Publications and Reports

We are pleased to roll out the January 2026 of the newsletter.

Articles include:

• Statement by DFT President on MOVE/Elections 2026
• Invest in MI Kids February campaign
• Member Spotlight: Andrea Raiford
• Storytelling with the EVP @ Palmer Park
• Red DFT Wool Hats
• Communication From DFT

Here is the November/December 2025 issue of The Detroit Teacher.

Articles include

• Greetings from Felecia Slappy
• Invest in MI Kids Updates
• Member Spotlight Melzitta Davis
• Deprofessionalizing Educators & Nurses
• Building Rep PD for November
• Political Candidates Speak
• Raffle Winners at DFT
• DFT Attends AFT Regional
• Literacy Month @ Central
• DFT Retirees Holiday Luncheon

Here is the October 2025 issue of The Detroit Teacher.

Topics featured include:

• Meeting Quanita Cunningham and Jacqueline Washington
• Invest in MI Kids Ballot Initiative
• World Teachers Day
• Detroit City Council Members at General Membership Meeting
• No Kings Day October 18, 2025
• Union Professional Developments
• Labor Day 

Here is the September 2025 edition of The Detroit Teacher.

Articles Include:

• Invest in MI Kids Ballot Initiative
• Member Spotlight: Nathaniel Horn
• Labor Day March in Detroit
• Historic Merger with DFP
• We Are One Celebration
• DFT Retirees September
• EMU Honors Lakia Wilson-Lumpkins
• Middle School Teacher of the Year, Corrine Lyons

Articles found in this issue of The Detroit Teacher, Summer 2025

• DFT Town Hall Forum for Mayoral and City Council Candidates
• AFT AI Symposium
• AFT Teach 2025
• Michigan School for Women Workers
• DFT Anthony Wayne Society Recognition
• Retirees Summer Picnic
• Wellness Wednesday Topics
• President in the Media

We are pleased to roll out this edition of The Detroit Teacher.  Thank you to all work locations and our members for contributing pictures and articles for us to use.

Detroit Teacher May and June 2025

Articles found in this edition include

• Importance of Labor History by President Emeritus, Keith Johnson
• Solidarity Wednesday 
• No Kings Day
• Raffle Winners May General Membership Meeting
• Member Spotlight Theodore Sachs, Labor Attorney
• DFT Leadership Training
• Building Representatives Dinner
• Hackathon @ Spain

• Canadian Educational Press Association

  
  

Articles found in this month's edition of The Detroit Teacher, April 2025.

• MEJC Advocacy Day
• Hands Off! Across Metro Detroit
• Solidarity Wednesdays
• Detroit Mayoral Candidate Forum
• Member Spotlight: Jodi Willard
• Oath of Office
• DFT in the Media
• Bethune Dance Program
• Crystal Lee Honors
• City of Detroit's Palmer Park

Here is the March 2025 edition of The Detroit Teacher.

Articles include:

• March 4 Education/Protect Our Kids
• Member Spotlight: Mary Ellen Riordan
• Women's History Month
• March is Reading Month
• Adult Ed @ DPSCD
• DFT Endowed Memorial Scholarship @ Wayne State
• Chess Tournament @ DPSCD

Here are the official candidate statements and voting instructions for the vacant Executive Board seat.

Here is the February 2025 edition of The Detroit Teacher.

The Detroit Teacher February 2025

Articles in this month issue include

• March4Education
• Call to Action by DFT Retirees
• Rally at Tim Wahlberg's office
• Black History Member Spotlight: John Elliott
• DFT Retirees BHM Commemorations
• Black Men in Unions Conference