Arizona Education Association

Fall 2013

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AROUND AEA NEA President Dennis Van Roekel addresses the nearly 400 members gathered at the 2013 AEA Delegate Assembly. AEA Delegate Assembly, cont. from page 9 (L to R) Anna Cicero and Michelle Powers came to Delegate Assembly to get reenergized in their work on the mission. Fall.13advo.indd 10 education for each and every "Contributing "Contributing to the Arizona student.is a way we to the AEA PAC AEA PAC is a way educators can influence elections we educators can by supporting pro-public influence elections education candidates." Palek believes political by supporting pro- involvement is important to the cause of quality public public education share information with members education for all. "There is not candidates." back home who were not with a lot of money in education. If —Joe Thomas, AEA her that day. we don't step forward and are Vice-President Delegates heard from National willing to put our money in to Education Association (NEA) support public education, then President and past AEA President how can we expect the public to Dennis Van Roekel on the invest in our schools? I believe in second day of the meeting. Van Roekel gave public education and I support it with my PAC the keynote address and spoke about the power contributions." of collective action and the importance of the During the business meeting members Association's mission. "We have to invest in debated issues and voted on business items the passion that brought every one of you into and resolutions that will determine the vision education and keeps you here. We must have and direction of AEA for the future. They also an agenda that is student-centered and unionvoted on elections for new leaders. See the AEA led. That means we focus on what is stopping Executive Committee and Board of Directors on students from succeeding and we define the page 24. New answers. Not the legislature, not the governor, business items and not Congress. We define what needs to be and resolutions done to change what's happening to students." passed can be AEA Vice-President Joe Thomas gave a viewed on the presentation on the AEA Political Action AEA website. Committee (PAC) and the effect of last year's 2 election results. "Arizona is so close to having a moderate legislature. We have an opportunity to take back the state senate not just for public education but for the sanity of our state." The AEA PAC is the largest and most effective statewide PAC working to elect candidates to the state legislature and governor's office who will fight to safeguard and strengthen public 10 Fall 2013 x AEA Advocate 8/7/13 2:35 PM

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