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Across the country and overseas, in all professional roles and career stages, NEA educators and allies make our schools and communities worthy of our students.

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Wes Tessman, NEA-Retired President Anita Gibson, Tom Zigan
Member & Activist Spotlight

Working, Growing, and Becoming Stronger Together

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.
Norma Sanders lobbies with fellow retired educators at the Alabama State House.
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Earning My Stripes

Our big move seemed to come out of nowhere. It was the mid-1980s, and I had a toddler at home and a busy job as a special education teacher in Southern California. Then my husband, a U.S. Marine stationed at Camp Pendleton, came home one day and announced that we were being transferred. Our new assignment: Four years in Naples, Italy!
Barbara Cunningham
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Star Player in Iowa

As a college field hockey and softball player in the mid-1960s, my female teammates and I played with hand-me-down equipment, back-seat scheduling, and little, if any, fan promotion.
Cartier Scott
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'This is what I was born to do'

Cartier Scott is a Math Teacher in Riviera Beach, Florida and winner of NEA's 2023 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Award
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