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Join 482forward (a DFT community partner) and others for a Virtual Tax Day Teach In, Tuesday, April 15th from 6-7:30 p.m. We'll be in conversation with Dr. Vitti, Economist and MSU Professor Dr. David Arsen, and others discussing how taxes impact school funding!

We will learn more about the tax breaks that funnel money away from our schools and neighborhoods and into the pockets of the rich! We'll also have a chance to have in-depth conversations about specific topics like national funding cuts & implications for DPSCD; school funding; corporate handouts that harm our communities and more!

Register here.

• Sign Up for Red for Ed Walks: the schedule lists the following locations: Auburn Hills, downriver, Hamtramck, Macomb, Belleville, Ann Arbor, Taylor, Detroit, Dearborn. Sign up here: https://aftmichigan.org/red-for-ed-walks/. You can also RSVP through this QR.

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• Phone Banking Dates are in Eastpointe on October 16 12:30-2:30 p.m. at https://www.mobilize.us/aflcio/event/702777/ and October 30 in Taylor and Detroit 5:00-7:00 p.m. at https://www.mobilize.us/aflcio/event/702779/

• Tomorrow @ 8:15 p.m. Virtual Watch Party for Vice President Debate ​
• Join AFT Activist
• ​​Red for Ed Walks in Taylor, Saturdays @ 10 a.m.: October 5, October 19, November 2
• Red for Ed Walks in Hamtramck, Saturdays @ 10 a.m.: October 12, October 26, November 2​
• any day through October 18: Phone Banking Highest Priority​
• Red for Ed Walk in Detroit, Saturdays @ 10 a.m.: October 19, October 26, November 2

• Join AFT Activist: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/join-aft-activist?source=aftvotes

  
  

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• Any day: DIY Battleground State Phone Bank on Your Own Time!
• Sept. 17: National Voter Registration Day PHONE Bank. Sign up for special voter registration phone banks.
• Sept. 17: National Voter Registration Day TEXT Bank. Sign up for special voter registration text banks.
• Sept. 18: AFT Voter Persuasion Phone Bank in Battleground States at 5 p.m. EDT
• Sept. 19: Virtual Postcard Parties at 7 p.m. EDT

We are also excited to announce that we have AFT Votes postcards! To request an AFT Postcard Packet, fill out the form here.

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• AFL-CIO Union Women Get It Done Virtual Summit Oct. 1, 7 p.m. ET

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Union women have never been more important than we are right now in mobilizing for the Nov. 5 election. That’s why we’re inviting you to join us on Oct. 1 as we host a nationwide virtual event, where union women from across our movement will hear from each other, speak their truth and affirm that this fight unites us rather than divides us.  As we head into the final weeks of the election, we will come together to discuss what’s at stake and the crucial role that women will play in our struggle for victory in November and drive home the importance of Vice President Kamala Harris’ election to the White House. Please mark your calendar, invite your friends—and don’t miss it!  

Get Out The Vote! The governor and lt. governor have designated this week, ahead of absentee ballots being mailed out, as Voter Preregistration Week. Click here for details.

Virtual Presidential Debate Watch Party: RSVP to join us at 8:15 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, Sept. 10. We’ll have opportunities to engage with each other as well as hear from a special guest speaker, as we get ready to watch AFT-endorsed candidate Kamala Harris in this first presidential debate match-up. We will also bring back debate bingo for those who decide to stay on Zoom while watching the debate. RSVP for the debate watch party that will take place on Tuesday, Sept. 10.​​

DFT Educators For Sherry Gay-Dagnogo for School Board Reception to be held on Monday, September 23, 2024 from 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at District 5, 2463 Riopelle St., Detroit 48207 ] https://secure.actblue.com/donate/dfteducatorsforsherry reception