From the RIFTHP
Our hearts are with the victims, families, and everyone impacted by today’s shooting at Lynch Arena. Our students, educators, and community deserve to feel safe at school events. We stand together in support, compassion, and a shared commitment to healing.
The President’s plan to dismantle the Dept of Ed is neither streamlining nor reform, it’s an abdication & abandonment of America’s future. Rather than show leadership in helping all students seize their potential, it walks away from that responsibility. www.aft.org/press-releas...
Maurice Cunningham, Journalist/Author
Stay strong, Chicago!
Beautiful
In Detroit with the AFT Latino Issues Task Force learning about the power of Latinos in America...
They VOTE, they spend money and are the second fastest growing population in the US
RIFTHP joins our siblings across the country in mourning the loss of a great, union leader, who was the embodiment of non-violence!
As a former Texas State Rep, let me be clear: LOCKING Rep. Nicole Collier inside the chamber is beyond outrageous.
Forcing elected officials to sign “permission slips” & take police escorts to leave? That’s not procedure. That’s some old Jim Crow playbook.
European Leaders to Discuss Protections for Ukraine After White House Talks www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...
Please share widely…for Providence families
Deceitful Pvd City Council! Going to give away a school while rolling out the red carpet for “Discriminatory Excel Charter”, keeping Prov Residents- PTU members out of the mtg!!!
SWEET💓
EPSTEIN FILES
Remember : Epstein’s victims have already told us the names of the men who had done a lot of these crimes, we know there’s a list, we know this is a cover up.
I SURVIVED READING BANNED BOOKS ALL I GOT WAS SMARTER AND MORE EMPATHETIC
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Today we launched the National Academy for AI Instruction with UFT, Microsoft, OpenAI & Anthropic to offer free, high-quality AI training to educators. Some of you have expressed legitimate reservations about AI and tech companies. I want to speak to you directly. 🧵
Integrity matters…
Trump is withholding 6.8 BILLION dollars from K-12 school districts!
So proud of the educators at Cuffee!!! Welcome to our union family!!!
Great news for students and educators in Providence, RI! We’re excited to welcome faculty & staff at Paul Cuffee Charter Middle School to the @AFT.org family.
Wake up and read the Bill, don’t just take their word for it!!!
The Excel PR machine is offering parking vouchers and bussing in their cheerleaders to support taking over a recently closed elementary school! Question, all charters must be approved only when they have a secured location, how were they approved without one?!? IYKYK! #ExcelisNOTapublicschool
Lunch with our Secretary of State, hearing about my favorite movie (Wizard of Oz), and a full house of labor leaders, a good day!
Excellent opportunity for Providence families, please share widely as spaces are filling up fast!
