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One challenge is the small percentage of BIPOC members who are employed in our district.  Many of our members are disengaged in union activities and apathetic toward working to support important issues.

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We need wider interest in racial and social justice as well as deeper systemic approaches as opposed to band-aid solutions. Lots of the work is performative (multicultural rallies, etc.)

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So much competes for attention. Had some momentum pre-pandemic and this last year took such a toll on people's energy level, workload.
Some conservative voices speak loud and think they represent the majority.

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Our union has nothing established to support this important topic. We do support members attending trainings, but we have no formal statements.

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We are a small local and member engagement in general can be spotty. In my opinion, Racial & Social Justice is multifaceted and we need multiple (informed) voices advocating for doing the work & having hard conversations with a focus on building a more equitable and just working environment.

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We have members who believe that this a waste of time, and we should wait to address this.

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Engagement and collaboration with district to begin to address social justice advocacy.

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I feel that there is an attitude that if we don’t talk about it, there is no problem.

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Getting a larger number of members involved. There is so much fatigue among our teachers we have lost some of our original momentum.

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Having the entire union more focused and active on Social Justice, Racial Equity, and creating safe space for BIPOC. Engaging with parent community more

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Not all members are on board. We have some outsiders actively fighting our efforts. The district says they will implement specific antiracist policies, but rarely follows through... so the union's Social Justice team wanted to hold them accountable, but we have limited resources at this time.

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Santa Maria Elementary Education Association

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Santa Maria Elementary Education Association

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Skeptical members who don't believe that systemic racism exists in our District, our Community, or even this Country.

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John Swett Educ Assn - Magret - people often don't follow through - like you have a meeting and no one shows up and they don't bother to tell you they can no longer attend...

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John Swett Educ Assn - Magret - people often don't follow through - like you have a meeting and no one shows up and they don't bother to tell you they can no longer attend...