NYSUT Social Justice

  • Social Justice Resources

    NYSUT, along with our partners at AFT and NEA, have compiled a number of social justice resources for educators and activists.

  • About NYSUT Social Justice

    Social justice lies at the heart of unionism, demonstrating the power of grassroots action and effecting change within our communities.
  • Implicit Bias Workshop

    Learn how to promote social unity and increase cultural awareness in your school and community by attending this new NYSUT workshop for members and local affiliates.
  • Members of Color

    Embracing our Diversity, Celebrating our Unity.
  • Pathways to Leadership

    NYSUT Pathways to Leadership, a project to support NYSUT BIPOC members who strive to own their power and strengthen their skills to take on leadership roles within their union, workplace, or community.
  • Civil and Human Rights Committee

    A committee to advance the union’s efforts to promote equity and social justice.

  • LGBTQ Resources

    Educating peers and advocating for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning/Queer colleagues.
  • Women's Committee

    Learn more about the NYSUT Women's Committee.
  • Many Threads, One Fabric

    Launched in the summer of 2020, “Many Threads, One Fabric” is a series of NYSUT and AFT virtual town halls exploring racial justice, diversity and equity issues.
  • AAPI History Poster

    NYSUT members celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month by sharing their stories.
  • Black History

    NYSUT members and leaders are telling their stories in video testimonials as part of our Black History Month celebration. More to come!
  • Hispanic Heritage

    NYSUT celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month with a new poster honoring Nydia M. Velázquez a representative for New York’s 7th Congressional District.

  • Social Justice Organizations

    Organizations around the world to help advance your social justice agenda.

What's New << >>

  • NYSUT Pathways to Leadership program graduates inaugural class 10/4/2024
  • FREE NYSUT poster celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month 9/15/2024
  • NYSUT 2024 Social Justice Academy graduates nine new locals 7/19/2024
  • This July, Celebrate Disability Pride Month! 7/17/2024
  • Celebrate Juneteenth! 6/18/2024
  • NYSUT Poster Celebrates Asian Pacific American Heritage Month 5/8/2024
  • NYSUT celebrates student artists at inaugural exhibition 4/3/2024
  • Challenges of teaching Black history focus of February program 2/21/2024
  • NYSUT named top fundraising company nationwide for supporting Making Strides Against Breast Cancer 2/20/2024
  • NYSUT and partners launch One-in-Five campaign to combat cycle of childhood poverty 1/24/2024
  • Poster celebrates Native American Heritage Month 10/25/2023
  • In rural Galway, educators thwart censorship attempts 10/17/2023
  • Clyde-Savannah educators push to uphold intellectual freedom 10/6/2023
  • New poster celebrates tennis legend Billie Jean King for LGBTQ+ History Month 10/4/2023
  • Birmingham to Buffalo: Teaching Assistant Ethel Kline talks about her purpose 9/20/2023
  • Free NYSUT poster celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month 9/14/2023
  • Celebrating workers’ rights at Labor Day events 9/11/2023
  • 'Thoughts on this Labor Day.' By NYSUT President Melinda Person. 9/4/2023
  • NYSUT Members of Color Affinity and Action Project Inaugural Convening 8/31/2023
  • NYSUT Social Justice Academy graduates first cohort 7/20/2023
  • NYSUT statement on devastating Supreme Court rulings 6/30/2023
  • Celebrate Juneteenth! 6/16/2023
  • NYSUT educators are keeping books in schools, celebrating diverse and inclusive stories 6/13/2023
  • NYSUT Many Threads, One Fabric event celebrates Juneteenth 6/9/2023
  • “Many Threads, One Fabric” event celebrates Asian, Pacific Islander American Heritage Month 5/19/2023
  • SOUNDS OF WELLNESS: A Virtual Black History Month Event 2/27/2023
  • Response to Tyre Nichols' Death & Resources for Members 1/28/2023
  • NYSUT members give back for MLK Day 1/19/2023
  • New poster celebrates Native American Heritage Month 11/8/2022
  • 'Healthy School Meals for All' coalition calls for funding to end childhood hunger in schools 10/27/2022
  • Salamanca High School teachers honored for human rights education 9/14/2022
  • Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with our new Jorge Ramos poster 9/1/2022
  • At Buffalo rally, education unions stand up to hate 6/3/2022
  • ‘We need a voice’: Long Island educators form AAPI advocacy group 5/26/2022
  • NYSUT steps up support for Amazon and Starbucks workers 4/21/2022
  • NYSUT Disaster Relief Fund seeks donations to help Ukraine citizens 3/9/2022
  • NYSUT salutes Black History Month 2/19/2022
  • NYSUT Celebrates Black History Month 2022 2/18/2022
  • Free NYSUT poster celebrates HBCUs 1/20/2022
  • Event celebrates Hispanic excellence and achievement 10/14/2021
  • VIDEO: 'Celebrando Nuestra Hispanidad: A Conversation with Latino Leaders' 9/27/2021
  • Hispanic Heritage poster honors Maria Hinojosa 9/15/2021
  • Human rights conference brings together teens from three continents 7/19/2021
  • Guilderland teacher unites students and community for action and awareness 7/16/2021
  • Many Threads, One Fabric: 'How to Support Our LGBTQ and Allied Students' 6/24/2021
  • NYSUT Many Threads, One Fabric event celebrates Juneteenth 6/21/2021
  • Many Threads, One Fabric: 'Hope Gathering 2021' 6/17/2021
  • Rural local takes decisive action against anti-gay cyberbullying directed at teachers 6/11/2021
  • Empathy key to effective classroom communication, says Bigbie 5/26/2021
  • Educators discuss ways to combat anti-Asian hate 5/13/2021
  • News

