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National Audiology Awareness Month is an annual designation observed in October. This time of year is prime for stimulating our senses: smelling pumpkin spice,  tasting apple cider, seeing the leaves turning colors, and feeling the weather as it changes. What about what we hear? Although it's something many of us take for granted, our ability to hear and listen is one of the senses we rely on the most.

           The thing about hearing loss is that no one can see it. --actress Marion Ross

We live in a noisy world, so get those ears checked!

Listen as these professionals explain in this 1:15 clip about How Audiologists Can Help Video.

• Sensorineural Hearing Loss
• Hidden Hearing Loss
• Non-Syndromic Genetic Hearing Loss
• Syndromic Genetic Hearing Loss
• Congenital Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Infection
• Noise-Induced Hearing Loss  
• Auditory Process Disorders
• Ototoxicity
• Symptoms such as Tinnitus (ringing in the ear), Vertigo, and Dizziness

The DFT held a candidate screening for those who are running for office.  We recorded the conversations and have posted them here. There are six separate videos. Our members are encouraged to watch the videos so they can make informed decisions about the election process.

• Saturday Candidate Screening on Zoom (passcode is XDXeF6=k) candidates are Hill Harper at 00:00:50, Elissa Slotkin at 00:30:00, Rashida Tlaib at 01:03:00.
• Raphael Washington Candidate Screening (runs 14 minutes)
• Shri Thanedar Candidate Screening (runs 14 minutes)
• Thursday Candidate Screening candidates are 00:00:50 Macie Gaines, 19:00 Sherry Gay-Dagnogo, 45:00 Sherisse Butler, 1:10:00 Boyd White III, 1:33:00 Stephanie Young
• Mary Waters Candidate Screening (runs 20 minutes)
• Adrienne Scruggs Candidate Screening (runs 16 minutes)

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AFT Michigan President, Terrence Martin, welcomed Jenell Mansfield, our Political & Legislative Director, to the studio for our latest episode of the AFT Michigan Podcast. Please check it out to hear us talk about growing up in Detroit, parenthood, and why it’s so important for union members to be engaged in the political process. 

Welcome to the first episode of the AFT Michigan podcast! In this first episode, AFT Michigan Secretary-Treasurer Terrence Martin sits down with Field Representative Sonya Alvarado for a wide-ranging discussion, particularly focused on higher education, drawing on Sonya’s experience as a faculty member, local union president, and now staff person working with higher ed locals across the state.

Vice President, Robin Jennings, explains why the DFT is supporting the repeal of Right to Work in Michigan. 

Stand Together

See the AFT produced video of DFT member Lakia Wilson taking a walk through Spain School https://youtu.be/CHnCTAkK7_M.

Workers from across the state rallied in Lansing Dec. 11 to protest right-to-work legislation.