Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walks 2023
UFT members in all five boroughs and on Long Island raised thousands of dollars by participating in Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walks in October.

PS 69 members in Queens show their support.



Teachers and paraprofessionals from the Richmond Pre-K Center in Brooklyn prepare to walk for breast cancer awareness.

PS 30 in Staten Island wore #TeamTamika shirts in support of Tamika Little, a special education teacher at the school and breast cancer survivor. The shirts also read “In Memory of Karyn Ferrise,” an early childhood teacher who passed away from breast cancer in May 2023.

Staten Island members walk the Midland Beach boardwalk on Father Cappodano Boulevard.

District 11 Representative Dana Falciglia (far right) with PS 529 educators in the Bronx.

Coming together in support of breast cancer awareness in the Bronx are (from left) Renai Mason from PS 30, Christeina Peters from PS 274, and Matilda Goci and Erica Ellis from PS 41.

Members from PS 42 make it out to the Bronx Making Strides Walk.


Mott Hall III Middle School Chapter Leader Jocelyn Brown (far right) with the school’s student government and staff in the Bronx.


UFT members and leadership march in Central Park to honor loved ones and colleagues and to raise money for advocacy and research.

Helen Jason, a teacher at PS 36 in Manhattan, marches in the annual Strides walk in Central Park as she has for seven years. She is currently going through treatment for breast cancer and calls the Strides event “inspiring.”

Michael Friedman, the Pathways to Graduation chapter leader, attended his first march 30 years ago. His chapter raised more than $4,000.


UFT President Michael Mulgrew and District 4 Representative Servia Silva celebrate the robust UFT turnout at Central Park.

The John Bowne HS team marches in Flushing Meadows Corona Park to raise money and awareness for breast cancer research.

Members from PS 50 in Queens gather to honor colleagues and loved ones who have survived breast cancer and to memorialize those who have died.

PS 69 members in Queens show their support.



Teachers and paraprofessionals from the Richmond Pre-K Center in Brooklyn prepare to walk for breast cancer awareness.

PS 30 in Staten Island wore #TeamTamika shirts in support of Tamika Little, a special education teacher at the school and breast cancer survivor. The shirts also read “In Memory of Karyn Ferrise,” an early childhood teacher who passed away from breast cancer in May 2023.

Staten Island members walk the Midland Beach boardwalk on Father Cappodano Boulevard.

District 11 Representative Dana Falciglia (far right) with PS 529 educators in the Bronx.

Coming together in support of breast cancer awareness in the Bronx are (from left) Renai Mason from PS 30, Christeina Peters from PS 274, and Matilda Goci and Erica Ellis from PS 41.

Members from PS 42 make it out to the Bronx Making Strides Walk.


Mott Hall III Middle School Chapter Leader Jocelyn Brown (far right) with the school’s student government and staff in the Bronx.


UFT members and leadership march in Central Park to honor loved ones and colleagues and to raise money for advocacy and research.

Helen Jason, a teacher at PS 36 in Manhattan, marches in the annual Strides walk in Central Park as she has for seven years. She is currently going through treatment for breast cancer and calls the Strides event “inspiring.”

Michael Friedman, the Pathways to Graduation chapter leader, attended his first march 30 years ago. His chapter raised more than $4,000.


UFT President Michael Mulgrew and District 4 Representative Servia Silva celebrate the robust UFT turnout at Central Park.

The John Bowne HS team marches in Flushing Meadows Corona Park to raise money and awareness for breast cancer research.

Members from PS 50 in Queens gather to honor colleagues and loved ones who have survived breast cancer and to memorialize those who have died.

PS 69 members in Queens show their support.
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UFT President Michael Mulgrew and District 4 Representative Servia Silva celebrate the robust UFT turnout at Central Park.

The John Bowne HS team marches in Flushing Meadows Corona Park to raise money and awareness for breast cancer research.

Members from PS 50 in Queens gather to honor colleagues and loved ones who have survived breast cancer and to memorialize those who have died.

PS 69 members in Queens show their support.



Teachers and paraprofessionals from the Richmond Pre-K Center in Brooklyn prepare to walk for breast cancer awareness.

PS 30 in Staten Island wore #TeamTamika shirts in support of Tamika Little, a special education teacher at the school and breast cancer survivor. The shirts also read “In Memory of Karyn Ferrise,” an early childhood teacher who passed away from breast cancer in May 2023.

Staten Island members walk the Midland Beach boardwalk on Father Cappodano Boulevard.

District 11 Representative Dana Falciglia (far right) with PS 529 educators in the Bronx.

Coming together in support of breast cancer awareness in the Bronx are (from left) Renai Mason from PS 30, Christeina Peters from PS 274, and Matilda Goci and Erica Ellis from PS 41.

Members from PS 42 make it out to the Bronx Making Strides Walk.


Mott Hall III Middle School Chapter Leader Jocelyn Brown (far right) with the school’s student government and staff in the Bronx.


UFT members and leadership march in Central Park to honor loved ones and colleagues and to raise money for advocacy and research.

Helen Jason, a teacher at PS 36 in Manhattan, marches in the annual Strides walk in Central Park as she has for seven years. She is currently going through treatment for breast cancer and calls the Strides event “inspiring.”

Michael Friedman, the Pathways to Graduation chapter leader, attended his first march 30 years ago. His chapter raised more than $4,000.


UFT President Michael Mulgrew and District 4 Representative Servia Silva celebrate the robust UFT turnout at Central Park.

The John Bowne HS team marches in Flushing Meadows Corona Park to raise money and awareness for breast cancer research.

Members from PS 50 in Queens gather to honor colleagues and loved ones who have survived breast cancer and to memorialize those who have died.

PS 69 members in Queens show their support.



Teachers and paraprofessionals from the Richmond Pre-K Center in Brooklyn prepare to walk for breast cancer awareness.

PS 30 in Staten Island wore #TeamTamika shirts in support of Tamika Little, a special education teacher at the school and breast cancer survivor. The shirts also read “In Memory of Karyn Ferrise,” an early childhood teacher who passed away from breast cancer in May 2023.

Staten Island members walk the Midland Beach boardwalk on Father Cappodano Boulevard.

District 11 Representative Dana Falciglia (far right) with PS 529 educators in the Bronx.

Coming together in support of breast cancer awareness in the Bronx are (from left) Renai Mason from PS 30, Christeina Peters from PS 274, and Matilda Goci and Erica Ellis from PS 41.

Members from PS 42 make it out to the Bronx Making Strides Walk.


Mott Hall III Middle School Chapter Leader Jocelyn Brown (far right) with the school’s student government and staff in the Bronx.


UFT members and leadership march in Central Park to honor loved ones and colleagues and to raise money for advocacy and research.

Helen Jason, a teacher at PS 36 in Manhattan, marches in the annual Strides walk in Central Park as she has for seven years. She is currently going through treatment for breast cancer and calls the Strides event “inspiring.”

Michael Friedman, the Pathways to Graduation chapter leader, attended his first march 30 years ago. His chapter raised more than $4,000.


UFT President Michael Mulgrew and District 4 Representative Servia Silva celebrate the robust UFT turnout at Central Park.

The John Bowne HS team marches in Flushing Meadows Corona Park to raise money and awareness for breast cancer research.

Members from PS 50 in Queens gather to honor colleagues and loved ones who have survived breast cancer and to memorialize those who have died.

PS 69 members in Queens show their support.