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Inside CEA

by Kelsey Gray

Careers Education

Season 2

Questions from the Campaign Trail: Week One

Chris and I sit down and answer questions we've received through our website and through a Facebook group at the end of one whole week of campaigning. Articles referenced in the audio: https://tea.core4ed.org/p/core-submits-emergency-new-business https://tea.core4ed.org/p/how-institutions-kill-organizing

Meet the Moment: Fight for Elementary

Listen to 5 candidates from the Meet the Moment slate explain the urgency to fight for elementary members and students, and how these wins would bring real change.

Meet the Moment: Fight for Special Education

Listen to 5 candidates from the Meet the Moment slate explain our third platform pillar.

Meet the Moment: Democracy and Transparency

Listen to 5 candidates from the Meet the Moment slate explain what democracy and transparency could look like in our union.

Meet the Moment: Organize CEA

Hear 5 candidates from the Meet the Moment slate explain our first pillar of the platform: Organize CEA.

Season 1

Action is Not Ad Hoc (Part 2)

Member Action Team organizers take listeners through organizing in the spring of 2025 and through the summer, with the heart of the story at the end.

Action is Not Ad Hoc (Part 1)

This one is specifically for our union reps and members. The Member Action Team organizers share the campaigns we've done and why we deserve to be a standing committee in our union. This episode is split into 2 parts.

Episode 8: Book Banning and The Right to Read

This episode covers the two year fight that two CEA members led and won. It's a testament to the strength of a union, the strength of friendship, and the importance of literature. Axois article: https://www.axios.com/local/columbus/2021/10/25/get-to-know-the-4-candidates-for-columbus-city-council Tomatoes for Neela: https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https://i0.wp.com/juanamartinezneal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/TomatoesForNeela_2627.jpg?ssl%3D1&tbnid=Aw8oYANpUKx5qM&vet=1&imgrefurl=https://juanamartinezneal.com/books/tomatoes/&docid=Yt9v1oACPoyyhM&w=2560&h=1617&source=sh/x/im/m1/1&kgs=5690958074e22fd0

Episode 7: Community Campus School, Part 3, The End of the Year

In the final part of the Community Campus School series, Chris Monteiro recalls the end of the school year and the escalation of the fight for the coordinator position. Interspersed are voice recordings from other CEA members on the Northland implementation team that help shape the story and the vision of what could be possible for the future of public education.

Episode 6: Community Schools Part 2, The Fight Begins

I continue the conversation with Chris about how the bosses started to strategically keep the win from the workers. This episode explains how the fight for the coordinator started and why. We speak about working conditions and worker exploitation in our workplace along the way.

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