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2021 ticker-tape parade to honor frontline workers

UFT members and other frontline workers were honored at a ticker-tape parade through the Canyon of Heroes in Lower Manhattan on July 7. 

A woman on the left and two men, one with an umbrella smile for a picture in a park.

UFT members, including special education teacher Christopher Townsend (with umbrella), make sure to be shaded while taking in the parade honoring frontline workers during the hot summer day on July 7.

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A group holding blue umbrellas outside in a park, lined up and smiling

Part of the UFT marching group poses with Congressman Jamaal Bowman (third from right) before the start of the parade. 

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A group traveling via float with a police officer directing traffic.

The UFT float, with President Michael Mulgrew (front right) aboard, begins its turn up Broadway. 

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Members on the float raise their hands in joy. While traveling through the city.

Cynthia Bennett (far right), the School Nurses Chapter leader, waves as the float heads up Broadway. 

Erica Berger
Several people on the sidewalk behind a barricade are all cheering and smiling

UFT Staff cheers on its members in front of UFT headquarters in Lower Manhattan. 

Erica Berger
Confetti rains down on members

Confetti rains down on Department of Education Chancellor Meisha Porter (fourth from left) on the UFT float. 

Erica Berger
Members on the float, looking forward and smiling.

Federation of Nurses members enjoy their view from the UFT float. 

Erica Berger
Two men on the float, both wearing fedora hats and one wearing sunglasses, smiling on the float.

Mulgrew and Anthony Harmon (right), an assistant to the UFT president, are all smiles as the float passes by union headquarters. 

Erica Berger
A man walking in the parade greets people cheering by the sidewalk.

Special education teacher Christopher Townsend interacts with the crowd along the Canyon of Heroes. 

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Three men talking while walking through the parade. The man on the left and the man on the right are smiling and wearing tan fedora hats The man in the middle is turned to the man to the left.

UFT Director of Family and Community Engagement Nick Cruz greets fellow UFT marchers. 

Erica Berger
Marchers in the parade walking down Broadway clapping their hands and smiling.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew walks up Broadway alongside Vincent Vaccaro (left) a teacher at Martin Van Buren HS. 

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A woman on the left and two men, one with an umbrella smile for a picture in a park.

UFT members, including special education teacher Christopher Townsend (with umbrella), make sure to be shaded while taking in the parade honoring frontline workers during the hot summer day on July 7.

Erica Berger
A group holding blue umbrellas outside in a park, lined up and smiling

Part of the UFT marching group poses with Congressman Jamaal Bowman (third from right) before the start of the parade. 

Erica Berger
A group traveling via float with a police officer directing traffic.

The UFT float, with President Michael Mulgrew (front right) aboard, begins its turn up Broadway. 

Erica Berger
Members on the float raise their hands in joy. While traveling through the city.

Cynthia Bennett (far right), the School Nurses Chapter leader, waves as the float heads up Broadway. 

Erica Berger
Several people on the sidewalk behind a barricade are all cheering and smiling

UFT Staff cheers on its members in front of UFT headquarters in Lower Manhattan. 

Erica Berger
Confetti rains down on members

Confetti rains down on Department of Education Chancellor Meisha Porter (fourth from left) on the UFT float. 

Erica Berger
Members on the float, looking forward and smiling.

Federation of Nurses members enjoy their view from the UFT float. 

Erica Berger
Two men on the float, both wearing fedora hats and one wearing sunglasses, smiling on the float.

Mulgrew and Anthony Harmon (right), an assistant to the UFT president, are all smiles as the float passes by union headquarters. 

Erica Berger
A man walking in the parade greets people cheering by the sidewalk.

Special education teacher Christopher Townsend interacts with the crowd along the Canyon of Heroes. 

Erica Berger
Three men talking while walking through the parade. The man on the left and the man on the right are smiling and wearing tan fedora hats The man in the middle is turned to the man to the left.

UFT Director of Family and Community Engagement Nick Cruz greets fellow UFT marchers. 

Erica Berger
Marchers in the parade walking down Broadway clapping their hands and smiling.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew walks up Broadway alongside Vincent Vaccaro (left) a teacher at Martin Van Buren HS. 

Erica Berger