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| IMPORTANT DATES | IN THE NEWS OCTOBER 2022 | ||
October 20 |
NYSUT - THE FIRST 50 YEARS
POSTED 10/19/22 The folllowing is a 45 minute video of the history of NYSUT for your viewing. Brentwood has a cameo in the last five minutes of the video where Kevin Coyne, BTA President, and our members appear. Please be sure to watch to the end. NYSUT - The First 50 Years PROJECT HOPE - A TIME FOR GIVING |
RC21 UPCOMING ELECTION NEWS
POSTED 10/19/22 Election Day is 3 weeks away. We're becoming more and more concerned about Steve Englebright's race. Steve was a teacher before he was an Assemblyman and continues to be part of the faculty at SUNY Stony Brook. He's been in the Assembly for 20 years and not only always votes "correctly" but actively advocates on our issues at every opportunity. He's one of the strongest friends we have, but we could lose him this time. This is a very unpredictable year, but it's looking like a very difficult race this time. Losing a friend as supportive as Steve would be a huge loss!! Please read this important note from RC21 on how you can help get Steve elected. Election November 2022 Virtual Phone Bank Instructions |
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 View the In Memoriam page with the list of our Brentwood colleagues who have passed away. This list will be updated on a yearly basis. * * * * * If you would like us to place an announcement on the website of the passing of one of our colleagues please contact us here. |
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| NYSUT NEWS | WHAT YOU DIDN'T KNOW | ||
NYSUT Website www.nysut.org MEMEBER ACTION CENTER Support VOTE-COPE with your voluntary contribution. Download the VOTE-COPE Contribution Card here. |
This month in history - October. The History Place |
October 2022 Holidays, Bizarre, Unique, Special Days Bizarre and Unique Holidays in October |
All About October October in History |
| ROBS HISTORY PROJECT - John M. Sherin | |||
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Why did we do it? What was our purpose in taking on such an open ended “History Project”; for which we evolved a script of questions and got answers from over 150 subjects for two decades? We couldn’t answer the question in 1994 when people would ask “What are you going to do with the interviews?” All we could say was that for educational purposes we had to document our record now or lose the chance to preserve so many poignant accounts, funny stories and touching tales told by exemplary educators. We knew these dedicated public servants might shortly, for reasons yet unknown, be leaving Brentwood for good. So, we decided to let time sort out the details. We began scheduling appointments. We asked questions and listened saving for generations the essence of what it meant to have been an educator or employed, in this large public school system during the second half of the 20th century. Brentwood remains an exemplar to all others; a diverse microcosm of America reflecting 124 districts on Long Island while simultaneously resembling thousands across the U.S. We’ve accomplished something here to be proud of. Whether we were interviewed or not, ours is a claim of service that few professionals in the State of New York or elsewhere have positioned themselves to share in the way we have. INITIALLY the practice of sitting with a subject for an hour and giving them a hundred percent focused attention seemed somewhat daunting to a number of friends and colleagues. So much so in fact that many declined our repeated invitations to speak with us as they left careers or retired from full employment. Despite all assurances that we were not about investigative journalism or invading privacy, they deferred. Now, twenty years after we began, some are saying they may be ready. “Better late than never” we say. However, to all among you who were willing to share not only your classroom experiences and personal stories, but precious memories from your lives along with your fondest hopes for the future, we say “Thanks”. Thanks for allowing us to continue the process by paying it forward as we share these interviews with the Brentwood community and countless professionals and researchers near and far. Through an acceptance of ROBS offer of collaboration with Archivist Dr. Geri Solomon and The Long Island Studies Institute at Hofstra University our History Project lives on in academia as well as in the collection of the Brentwood Public Library, thanks to Director, Thomas A. Tarantowicz. You can enjoy unlimited visits to www.robsny.org where you can watch and listen to segments from featured Interviews in the ROBS History Project Section on our Announcements Page each month. Return here to listen and learn again and again. |
THIS MONTH'S FEATURED HISTORY PROJECT INTERVIEW: Michael Garramone May 18, 2002 Elementary Education Teacher  Click on the image above to read Michael Garramone's Biography
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You can also
view any of the past interviews by visiting History Project Interview Archives
View May 8, 2015 History Project Celebration Photo Album View History Project Slide Show on YouTube |
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| RC21 EVENTS | |||
| October 26 NYSUT Long Island Regional Conference November 9 Annual Brunch Welcome New Retirees RC 21 Website: http://rc21.ny.aft.org |
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