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HERstory 2023

UFT members came together for the union’s annual HERstory celebration on March 11 in the UFT Queens borough office to acknowledge the challenges women have overcome and celebrate the achievements they have made, individually and collectively.

Three women pose for a photo

HERstory co-chairs and UFT Vice Presidents Janella Hinds (center) and Karen Alford (right) chat with Jessy Warren, a school nurse in District 27.

Bruce Cotler
Two women smile in front of a camera

Melanie Mills (left), a school counselor at PS 3 in Brooklyn, and substitute teacher Theresa Ferguson take in the proceedings.

Bruce Cotler
Two women pose next to a poster

English as a new language teachers Meredith Simson (left) of IS 338 in the Bronx and LaShawn Edwards of the Urban Assembly School for the Performing Arts in Manhattan check out one of the gallery questions.

Bruce Cotler
Student musicians play their instruments

Members of the Forest Hills HS jazz band wow the participants.

Bruce Cotler
Three women pose for a photo at a table.
Amazon Labor Union members (from left) Danielle Wayden, Claudia Asterman and Michelle Valentin-Nieves participate in the event.
Bruce Cotler
A large group poses for a photo

Janella Hinds and Karen Alford (center, from left), UFT vice presidents and event co-chairs, take a group shot with the Queens Technical HS students who ran the spa events.

Bruce Cotler
Two women pose for a photo while in a gallery

Andrea Lingstuyl (left) of Queens Technical HS and Grace Small, a retiree who worked at the HS for Public Service: Heroes of Tomorrow in Brooklyn, pass through a gallery of questions that were later discussed.

Three women pose for a photo

Participants discuss the gallery questions they were asked to consider.

Two women at a table discuss questions

Attendees read observations about one of the gallery questions.

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Three women pose for a photo

HERstory co-chairs and UFT Vice Presidents Janella Hinds (center) and Karen Alford (right) chat with Jessy Warren, a school nurse in District 27.

Bruce Cotler
Two women smile in front of a camera

Melanie Mills (left), a school counselor at PS 3 in Brooklyn, and substitute teacher Theresa Ferguson take in the proceedings.

Bruce Cotler
Two women pose next to a poster

English as a new language teachers Meredith Simson (left) of IS 338 in the Bronx and LaShawn Edwards of the Urban Assembly School for the Performing Arts in Manhattan check out one of the gallery questions.

Bruce Cotler
Student musicians play their instruments

Members of the Forest Hills HS jazz band wow the participants.

Bruce Cotler
Three women pose for a photo at a table.
Amazon Labor Union members (from left) Danielle Wayden, Claudia Asterman and Michelle Valentin-Nieves participate in the event.
Bruce Cotler
A large group poses for a photo

Janella Hinds and Karen Alford (center, from left), UFT vice presidents and event co-chairs, take a group shot with the Queens Technical HS students who ran the spa events.

Bruce Cotler
Two women pose for a photo while in a gallery

Andrea Lingstuyl (left) of Queens Technical HS and Grace Small, a retiree who worked at the HS for Public Service: Heroes of Tomorrow in Brooklyn, pass through a gallery of questions that were later discussed.

Three women pose for a photo

Participants discuss the gallery questions they were asked to consider.

Two women at a table discuss questions

Attendees read observations about one of the gallery questions.