AFT
PEACE AND
JUSTICE CAUCUS
Peace and Justice Caucus Organizing
for the 2008 AFT ConventionPROGRAMS | MEETINGS | RESOLUTIONS
The AFT Peace and Justice Caucus is organizing several events for the July 11-14 convention in Chicago and will staff a caucus table in the exhibition hall. Go to the AFT website for a tentative calendar of the convention and for more general information.
Panel Discussion: Building an International Educators’ Movement, Friday, 8-9:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Room – Regency B
SPEAKERS: Ali Abunimah,- Journalist, co-founder of website Electronic Intifada & author of One Country: A Bold Proposal to End the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict; George Mujica - Chicago Immigrant Rights Leader, Michael Zweig - UUP, Local 2190 & U.S. Labor against the War; Renate Bridenthal - PSC-CUNY, Local 2334, International Committee Chair; Rosemary Lee, - UTLA, Local 1021 & Tri-National Coalition in Defense of Public Education: MODERATOR: Andy Griggs, UTLA, Local 1021
Roundtable: Fighting Back in the Schools, Saturday, 12:30-2 pm, Navy Pier, Rooms 305/306
PARTICIPANTS: Steve Conn - Detroit, Rafael Feliciano - President, Federation of Puerto Rican Teachers), Jim Hamilton - Missouri, Pablo Rodriguez - San Francisco, George Schmidt - Chicago, editor of SubStance), Julie Washington - Los Angeles, Gloria Brandman, NYC, MODERATOR: Lisa North, NYCMeet Chicago-Area Activists, Saturday, 7:30-9:3 pm, Hyatt Regency, Room – Regency B
The Corporate Roots of NCLB, Sunday, 7:30-9 pm, Hyatt Regency, Room – Regency B
The P&J Caucus invites delegates to meet and mingle informally with Chicago education journalist George Schmidt and local anti-war Iraq vets, teachers and other activists working on militarism in the schools and immigrant rights.
Rafael Feliciano- President of the Federation of Puerto Rican Teachers, Susan Ohanian - New York teacher, author of Why Is Corporate America Bashing Our Public Schools? and When Childhood Collides with NCLB.Join us as we discuss and promote resolutions on Iraq, Iran, immigrant rights, NAFTA, single-payer healthcare, the Jena 6 and important K-16 educational issues such as privatization, charter schools, high-stakes testing and merit pay
Planning/Steering Committee, Thursday, 4:30 - 8:30 pm, Navy Pier, Room 323
General Membership Meeting, Friday, 1:15 – 2:15 pm, Navy Pier, Room 323 (Reports from resolutions committees)
General Membership Meeting, Friday, 4:30 – 6:00 pm, Navy Pier, Room 309/312 (Introducing the Peace and Justice Caucus)
General Membership Meeting, Sunday, 12:30 – 2:30 pm, Navy Pier, Room 305/306 (Election of Peace and Justice Caucus officers and continuations committee).
Continuations Committee Meeting, Monday, at the conclusion of the general session, Navy Pier, Room 323