposed by member Harry Bernstein
  4. Contributions to endorsed candidates, 5 minutes
  
  To attend go to https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83549777239?pwd=OGVyaThOcExiZHZ5VWYramdSYkNmdz09 OR call 1-669-900-6833 and follow the prompts to enter the Meeting ID: 835 4977 7239 and Password: 006109

You can read questionnaires and issue summaries we’ve received in 2020 by entering the password COPE on the COPE page of our AFT 2121 website. To ensure that all members can cast a vote, we will send out an online ballot after each meeting. The ballots will be open for 48 hours following the COPE meetings.