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"Our greatest resource is each other." —CTA President E. Toby Boyd CTA values at the forefront of October State Council By Julian Peeples Organizing to Win O R G A N I Z I N G I S K E Y to defending public schools, support- ing our students and standing up for honesty in education, CTA President E. Toby Boyd said to CTA State Council of Education during its first meeting of the school year in October. "Our greatest resource is each other," Boyd said as part of his report to State Council. Organizing was an ongoing theme of the meeting, whether to build power and fight for equity or win at the bargaining table. Boyd, in his final year as president, delivered a rousing report to the near-800 educators in attendance — bringing them to their feet as he underscored some of CTA's values. "CTA fights for immigrant rights and for DACA. We stand for Black Lives. Black. Lives. Matter. We stand against Asian Hate," Boyd said. "We fight for LGBTQ+ equality and inclusion, so that each one of our students and educators has an overall sense of safety and support in our schools. We have zero tolerance for bullying, harassment and hate speech." In that vein, CTA State Council unanimously called on Los Angeles City Council members Kevin de Léon and Gil Cedillo to resign immediately for their racist and anti-Black comments during a discussion with other Los Angeles officials, who have since resigned. De Léon and Cedillo have refused to step down, despite repeated calls from constituents, community leaders and elected officials at every level all the way up to President Joe Biden. UPDATE CLOSER TO PRESS TIME "O ur communities are hur ting," B oyd said . "It 's during th e se di f f i cult m om ent s that we lo o k to el e ct ed l ead ers for support and comfort and yet, in this case, we are met with politicians who care more about themselves than the well-being of the community," Get Out the Vote Victor y on Election Day was on the minds of educators at State Council, with efforts ongoing to get out the vote for good propositions, to defeat bad ones, and to elect candidates who understand the value of public education. State Council mem- bers participated in a ver y successful member-to-member texting campaign to spread the word about No on Prop. 30 (Lyft Special Interest Tax) that saw one member text more than 20,000 fellow CTA educators during the weekend. The CTA American Indian/Alaskan Native Caucus reception featured a presentation on Native American art. CTA President E. Toby Boyd 52 cta.org CTA & You

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