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MEA Leader – History Teacher – Elector Reflects: ‘We felt duty, honor, civic pride’

By Blake Mazurek On Monday I woke after a restless night of sleep with butterflies in my stomach. My excitement for casting an electoral vote for President-Elect Joe Biden and…

December 15, 2020Featured, Newsroom, Political ActionBy Miriam Garcia

Jill Biden Energizes Volunteer Canvassers at MEA Headquarters

Volunteer canvassers who assembled outside MEA headquarters in East Lansing for shifts of door knocking on Thursday got a motivational boost from a special source: NEA member Dr. Jill Biden…

October 29, 2020Political ActionBy Miriam Garcia

Make a Difference in Campaign’s Final Days – VOLUNTEER and VOTE

Join those who gathered at today’s campaign event with Dr. Jill Biden and make a difference for public education in this election! There’s still time! First off – have you…

October 29, 2020Political ActionBy Miriam Garcia

MEA member in Bridge: Educators innovating despite lack of federal support

Educators across the state and nation are coming together to find innovative solutions for e-learning, despite a lack of support from Betsy DeVos and the Trump Administration, wrote MEA member…

October 26, 2020coronavirus, Featured, Newsroom, Political ActionBy Miriam Garcia

DeVos: It’s not my job to protect schools from COVID

U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos continues to duck responsibility for keeping students and school employees safe from coronavirus, telling an audience gathered Tuesday for a right-wing conference that it’s not…

October 26, 2020coronavirus, Featured, Newsroom, Political ActionBy Miriam Garcia

Sen. Peters Talks ‘Election of a Lifetime’ in Teletown Hall 

With an opponent supported by millions of dollars from a DeVos family-funded super PAC, U.S. Sen. Gary Peters says he has appreciated the support of MEA in this “election of…

October 8, 2020Political ActionBy Miriam Garcia

Get Up-Beat about Down-Ballot Candidates – RSVP for Wednesday Zoom on Supreme Court and Ed Board

With the volume of ads about the Presidential and Senate races in Michigan, it’s easy to forget that there are critical statewide races down the ballot that impact our students…

October 8, 2020Political ActionBy Miriam Garcia

More than 10,000 educators have voted from home — have you?

More than 60,000 MEA members have requested absentee ballots, and over 12,000 have already completed and returned their ballots, based on publicly available numbers from the Secretary of State. Are…

October 7, 2020Featured, Newsroom, Political ActionBy Miriam Garcia

Labor Voices: MEA endorses Biden as best for educators, parents

September 16, 2020 By PAULA HERBART/President – Michigan Education Association   For decades, we’ve all heard the refrain: “This is the most important election in our lifetime.”  More than ever,…

September 16, 2020Featured, Labor Voices, Newsroom, Political ActionBy Miriam Garcia

Sen. Gary Peters deserves your support for re-election

“Our public schools cannot be a casualty of COVID.” Those words from U.S. Sen. Gary Peters—during a May virtual rally for federal education funding to help avoid pandemic-driven cuts—encapsulate why he…

August 20, 20201 CommentPolitical Action, UncategorizedBy Miriam Garcia
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