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November is American Indian Heritage Month In honor of American Indians, review our resources, including the Jim Clark American Indian/Alaska Native Human Rights Award, whereby a CTA member whose activities have helped to achieve significant progress on behalf of equal opportunity for American Indians/Alaska Natives, may be nominated. www.cta.org/heritage
Retirees and prospective retirees take notice Protect Social Security and fight for Social Security fairness by calling on Congress and the National Committee on Fiscal Responsibility & Reform to repeal the Government Pension Offset (GPO) and Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP). www.cta.org/socialsecurity
Day of the Special Educator: Dec. 3 The state Legislature has proclaimed December 3 as “Day of the Special Educator.” Californians are urged to recognize the dedication and hard work of special educators on this day and year round. www.cta.org/specialed
Create a cartoon concept
We invite members to send in cartoon concepts for future issues of the Educator. All we ask is that your ideas deal with current events in education and captions are no longer than one sentence long. Please send your cartoon ideas through mail, fax or e-mail.
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