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Just one month after the Rollins fire, AFT President Randi Weingarten came to the temporary home of the Rollins to marvel at the progress the teachers and staff had made and to offer her continued support.

“This is the second time national has stepped in," explained LTU President Frank McLaughlin, recalling the 2015 fire at the Bruce School (please see December 2016/January 2017 issue). “I know that all I have to do is make a call and Randi and her team will be here to help.”

“What we are trying to do within the AFT is to walk the walk,” Weingarten explained. “The union wants to do what we can

Every day, teachers, paraprofessionals, and other school support staff do all they can to provide students (and each other) with information and support that will sustain and strengthen them as they prepare for life’s challenges and opportunities. Unfortunately, while districts like Salem (see October/November 2017 issue) are encouraging and involving the students in sustainable and educational nutritional programs, many schools do not provide the sustenance and support that young minds and bodies require.

Veteran teacher and AFT MA Executive Board member Michael Maguire has taken it upon

As the number of living Holocaust survivors continues to dwindle, it becomes more important for others to tell their stories so that deniers can be denied and the repetition of history can be stopped.

In her new book, The Jews of Nazi-Vienna, 1938-1945: Rescue and Destruction, UMass Dartmouth Professor Dr. Ilana F. Offenberger uses archival documents to explore and explain Jewish resistance in Vienna during the Holocaust. Among the topics dealt with in Offenberger’s book and her speaking engagements are religious freedom and tolerance, what she calls the “warning signs” of genocide, and how so

IN MEMORIAM

Kathy Kelley (1945-2017)

We are deeply saddened by the sudden passing of Kathleen A. Kelley, former President of American Federation of Teachers Massachusetts. She passed away on Sunday, August 13, 2017 at the tender age of 72 years young.  Our prayers go out to her family and she will be sorely missed.

THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE RAN IN THE BOSTON GLOBE:

Kathleen Kelley, fierce advocate for teachers

By Emily Sweeney Globe Staff  August 16, 2017 

Kathleen A. Kelley, longtime head of the Massachusetts Federation of Teachers attends a board of education meeting at UMass Boston.

Passionate