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Agenda
Civil, Human & Women’s Rights Committee
Crowne Plaza,Burlingame
4/9/11
Introductions
Trinational Report
CFT letter to Oaxaca
Rallies for Wisconsin
Report on CLEW NEB (OW)
Need to request for Civil, Humanand Women’s Rights Committee again
CFT Convention Report
Workshops
Race to nowhere
We Did It For You. Women’s Journey Through History
Resolutions
Tunisia
Oscar Grant
Obama Walking Shoes
Election of New Officers
Proposals for Next Convention
Fight for California’s Future Task Force (Claytor)
CFT Poll on Progressive Taxes
Southern California Public Education Coalition Organizing Summit (Lee)
Civil, Human & Women’s Rights Committee Minutes
Date of meeting:4/9/11
Members Present: 8. New officers : Chair: Dean Murakami; Vice chair: Rosemary Lee; Secretary: Bill Phillipps
Reporter: Rosemary Lee, AFT #1021
Topics Discussed
See agenda.
1. Dream Act 130 & 131 – build awareness
1% on %, “Corporations not People,”get an initiative going – a campaign for next election, petition campaign shirts, buttons, 30-second ads,
2. Training by a group like Limited for a Fair Economy
CFT ULI needs (1) union training for new leaders; (2) union values; (3) bottom-up organizing
- Gabriel will draft a letter for teaching in Honduras, we will exchange and forward it.
- CFT ULI needs to be open for all members & “union 101”
3. Ethnic Minority Leadership Participation Committee follow resolution to have rank & file members/
4. Link to our own page on Facebook – can AFT staffperson for our own committee do that?
5. New photo
Convention
1. Show film “Educate Me” from British Columbia and discussion.
2. Education speaker from Honduras, Puerto Rico, Wisconsin
3. Parent as a speaker and a workshop by parent leader
4. Civil rights Conference in Detroit: have CFT send one person and our locals send people. Send two people from CFT to planning meeting for Trinational Coalition Conference planning meeting & send four people from CFT to conference itself and encourage locals to send delegates and CFT and locals donate money for the conference as well.
Teachers in Honduras
Other Issues
October 27-30 AFT Civil, Human and Women’s Rights Conference,
Marriott, Detroit Renaissance Center, Detroit, MI
return to Civil Human & Women's Rights committee page
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