Issue link: http://educator.cta.org/i/1500904
ESP Leadership Academy — Class of 2023 Strengthening our schools means strengthening everyone who works within a school system, including ESPs. The second half of CTA's 2023 ESP Leadership Academy took place in Burlingame at the end of April (the first half was in March in LA). Academy participants learned skills to help them be effective leaders in their chapters and are now better prepared to help their local organization deal with current educational and other issues. Congrats! Pictured left to right: CTA Board Member Chris Bushée, Pan Arciniega, Heather Cade-Bauer, Ashley Middlebrook, Bonnie Marsh, Kirsten Brink, Michael Dunnington, La Vada Hall, Anthony Dunaway, La Tonia Tarver-Lopez, Antonio Orozco, and Vanessa Vancil. Learn more about the ESP Leadership Academy at cta.org/esp. Human & Civil Rights Awardee Arlene Inouye NEA will present its 2023 Human and Civil Rights Awards at a gala dinner in Orlando, FL, on July 2. Among the awardees is Arlene Inouye, recipient of the Ellison S. Onizuka Memorial Award. Inouye, an integral member of UTLA leadership in recent years, is a longtime educator, labor leader and community activist. Her family was incarcerated in the World War II internment camps; because of this she has spent most of her life fighting racism and injustice and uplifting the contributions of Asians and Pacific Islanders. Inouye has worked to transform public education and the union into a force for societal change and as catalysts in the movement for racial, educational and social justice. She has used her voice and talents to bring voice to her students and community. Inouye has served as UTLA treasurer and secretary. As bargaining team co-chair during the UTLA 2019 contract negotiations, she helped lead one of the most historic educator strikes in national history, securing a plethora of social justice wins for students across the district. She is currently working with the UCLA Asian American Studies Center on the AAPI Multimedia Textbook project. For other NEA Human and Civil Rights awardees, visit nea.org/hcrawards. Antisemitism Awareness Campaign To ensure all students — including Jewish students — are able to attend schools free from discrimination and harassment, the Biden- Harris Administration issued the U.S. National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism in May. It includes the Department of Education's (ED) Antisemitism Awareness Campaign. As part of the campaign, ED's Office for Civil Rights released a letter reminding schools of their legal obligations to provide all students a school environment free from discrimination based on race, color or national origin, including shared ancestry or ethnic characteristics, or citizenship or residency in a country with a dominant religion or religious identity. Schools are required to take immediate and appropriate action to respond to harassment that creates a hostile environment. For more information, go to tinyurl.com/2fy8hxtb. Add the caption here. 10 cta.org In the Know N E W S & N O T E S