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Remarks As Prepared Of Lily Eskelsen Garcia, President For The National Press Club
NEA President Lily Eskelsen Garcia’s National Press Club speech, 2017.
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NEA Decries Weakening Protections for Survivors of Sexual Assault
Title IX protections for campus sexual assault and harassment survivors will weaken, according to new guidance issued by the U.S. Department of Education; NEA President Lily Eselsen Garcia reacts.
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Lily Eskelsen García: Revoking DACA tramples on our core American values
Donald Trump revokes DACA, disrupts the lives of 800,000 Dreamers: students who came to America as children. NEA President Lily Eskelsen Garcia reacts.
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National Education Association launches Hurricane Harvey Disaster Relief Fund
Deadly racial violence in Charlottesville, Virginia sparks reactions; National Education Association and Virginia Education Association presidents extend condolences to victims’ families and public educators.
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Educators decry Trump proposal to tear apart immigrant families
Reports that the Trump administration plans to break apart immigrant families by eliminating protections extended under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program draws criticism from educators.
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Educators decry Trump proposal to tear apart immigrant families
Reports that the Trump administration plans to break apart immigrant families by eliminating protections extended under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program draws criticism from educators.
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Our diversity is what makes America great
NEA President Lily Eskelsen Garcia addresses the issue of white nationalist rhetoric in the wake of a controversial rally in Boston.
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Statement on racial violence in Charlottesville, Virginia
Deadly racial violence in Charlottesville, Virginia sparks reactions; National Education Association and Virginia Education Association presidents extend condolences to victims’ families and public educators.
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Lily Eskelsen García: Dream Act of 2017 lives up to our core American values
NEA President Lily Eskelsen Garcia praises the Dream Act of 2017, which would grant legal status and a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children.
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NEA President: educators remain alarmed by proposed education budget cuts
NEA President Lily Eskelsen García reacts to the U.S. House appropriations subcommittee publicly releasing its new fiscal year budget which includes cuts to Title II programs for professional development, class-size reduction, and after-school programs.
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