NYSUT Social Justice

  • Social Justice Resources

    NYSUT, along with our partners at AFT and NEA, have compiled a number of social justice resources for educators and activists.

  • About NYSUT Social Justice

    Social justice lies at the heart of unionism, demonstrating the power of grassroots action and effecting change within our communities.
  • Implicit Bias Workshop

    Learn how to promote social unity and increase cultural awareness in your school and community by attending this new NYSUT workshop for members and local affiliates.
  • Members of Color

    Embracing our Diversity, Celebrating our Unity.
  • Pathways to Leadership

    NYSUT Pathways to Leadership, a project to support NYSUT BIPOC members who strive to own their power and strengthen their skills to take on leadership roles within their union, workplace, or community.
  • Civil and Human Rights Committee

    A committee to advance the union’s efforts to promote equity and social justice.

  • LGBTQ Resources

    Educating peers and advocating for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning/Queer colleagues.
  • Women's Committee

    Learn more about the NYSUT Women's Committee.
  • Many Threads, One Fabric

    Launched in the summer of 2020, “Many Threads, One Fabric” is a series of NYSUT and AFT virtual town halls exploring racial justice, diversity and equity issues.
  • AAPI History Poster

    NYSUT members celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month by sharing their stories.
  • Black History

    NYSUT members and leaders are telling their stories in video testimonials as part of our Black History Month celebration. More to come!
  • Hispanic Heritage

    NYSUT celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month with a new poster honoring Nydia M. Velázquez a representative for New York’s 7th Congressional District.

  • Social Justice Organizations

    Organizations around the world to help advance your social justice agenda.

What's New << >>

  • Free NYSUT poster celebrates Native American Heritage Month, Nov. 1-30 11/1/2024
  • NYSUT Pathways to Leadership program graduates inaugural class 10/4/2024
  • FREE NYSUT poster celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month 9/15/2024
  • NYSUT 2024 Social Justice Academy graduates nine new locals 7/19/2024
  • This July, Celebrate Disability Pride Month! 7/17/2024
  • Celebrate Juneteenth! 6/18/2024
  • NYSUT Poster Celebrates Asian Pacific American Heritage Month 5/8/2024
  • NYSUT celebrates student artists at inaugural exhibition 4/3/2024
  • Challenges of teaching Black history focus of February program 2/21/2024
  • NYSUT named top fundraising company nationwide for supporting Making Strides Against Breast Cancer 2/20/2024
  • NYSUT and partners launch One-in-Five campaign to combat cycle of childhood poverty 1/24/2024
  • Poster celebrates Native American Heritage Month 10/25/2023
  • In rural Galway, educators thwart censorship attempts 10/17/2023
  • Clyde-Savannah educators push to uphold intellectual freedom 10/6/2023
  • New poster celebrates tennis legend Billie Jean King for LGBTQ+ History Month 10/4/2023
  • Birmingham to Buffalo: Teaching Assistant Ethel Kline talks about her purpose 9/20/2023
  • Free NYSUT poster celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month 9/14/2023
  • Celebrating workers’ rights at Labor Day events 9/11/2023
  • 'Thoughts on this Labor Day.' By NYSUT President Melinda Person. 9/4/2023
  • NYSUT Members of Color Affinity and Action Project Inaugural Convening 8/31/2023
  • NYSUT Social Justice Academy graduates first cohort 7/20/2023
  • NYSUT statement on devastating Supreme Court rulings 6/30/2023
  • Celebrate Juneteenth! 6/16/2023
  • NYSUT educators are keeping books in schools, celebrating diverse and inclusive stories 6/13/2023
  • NYSUT Many Threads, One Fabric event celebrates Juneteenth 6/9/2023
  • “Many Threads, One Fabric” event celebrates Asian, Pacific Islander American Heritage Month 5/19/2023
  • SOUNDS OF WELLNESS: A Virtual Black History Month Event 2/27/2023
  • Response to Tyre Nichols' Death & Resources for Members 1/28/2023
  • NYSUT members give back for MLK Day 1/19/2023
  • New poster celebrates Native American Heritage Month 11/8/2022
  • 'Healthy School Meals for All' coalition calls for funding to end childhood hunger in schools 10/27/2022
  • Salamanca High School teachers honored for human rights education 9/14/2022
  • Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with our new Jorge Ramos poster 9/1/2022
  • At Buffalo rally, education unions stand up to hate 6/3/2022
  • ‘We need a voice’: Long Island educators form AAPI advocacy group 5/26/2022
  • NYSUT steps up support for Amazon and Starbucks workers 4/21/2022
  • NYSUT Disaster Relief Fund seeks donations to help Ukraine citizens 3/9/2022
  • NYSUT salutes Black History Month 2/19/2022
  • NYSUT Celebrates Black History Month 2022 2/18/2022
  • Free NYSUT poster celebrates HBCUs 1/20/2022
  • Event celebrates Hispanic excellence and achievement 10/14/2021
  • VIDEO: 'Celebrando Nuestra Hispanidad: A Conversation with Latino Leaders' 9/27/2021
  • Hispanic Heritage poster honors Maria Hinojosa 9/15/2021
  • Human rights conference brings together teens from three continents 7/19/2021
  • Guilderland teacher unites students and community for action and awareness 7/16/2021
  • Many Threads, One Fabric: 'How to Support Our LGBTQ and Allied Students' 6/24/2021
  • NYSUT Many Threads, One Fabric event celebrates Juneteenth 6/21/2021
  • Many Threads, One Fabric: 'Hope Gathering 2021' 6/17/2021
  • Rural local takes decisive action against anti-gay cyberbullying directed at teachers 6/11/2021
  • Empathy key to effective classroom communication, says Bigbie 5/26/2021
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    Free NYSUT poster celebrates Native American Heritage Month, Nov. 1-30