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    AAPI Heritage Month Event

    “Many Threads, One Fabric” event celebrates Asian, Pacific Islander American Heritage Month

    As part of a Many Threads, One Fabric event celebrating Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month in May, a panel of NYSUT members discussed AAPI issues and highlighted the importance of including AAPI voices in the classroom.
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    SOUNDS OF WELLNESS: A Virtual Black History Month Event

    Join us to learn more about the impact of music on emotions, mental health, and wellness. Gain a deeper awareness of the power that sounds of wellness possess to change our hearts, homes, communities, workplaces and the world.
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    Response to Tyre Nichols' Death & Resources for Members

    Like the rest of our country, we're outraged and profoundly saddened in the wake of Tyre Nichols' violent death. Educators across New York mourn this tragedy and stand with the Nichols family and their community as they endure this unimaginable loss. NYSUT has compiled resources for educators to help students through this trying time.
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    NYSUT members give back for MLK Day

    The statewide union teamed up with the Capital District Area Labor Federation for its third annual day of service on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Jan. 16. The event took place at the Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York in Latham, near NYSUT headquarters, where volunteers sorted and packed produce and other items for the area’s needy.
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    New poster celebrates Native American Heritage Month

    For Native American Heritage Month, NYSUT is proud to feature Quannah Chasinghorse-Potts, a Native American model and fourth-generation land protector for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
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    'Healthy School Meals for All' coalition calls for funding to end childhood hunger in schools

    As part of ongoing efforts to ensure every student can access free, nutritious meals, NYSUT has partnered with Hunger Solutions New York for the Healthy School Meals for All New York Kids campaign.
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    Salamanca High School teachers honored for human rights education

    Salamanca teachers Brooke Canale and Brandy Kinney were honored this week by the New York State Board of Regents for their outstanding work educating students — and the community — about the Holocaust and human rights.
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    Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with our new Jorge Ramos poster

    NYSUT celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month with a new poster honoring Jorge Ramos, a Mexican-American journalist and author. Known as “The Walter Cronkite of Latin America,” he is the best-known Spanishlanguage news anchor in the United States.
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    At Buffalo rally, education unions stand up to hate

    The education community rallied around student Brooklyn Bullock and the people of Buffalo to stand up to hatred and bigotry following the mass killings at a Buffalo Tops supermarket and at a Texas elementary school just more than a week later. Speaker after speaker, from NYSUT President Andy Pallotta and American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten to Buffalo Public Schools Interim Superintendent Tonja Williams and Board of Education President Louis Petrucci, called for communities to come together in this moment and fight for change — for each other and for their children, like Bullock.

    ‘We need a voice’: Long Island educators form AAPI advocacy group

    Mary Waring, a building representative for the East Meadow Teachers Association, is one of roughly 30 educators from public and private K-12 schools, colleges and education-related fields who last year formed the Asian Pacific American Council of Educators-Long Island (she is the organization’s secretary). The council took off with encouragement from both the Long Island Latino Teachers Association and Long Island Black Educators Association.
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    NYSUT steps up support for Amazon and Starbucks workers

    In addition to recent support for Starbucks workers across New York State, NYSUT and AFT recently added our names to a letter submitted by the Amazon Labor Union to New York State Attorney General Letitia James to investigate Amazon for violation of the terms of the Excelsior Jobs Program with their union-busting activities.
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    NYSUT Disaster Relief Fund seeks donations to help Ukraine citizens

    To help the people of Ukraine, the statewide union is encouraging members and the general public to consider donating to the NYSUT Disaster Relief Fund, the union’s 501(c)3 charitable organization. NYSUT is partnering with relief agencies to make sure that the funds collected get to the people in areas that are most in need due to this humanitarian crisis.
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