Now she’s the class clown
Rosemary DelValle served as an elementary school teacher in the Bronx and Manhattan for 38 years. Now retired, DelValle has transferred all the skills she honed to engage and motivate students to her new role as Merry Rose the Clown.
Georgia on our minds
The get-out-the-vote effort in the swing state of Georgia was strong with the help of the AFTVotes bus that rolled into Atlanta on Oct. 28.
'Fantastic journey' awaits course-takers
There has been a surge in registration for Si Beagle courses as classes switch from on-site to online and retirees become remote learners.
Transfer of power
RTC Chapter Leader Tom Murphy says the long wait for an outcome in the presidential election has been worth it. "I look for Biden to express the best we as a nation have to offer," he says.
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Florida’s GOTV effort goes digital
UFT Retired Teachers Chapter volunteers are calling fellow members in the swing state of Florida to get out the vote for Joe Biden. But instead of urging them to go to the polls, they’re making sure members receive and quickly return mail-in ballots.
Volunteers busy getting out the vote for this crucial election
The UFT has been a political player since its founding 60 years ago. Now, for the crucial presidential election on Nov. 3, UFT retiree volunteers have been busier than ever as they work to turn out a record vote for the Biden/Harris ticket.
Using our credibility
The attacks from this administration on our hard-earned benefits and on our aspirations for the society we helped build require that, in this national crisis, we use all our mutual credibility to secure our future.
Zooming in on courses in Westchester
As part of a 12-class Si Beagle schedule put together for Westchester Section retirees, members are creating historic records of the pandemic of 2020 in the COVID Metamorphosis Class, writing memoirs of life as we are living it today.
Returning to his farming roots
Joseph Lukose, a school social worker in Queens for 32 years, went back to his roots in retirement. A native of India, he is now a hobby farmer in south Florida, planting and nurturing the tropical fruit trees that surrounded him in his youth.