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Dear AFGE Family,

The Women’s and Fair Practices Departments thank you for your attendance to our very successful Human Rights Training earlier this year. After much feedback from our attendees, we have decided to extend and re-offer three of our trainings, Community Activism, Racial Justice is Real and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion training. These trainings will provide our members with the insights and skills needed to be true and progressive advocates in their locals and districts.

Descriptions of the trainings offered and registration links can be found below.

Racial Justice is Real:

In 1964, Sister Fannie Lou Hamer proclaimed she was sick and tired of being sick and tired. These famous words were in reference to being treated as a second-class citizen in this country. Despite decades of culture shifts and policy changes, prejudices against communities of color has intensified. This workshop will take a look at how specific changes throughout history have had negative effects on communities of color and how we can support efforts to fight back. Participants will look at what racial justice means for our work in the union and the labor movement and how we as people of color, activists and allies can bring about positive change for our members and their families.

Saturday November 7 from 11am - 3pm
Saturday December 12 from 11am - 3pm

Community Activism:

This course will focus on building our AFGE members into community activists who will work to mobilize around racial, social, and economic based justice issues that many of our AFGE members are faced with not only in their workplaces, but also within their communities. This training will be presented by our HRC, YOUNG, and AFL-CIO Constituency Group Leaders and will provide an overview of AFGE’s Women’s and Fair Practices Departments, our programs and support, our partnerships and coalitions, as well as preparing our members with becoming true representatives of labor, civil, and human rights.

Sunday November 8 from 11am - 3pm
Sunday December 13 from 11am - 3pm

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Training:

This training program will provide AFGE members with ways to engage in respectful and positive interactions in the workplace while reducing discrimination and prejudice based on factors such as gender, ethnicity, race, sexual orientation, age, religion, physical and mental ability, and socioeconomic status.

November 15 from 11 am – 3 PM
December 6 from 11 am – 3 PM

In Solidarity,

Jeremy A. Lannan
NVP for Women and Fair Practices

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