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NEA FOUNDATION GRANTS JUNE 1 A P P L I C AT I O N D E A D L I N E The NEA Foundation awards grants to NEA members. Student Achievement Grants support improving academic achievement; Learning and Leadership Grants support high-quality professional development. Applications are reviewed three times a year. neafoundation.org ISTE 2017 CONFERENCE & EXPO JUNE 25–28 C O N F E R E N C E San Antonio, Texas. The International Society for Technology in Education is a nonprofit organization that advocates for education technology. More than 15,000 educators will attend the annual conference, which offers hundreds of professional development opportunities and edtech exhibits. conference.iste.org/2017 NEA CONFERENCE ON RACIAL AND SOCIAL JUSTICE JUNE 28–29 C O N F E R E N C E Boston, Massachusetts. "Growing the Education Justice Movement." This con- ference (formerly the Joint Conference on the Concerns of Minorities and Women) provides a unique space for education stakeholders to engage on issues that impact educational opportunities for communities of color, LGBTQ+ and women. nea.org/racialsocialjustice NEA REPRESENTATIVE ASSEMBLY JUNE 30–JULY 5 C O N V E N T I O N Boston, Massachusetts. With 8,000 delegates (including about 900 from California), the RA is the world's largest democratic deliberative body. CTA mem- bers will help set policy and chart the direction of NEA business. ctago.org PRESIDENTS CONFERENCE JULY 20–23 C O N F E R E N C E Fairmont Hotel, San Jose. This training is geared for local chapter leaders. New and second-year presidents and new community college chapter presidents begin on Thursday with specially tailored core training; others join them Friday for electives and workshops to enhance leadership skills. ctago.org SUMMER INSTITUTE JULY 30–AUG. 3 C O N F E R E N C E UCLA Conference Center, Los Angeles. CTA's premier training workshop offers 10 concurrent programs that will prepare you to accomplish your leadership role in your chapter and meet your professional development goals. ctago.org CTA Board member MART Y MEEDEN (Leo Reano Memorial Award), an edu- cator for 33 years, has worked for equal educational opportunity and rights for all marginalized students and educators throughout his life. He has fought to elim- inate Native mascots, correct inaccurate curricula, and debunk other misrepresen- tations of Native Americans and Alaska Natives in our academic culture. In addition to serving as chair of the NEA American Indian/Alaska Native Caucus, he has served as co-chair of CTA State Council's Ethnic Minority Affairs Committee, chair of its American Indian/ Alaska Native Caucus, and chair of CTA's Ethnic Minority Early Identification and Development program. KENT WONG (Ellison S. Onizuka Memorial Award) has served as director of the UCLA Labor Center, a resource for workers' rights and economic justice, for the past 25 years. An attorney, activist and educator, Wong has dedicated his life to the labor movement. He was founding president of the Asian Pacfic American Labor Alliance, AFL-CIO, the first national organization of Asian American union members and workers. He has also been at the forefront of immigrant rights. CTA has worked with Wong on multiple projects, including with Dreamers, hosting and visiting teacher unions in China and other countries, and summer union work with students. Wong is a vice president of the California Federation of Teachers. Human and Civil Rights Heroes The theme of NEA's 2017 Human and Civil Rights Awards Dinner is "Living the Legacy: After 50 Years, Still We Rise," in recognition of the 50th anniversary of the awards. Two Californians are among this year's honorees, who will be feted at a gala dinner in Boston on July 1. For more infor- mation, see nea.org/grants/HCRAwards.html. 9 May / June 2017