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Caroline Murphy

Caroline Murphy
Speech Improvement

Dear UFT Speech Chapter Members,

It is with great pride, as your UFT Chapter Leader, that I welcome you to the Speech Chapter website. The UFT Speech Chapter webpage will keep members informed about their rights, updated speech information, events and accomplishments. Please log on frequently and sign up, if you haven’t already, to receive emails from our chapter and the UFT.

Brenda Caquias and Susannah Blum, your assistant chapter leaders, and I are here to answer your speech-related questions and help you make informed choices. You can contact us through the UFT call center at 212-331-6312, or you can send a concise email to cmurphy [at] uft [dot] org (cmurphy[at]uft[dot]org>).

For non-speech-related questions, please call the UFT at 212-331-6311 to ask for the specific department that can answer your questions.

Many issues and concerns arise repeatedly in our chapter. Our monthly meetings are an opportunity to be updated, discuss speech issues, learn the answers to your questions, help resolve your problems and learn what is happening across the city. I urge you to attend our monthly meetings to stay informed. If you are unable to attend the meetings, we will post the meeting notes under the Newsletters and Meeting Notes tab. You may also find some helpful documents and resources linked below.

Along with the entire Executive Board, I am looking forward to meeting and working with all of you.

In unity,

Caroline Murphy, MS, CCC-SLP, TSHH
Speech Chapter Leader

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Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walks 2024

UFT members took strides in the fight against breast cancer in all five boroughs of New York City and on Long Island to raise awareness and money for the union’s annual October fundraiser for the American Cancer Society. Many wore pink and walked in tribute to colleagues who have battled the disease.

A group of UFT members at a Bronx breast cancer walk gather for a photo.

Members from PS 119 in the Bronx show up in full force to support the cause at the Bronx walk on Oct. 27.

Members from PS 100 in the Bronx smile for the camera in their UFT Making Strides shirts.

Members from PS 100 in the Bronx smile for the camera in their UFT Making Strides shirts.

UFT members on Staten Island take a group photo at a breast cancer awareness walk.

UFT members from Staten Island schools walk with Staten Island Borough Representative Sean Rotkowitz (center) on Staten Island on Oct. 27.

Members from PS 19 on Staten Island and their family members march to show their solidarity and their school pride at a breast cancer awareness walk on Oct. 27.

Members from PS 19 on Staten Island and their family members march to show their solidarity and their school pride.

UFT members from Queens take a photo with the Brooklyn Cyclones mascot at a breast cancer walk in Coney Island.

Members from PS/MS 183 in Queens meet Sandy the Seagull, the Brooklyn Cyclones mascot, at the Brooklyn Making Strides walk on Oct. 27.

Members from PS 46 in Brooklyn gather at the finish line on the Coney Island boardwalk at a breast cancer awareness walk on Oct. 27

Members from PS 46 in Brooklyn gather at the finish line on the Coney Island boardwalk.

Three UFT members wearing black and pink shirts pose for a photo at a Making Strides Walk in Queens on Oct. 20, 2024

Teachers (from left) Nadia Gomez, Sonya Quallis and Patrice Camejo of PS 160 in Queens show their support at the Queens walk on Oct. 20.

Erica Berger
Two UFT members at the Queens Making Strides Walk on Oct. 20, 2024 smile for a photo while walking.

Teachers Virginia Nunez (left) and Rene Jeffery-Dumas of PS 123 in Queens stroll with their colleagues.

Erica Berger
Hillcrest High School members pose for a group photo in front of the Unisphere in Flushing Meadows Corona Park at the Making Strides Walk on Oct. 20, 2024

Members and staff from Hillcrest HS in Queens show up in force to honor their colleague Linda Biggs, a paraprofessional who died of breast cancer in June 2024.

Erica Berger
A teacher holds up a breast cancer awareness t-shirt while sitting on a large inflatable chair.

Teacher Candida Fermin of PS 75 in Brooklyn sits pretty in pink while taking a stand against breast cancer at the Queens walk.

Erica Berger
Two UFT members at the Manhattan Making Strides Walk on Oct. 20, 2024 smile for a photo while walking along with one of their dogs.

Teacher Helen Jason (left, with her dog) of PS 36 in Manhattan is all decked out in pink alongside a colleague for the Manhattan walk in Central Park on Oct. 20.

Katherine Slingluff
A teacher holds up a breast cancer awareness t-shirt while at a Making Strides Walk in Manhattan

Teacher Kattiusca Montalvo of PS 197 in Manhattan shows off her UFT Making Strides T-shirt.

