Reflecting on Your Union's Weaknesses around Racial and Social Justice by Lisa Adams https://padlet.com/lisapadams1/e13nefosejdkdwdd Please put your union's name at the top. en-us 2021-12-07 00:26:54 UTC 2021-12-07 01:35:07 UTC hello@padlet.com 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... https://padlet.com/lisapadams1/e13nefosejdkdwdd/wish/1932464337 2021-12-07 01:29:35 UTC https://padlet.com/lisapadams1/e13nefosejdkdwdd/wish/1932464337 Santa Maria Elementary Education Association briansgong https://padlet.com/lisapadams1/e13nefosejdkdwdd/wish/1932464656 Skeptical members who don't believe that systemic racism exists in our District, our Community, or even this Country.

]]> 2021-12-07 01:29:46 UTC https://padlet.com/lisapadams1/e13nefosejdkdwdd/wish/1932464656 San Diego Ed Assoc https://padlet.com/lisapadams1/e13nefosejdkdwdd/wish/1932465296 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.]]> 2021-12-07 01:30:10 UTC https://padlet.com/lisapadams1/e13nefosejdkdwdd/wish/1932465296 UTSC https://padlet.com/lisapadams1/e13nefosejdkdwdd/wish/1932465437 Having the entire union more focused and active on Social Justice, Racial Equity, and creating safe space for BIPOC. Engaging with parent community more

]]> 2021-12-07 01:30:16 UTC https://padlet.com/lisapadams1/e13nefosejdkdwdd/wish/1932465437 TANLA ddaguimol https://padlet.com/lisapadams1/e13nefosejdkdwdd/wish/1932465781 Getting a larger number of members involved. There is so much fatigue among our teachers we have lost some of our original momentum.]]> 2021-12-07 01:30:28 UTC https://padlet.com/lisapadams1/e13nefosejdkdwdd/wish/1932465781 SETC https://padlet.com/lisapadams1/e13nefosejdkdwdd/wish/1932466526 I feel that there is an attitude that if we don’t talk about it, there is no problem.

]]> 2021-12-07 01:30:55 UTC https://padlet.com/lisapadams1/e13nefosejdkdwdd/wish/1932466526 Twin Rivers United Educators https://padlet.com/lisapadams1/e13nefosejdkdwdd/wish/1932466673 Engagement and collaboration with district to begin to address social justice advocacy.]]> 2021-12-07 01:31:01 UTC https://padlet.com/lisapadams1/e13nefosejdkdwdd/wish/1932466673 United Teachers of Richmond https://padlet.com/lisapadams1/e13nefosejdkdwdd/wish/1932466732 We have members who believe that this a waste of time, and we should wait to address this.]]> 2021-12-07 01:31:04 UTC https://padlet.com/lisapadams1/e13nefosejdkdwdd/wish/1932466732 LGETA (Los Gatos Elem. TA) wearelgeta https://padlet.com/lisapadams1/e13nefosejdkdwdd/wish/1932467221 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.]]> 2021-12-07 01:31:22 UTC https://padlet.com/lisapadams1/e13nefosejdkdwdd/wish/1932467221 MTA https://padlet.com/lisapadams1/e13nefosejdkdwdd/wish/1932467303 Our union has nothing established to support this important topic. We do support members attending trainings, but we have no formal statements.]]> 2021-12-07 01:31:26 UTC https://padlet.com/lisapadams1/e13nefosejdkdwdd/wish/1932467303 TANLA https://padlet.com/lisapadams1/e13nefosejdkdwdd/wish/1932467556 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. ]]> 2021-12-07 01:31:36 UTC https://padlet.com/lisapadams1/e13nefosejdkdwdd/wish/1932467556 MDEA https://padlet.com/lisapadams1/e13nefosejdkdwdd/wish/1932469469 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.)]]> 2021-12-07 01:32:50 UTC https://padlet.com/lisapadams1/e13nefosejdkdwdd/wish/1932469469 MTA p 2 bpetersroom10 https://padlet.com/lisapadams1/e13nefosejdkdwdd/wish/1932469894 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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