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It had been a long day on the floor of the Representative Assembly in Houston in early July 2019, when Tom Zigan, then vice president of WEAC-Retired, asked the leaders of Education Minnesota Retired if they would like to get together for dinner. Zigan had ulterior motive: He wanted to start a new joint state conference.
Two Aspiring Educators champion change and representation.
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