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Capitol Insider

February 28, 2025

(Mid-Term, Part 2)

Inspiration of the week:

“I freed a thousand slaves.  I could have freed a thousand more

if only they knew they were slaves.”

Harriet Tubman

Black History Month is an annually observed commemorative month originating in the United States, where it is also known as African-American History Month. It began as a way of remembering important people and events in the history of the African diaspora, initially lasting a week before becoming a month-long observation since 1970.  It is celebrated in February in the United States and Canada, where it has received official recognition from governments, and more recently has also been celebrated in Ireland and the United Kingdom where it is observed in October.

And then came white nationalism …  CRT … anti-DEI ….  

Mid-Term Update Part 2

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AFT-Indiana College Credit Partnership with Trine University and VESI

 

 

Online Continuing Education Courses for Educators 

Enroll Today! 

AFT Indiana has partnered with Trine University and VESi to offer members a yearly subscription to online graduate courses for $275 per year. You can enroll in one course per term or two courses during the summer (if you skip fall or spring), for a total of 3 courses per year. 

https://www.virtualeduc.com/direct_accounts/index.php?uid=75 

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Membership-At-Large

Any person who works in Indiana and is not within the jurisdiction of any AFT local is eligible for membership-at-large through AFT-Indiana.

Benefits of membership include $1,000,000 professional liability insurance, $5000 regardless of the outcome/ $35,000 complete exoneration legal reimbursement through the legal action trust, as well as $25,000 accidental death & dismemberment insurance.  Members-at-large can use the AFT PLUS Benefits Program for certain discounted offers.

Print the membership-at-large form below

https://in.aft.org/sites/default/files/media/documents/2024/Membership-at-Large%202024.2025%20final_0.pdf

Please provide a personal email and mail the form with dues to:

AFT Indiana

429 N Pennsylvania #407

Indianapolis, IN 46204

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What unions do

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In AFT President Randi Weingarten’s latest New York Times  column, she describes what it is exactly that unions do. Though unions are the most popular they have been in decades, anti-union sentiment still thrives in red states and across the nation. “Several years ago, The Atlantic ran a story whose headline made even me, a labor leader, scratch my head: ‘Union Membership: Very Sexy,’” Weingarten writes in the column. “The gist was that higher wages, health benefits and job security—all associated with union membership—boost one’s chances of getting married. Belonging to a union doesn’t actually guarantee happily ever after, but it does help working people have a better life in the here and now.” Click through to read the full column.

In defense of public education

Randi Weingarten and NYC teacher Tamara Simpson

Attacks on public education in America by extremists and culture-war peddling politicians have reached new heights (“lows” may be more apt), but they are not new. The difference today is that the attacks are intended not just to undermine public education but to destroy it.

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