HERstory 2025
Women supporting and empowering other women was a key theme of the UFT’s seventh annual HERstory brunch that brought together about 175 members and guests to celebrate women’s role in the UFT and the broader labor movement.

Happy Birthday, UFT! HERstory brunch attendees, led by Mulgrew (center), take time to acknowledge the UFT’s 65th birthday, which occurred March 15, the same day as the brunch.

Chapter Leader Sandy Wong of PS 30 in the Bronx and teachers Zakkiyya Rock and Ashley Matthews of PS 93 and PS 100, both in the Bronx, are all smiles.

Latifa Benson (center), a teacher at PS 65 on Staten Island, is accompanied by her daughters to the UFT’s seventh annual HERstory brunch.

Edith Lopez (left), the paraprofessional representative at PS 68 in the Bronx, and UFT Bronx Special Representative Bonnie Rodriguez celebrate women’s empowerment.

Paraprofessional Chamaine Smith-Lyons of PS 70 in the Bronx enjoys the tunes spun by the DJ at the HERstory brunch.

UFT Vice President Janella Hinds, the event organizer, welcomes the attendees.

Attendees listen as UFT President Michael Mulgrew pays tribute to women who’ve mentored him.

The HERstory brunch provides a moment of self-care for attendees as they receive manicures from Queens Technical HS cosmetology students.

Rutgers labor studies professor and keynote speaker Sheri Davis presents a slideshow presentation, “HonHERing HERstory.”

Attendees get on the dance floor.

Happy Birthday, UFT! HERstory brunch attendees, led by Mulgrew (center), take time to acknowledge the UFT’s 65th birthday, which occurred March 15, the same day as the brunch.

Chapter Leader Sandy Wong of PS 30 in the Bronx and teachers Zakkiyya Rock and Ashley Matthews of PS 93 and PS 100, both in the Bronx, are all smiles.

Latifa Benson (center), a teacher at PS 65 on Staten Island, is accompanied by her daughters to the UFT’s seventh annual HERstory brunch.

Edith Lopez (left), the paraprofessional representative at PS 68 in the Bronx, and UFT Bronx Special Representative Bonnie Rodriguez celebrate women’s empowerment.

Paraprofessional Chamaine Smith-Lyons of PS 70 in the Bronx enjoys the tunes spun by the DJ at the HERstory brunch.

UFT Vice President Janella Hinds, the event organizer, welcomes the attendees.

Attendees listen as UFT President Michael Mulgrew pays tribute to women who’ve mentored him.

The HERstory brunch provides a moment of self-care for attendees as they receive manicures from Queens Technical HS cosmetology students.

Rutgers labor studies professor and keynote speaker Sheri Davis presents a slideshow presentation, “HonHERing HERstory.”

Attendees get on the dance floor.

Happy Birthday, UFT! HERstory brunch attendees, led by Mulgrew (center), take time to acknowledge the UFT’s 65th birthday, which occurred March 15, the same day as the brunch.
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Attendees listen as UFT President Michael Mulgrew pays tribute to women who’ve mentored him.

The HERstory brunch provides a moment of self-care for attendees as they receive manicures from Queens Technical HS cosmetology students.

Rutgers labor studies professor and keynote speaker Sheri Davis presents a slideshow presentation, “HonHERing HERstory.”

Attendees get on the dance floor.

Happy Birthday, UFT! HERstory brunch attendees, led by Mulgrew (center), take time to acknowledge the UFT’s 65th birthday, which occurred March 15, the same day as the brunch.

Chapter Leader Sandy Wong of PS 30 in the Bronx and teachers Zakkiyya Rock and Ashley Matthews of PS 93 and PS 100, both in the Bronx, are all smiles.

Latifa Benson (center), a teacher at PS 65 on Staten Island, is accompanied by her daughters to the UFT’s seventh annual HERstory brunch.

Edith Lopez (left), the paraprofessional representative at PS 68 in the Bronx, and UFT Bronx Special Representative Bonnie Rodriguez celebrate women’s empowerment.

Paraprofessional Chamaine Smith-Lyons of PS 70 in the Bronx enjoys the tunes spun by the DJ at the HERstory brunch.

UFT Vice President Janella Hinds, the event organizer, welcomes the attendees.

Attendees listen as UFT President Michael Mulgrew pays tribute to women who’ve mentored him.

The HERstory brunch provides a moment of self-care for attendees as they receive manicures from Queens Technical HS cosmetology students.

Rutgers labor studies professor and keynote speaker Sheri Davis presents a slideshow presentation, “HonHERing HERstory.”

Attendees get on the dance floor.

Happy Birthday, UFT! HERstory brunch attendees, led by Mulgrew (center), take time to acknowledge the UFT’s 65th birthday, which occurred March 15, the same day as the brunch.

Chapter Leader Sandy Wong of PS 30 in the Bronx and teachers Zakkiyya Rock and Ashley Matthews of PS 93 and PS 100, both in the Bronx, are all smiles.

Latifa Benson (center), a teacher at PS 65 on Staten Island, is accompanied by her daughters to the UFT’s seventh annual HERstory brunch.

Edith Lopez (left), the paraprofessional representative at PS 68 in the Bronx, and UFT Bronx Special Representative Bonnie Rodriguez celebrate women’s empowerment.

Paraprofessional Chamaine Smith-Lyons of PS 70 in the Bronx enjoys the tunes spun by the DJ at the HERstory brunch.

UFT Vice President Janella Hinds, the event organizer, welcomes the attendees.

Attendees listen as UFT President Michael Mulgrew pays tribute to women who’ve mentored him.

The HERstory brunch provides a moment of self-care for attendees as they receive manicures from Queens Technical HS cosmetology students.

Rutgers labor studies professor and keynote speaker Sheri Davis presents a slideshow presentation, “HonHERing HERstory.”

Attendees get on the dance floor.

Happy Birthday, UFT! HERstory brunch attendees, led by Mulgrew (center), take time to acknowledge the UFT’s 65th birthday, which occurred March 15, the same day as the brunch.