Katherine Slingluff
UFT members sign in at the registration table during the Manhattan Making Strides Walk on Oct. 20, 2024

Members are greeted by Manhattan Borough Representative Servia Silva (right) as they gather at tables to sign in to walk in Manhattan.

Katherine Slingluff
Central Park East II members hold up a banner at the Making Strides Walk in Manhattan on Oct. 20, 2024.

It’s a banner day for (from right to left) Chapter Leader Clarissa Lynn of Central Park East 2 in Manhattan and her colleagues paraprofessional Andrea Gallo and teachers Jesse Baldoria and Diana Kaplen.

Katherine Slingluff
Manhattan UFT members take a group photo at the Making Strides Walk in Central Park on Oct. 20, 2024

Manhattan UFT members gather for a group picture before the walk in Central Park.

Katherine Slingluff
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A group of UFT members at a Bronx breast cancer walk gather for a photo.

Members from PS 119 in the Bronx show up in full force to support the cause at the Bronx walk on Oct. 27.

Members from PS 100 in the Bronx smile for the camera in their UFT Making Strides shirts.

Members from PS 100 in the Bronx smile for the camera in their UFT Making Strides shirts.

UFT members on Staten Island take a group photo at a breast cancer awareness walk.

UFT members from Staten Island schools walk with Staten Island Borough Representative Sean Rotkowitz (center) on Staten Island on Oct. 27.

Members from PS 19 on Staten Island and their family members march to show their solidarity and their school pride at a breast cancer awareness walk on Oct. 27.

Members from PS 19 on Staten Island and their family members march to show their solidarity and their school pride.

UFT members from Queens take a photo with the Brooklyn Cyclones mascot at a breast cancer walk in Coney Island.

Members from PS/MS 183 in Queens meet Sandy the Seagull, the Brooklyn Cyclones mascot, at the Brooklyn Making Strides walk on Oct. 27.

Members from PS 46 in Brooklyn gather at the finish line on the Coney Island boardwalk at a breast cancer awareness walk on Oct. 27

Members from PS 46 in Brooklyn gather at the finish line on the Coney Island boardwalk.

Three UFT members wearing black and pink shirts pose for a photo at a Making Strides Walk in Queens on Oct. 20, 2024

Teachers (from left) Nadia Gomez, Sonya Quallis and Patrice Camejo of PS 160 in Queens show their support at the Queens walk on Oct. 20.

Erica Berger
Two UFT members at the Queens Making Strides Walk on Oct. 20, 2024 smile for a photo while walking.

Teachers Virginia Nunez (left) and Rene Jeffery-Dumas of PS 123 in Queens stroll with their colleagues.

Erica Berger
Hillcrest High School members pose for a group photo in front of the Unisphere in Flushing Meadows Corona Park at the Making Strides Walk on Oct. 20, 2024

Members and staff from Hillcrest HS in Queens show up in force to honor their colleague Linda Biggs, a paraprofessional who died of breast cancer in June 2024.

Erica Berger
A teacher holds up a breast cancer awareness t-shirt while sitting on a large inflatable chair.

Teacher Candida Fermin of PS 75 in Brooklyn sits pretty in pink while taking a stand against breast cancer at the Queens walk.

Erica Berger
Two UFT members at the Manhattan Making Strides Walk on Oct. 20, 2024 smile for a photo while walking along with one of their dogs.

Teacher Helen Jason (left, with her dog) of PS 36 in Manhattan is all decked out in pink alongside a colleague for the Manhattan walk in Central Park on Oct. 20.

Katherine Slingluff
A teacher holds up a breast cancer awareness t-shirt while at a Making Strides Walk in Manhattan

Teacher Kattiusca Montalvo of PS 197 in Manhattan shows off her UFT Making Strides T-shirt.

Katherine Slingluff
UFT members sign in at the registration table during the Manhattan Making Strides Walk on Oct. 20, 2024

Members are greeted by Manhattan Borough Representative Servia Silva (right) as they gather at tables to sign in to walk in Manhattan.

Katherine Slingluff
Central Park East II members hold up a banner at the Making Strides Walk in Manhattan on Oct. 20, 2024.

It’s a banner day for (from right to left) Chapter Leader Clarissa Lynn of Central Park East 2 in Manhattan and her colleagues paraprofessional Andrea Gallo and teachers Jesse Baldoria and Diana Kaplen.

Katherine Slingluff
Manhattan UFT members take a group photo at the Making Strides Walk in Central Park on Oct. 20, 2024

Manhattan UFT members gather for a group picture before the walk in Central Park.

Katherine Slingluff