    Free NYSUT poster celebrates Native American Heritage Month, Nov. 1-30
    NYSUT Pathways to Leadership program graduates inaugural class

    NYSUT Pathways to Leadership program graduates inaugural class

    NYSUT Pathways to Leadership program graduates inaugural class
    FREE NYSUT poster celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month

    FREE NYSUT poster celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month

    NYSUT celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month, Sept. 15 through Oct. 15, with a new poster honoring Nydia M. Velázquez a representative for New York's 7th Congressional District.

    NYSUT 2024 Social Justice Academy graduates nine new locals

    In an unassuming brick building along the outskirts of Albany’s downtown, a team of NYSUT members were hard at work. The group, the 2024 cohort of the NYSUT Social Justice Academy, washed windows, painted walls, sorted books, raked lawns, and unloaded supplies to help prepare the South End Children’s Café for a fall opening at its newly purchased site, the former home of a local church.
    Celebrate Disability Pride Month

    This July, Celebrate Disability Pride Month!

    In July, Disability Pride Month celebrates the anniversary of the ADA’s passage and the work of activists like Heumann. The theme for 2024 is “We Want a Life Like Yours,” reflecting the disability community’s strive for equality.
    Juneteenth 2024

    Celebrate Juneteenth!

    Resources and tools are available to help you celebrate Juneteenth – including a special online panel discussion Monday at 5:30 p.m. Join us!
    NYSUT Poster Celebrates Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

    NYSUT Poster Celebrates Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

    NYSUT celebrates Asian Pacific American Heritage Month with a new poster honoring May Chen, an American labor organizer and advocate for immigrant workers who helped organize the 1982 garment workers’ strike, one of the largest Asian American worker actions in history. Twenty thousand primarily Chinese and Hong Kong immigrant women workers marched from Manhattan’s Chinatown to Columbus Park, rallying for safer working conditions, better wages and for management to observe the Confucian principles of fairness and respect.
    TRO Art Exhibit 2024

    NYSUT celebrates student artists at inaugural exhibition

    For the inaugural juried student art exhibition held at NYSUT’s Tarrytown Regional Office, local students were asked to use NYSUT’s “Many Threads, One Fabric” theme to create original works of art that explore and embrace the histories, cultures and contributions of the many diverse peoples that make up our world.
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    Challenges of teaching Black history focus of February program

    The “Power of Education” was the theme of a February Black History Month Thought Leaders Forum moderated by J. Philippe Abraham, NYSUT secretary treasurer.
    making strides

    NYSUT named top fundraising company nationwide for supporting Making Strides Against Breast Cancer

    NYSUT is being nationally recognized as the number one organization across the country for its contributions to the American Cancer Society’s 2023 Making Strides Against Breast Cancer campaign.
    one in five coalition

    NYSUT and partners launch One-in-Five campaign to combat cycle of childhood poverty

    NYSUT and a coalition of child, family and community stakeholders today announced their combined push to confront the root causes and harsh effects of poverty that impact hundreds of thousands of children across the state.
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    Poster celebrates Native American Heritage Month

    NYSUT celebrates Native American Heritage Month, Nov. 1–30, with a poster honoring Lily Gladstone, a Native American actress of Blackfeet and Nimíipuu heritage. For her portrayal of a rancher in Certain Women, Gladstone was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award and a Gotham Independent Film Award.
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