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Lunar New Year Banquet 2020

About 220 UFT members and retirees gathered at a Chinatown restaurant on March 6 for the annual Lunar New Year Banquet organized by the UFT Asian American Heritage Committee.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew smiles and poses with Marion Thom and Virginia Eng
UFT President Michael Mulgrew celebrates the Lunar New Year with Marion Thom (left) and Virginia Eng, the co-chairs of the UFT Asian American Heritage Committee.
Erica Berger
A group of union members celebrating Lunar New Year pose for a photo at a table.

Members from PS 94 in Brooklyn gather for the Lunar New Year feast.

Erica Berger
Two members, man and woman at a table, cheers to the Lunar New Year.

Teacher Danielle Minor and paraprofessional Jesse Cowan, both from PS 175 in the Bronx, toast each other with cups of hot tea.

Erica Berger
A woman and man laugh while recording the events at the celebration.

Anna Tokar, a paraprofessional from Franklin D. Roosevelt HS in Manhattan, shares a light moment with her father, Richard Tokar, a retired teacher and chapter leader.

Erica Berger
Three people at a table are sharing food... and a laugh.

Raul Garcia, the chapter leader of the Social Workers and Psychologists Chapter, and Stacie Soto (center), a social worker at Boys and Girls HS in Brooklyn, watch as Leanne Wu, a school psychologist at PS 186 in Brooklyn, slices into the fried tofu.

Erica Berger
A table of members enjoys their meal with chopsticks.

Teachers from PS 94 in Manhattan and their guests dig in at the sumptuous feast.

Erica Berger
A man laughs while bumping elbows with a NY state Senator

New York State Sen. John Liu (standing), who represents northeast Queens, gets an elbow bump — a new way to greet during the coronavirus outbreak — from Chapter Leader Raphael G. Tomkin of PS 333 in Manhattan.

Erica Berger
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UFT President Michael Mulgrew smiles and poses with Marion Thom and Virginia Eng
UFT President Michael Mulgrew celebrates the Lunar New Year with Marion Thom (left) and Virginia Eng, the co-chairs of the UFT Asian American Heritage Committee.
Erica Berger
A group of union members celebrating Lunar New Year pose for a photo at a table.

Members from PS 94 in Brooklyn gather for the Lunar New Year feast.

Erica Berger
Two members, man and woman at a table, cheers to the Lunar New Year.

Teacher Danielle Minor and paraprofessional Jesse Cowan, both from PS 175 in the Bronx, toast each other with cups of hot tea.

Erica Berger
A woman and man laugh while recording the events at the celebration.

Anna Tokar, a paraprofessional from Franklin D. Roosevelt HS in Manhattan, shares a light moment with her father, Richard Tokar, a retired teacher and chapter leader.

Erica Berger
Three people at a table are sharing food... and a laugh.

Raul Garcia, the chapter leader of the Social Workers and Psychologists Chapter, and Stacie Soto (center), a social worker at Boys and Girls HS in Brooklyn, watch as Leanne Wu, a school psychologist at PS 186 in Brooklyn, slices into the fried tofu.

Erica Berger
A table of members enjoys their meal with chopsticks.

Teachers from PS 94 in Manhattan and their guests dig in at the sumptuous feast.

Erica Berger
A man laughs while bumping elbows with a NY state Senator

New York State Sen. John Liu (standing), who represents northeast Queens, gets an elbow bump — a new way to greet during the coronavirus outbreak — from Chapter Leader Raphael G. Tomkin of PS 333 in Manhattan.

Erica Berger