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Yakima Johnson: Principal, Union Leader, Author

“Looking back at my own childhood, I saw how important it was for me to mentor young girls in particular. I didn’t have any of that myself. I believe that God has destined me for this role, and that belief drives me every single day.”

Gun Violence

In just the last three weeks of this new year, there have been 40 shootings. There were 647 mass shootings in 2022 alone. Firearms are now the No. 1 cause of death among American children.

White House to AFSA: We Want to Work with You

The meeting was an outgrowth of a letter to President Biden from Pugliese after the release of National Assessment of Educational Progress data in October 2022.

'Raise the Bar: Lead the World' Initiative

To deliver transformational change, Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona urged everyone to act boldly and unapologetically to address student underperformance and decades of underinvestment.

Union Membership Numbers Higher

The United States had nearly 14.3 million union members in calendar 2022, 273,000 more than the year before, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported in its annual survey. 

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Maximize Your AFSA Benefits for 2023

Your monthly investment in AFSA provides a number of benefits including a host of insurance policies. However, AFSA must have your most current information on file, or you will not qualify for these benefits or you may be denied coverage.

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Long Term Care, Dental, Accidental Death and Dismemberment

AFSA Members are automatically eligible to participate in optional Long Term Care, Dental, Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance Benefits. 

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Doreen Seaman

“I’m an adventurer,” says Doreen Seaman, assistant principal at P.S. 57 on Staten Island. She brings plenty of enthusiasm to that job and to every other aspect of her life. Her three greatest fun enthusiasms are the New York Mets, travel, and shoes.

Herb Gardner

Drafted straight out of a South Bronx school where he was teaching music in the late 1950s, Herb Gardner found himself on a bus to Fort Dix, New Jersey, and a meteoric trajectory to a career in music and education that spans well over half a century.

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