
Only When It's Safe Postcard WHITE
Download HERE
Only When It's Safe Postcard RED
Download HERE
4 x 6 size, Best Printed on Card Stock front and back.
Print and Mail your postcards to local elected officials or to one of the following:
Governor Ralph Northam
P.O. Box 1475
Richmond, VA 23218
Secretary of Education Atif Qarni
P.O. Box 1475
Richmond, VA 23218
State Superintendent Dr. James Lane
Department of Education
P.O. Box 2120
Richmond, VA 23218
suggestion:
Write 3- 4 sentences about why you want
schools to reopen #OnlyWhenItsSafe.

Find the Virginia #OnlyWhenItsSAFE Facebook Pictures Frame here HERE
Don't Forget!
It's #RedForEd
Wednesday! So wear your best red today!

Write or record a video of you sharing your personal story or concerns about a return to in-person teaching. Add the #MyCovidStory and tag us @virginiaeducatorsunited.

Share your video with the hashtag #OnlyWhenItsSafe and tag us @virginiaeducatorsunited
Not comfortable with video? Share your by typing a comment below with the #OnlyWhenItsSafe
Previously shared tools and resources.
Tutorial videos:
-Intro to structure tests:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jlvSrIWLZhBC34SQCpAEumDUOuuT6wlB/view
-Intro to workplace mapping:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1W-Yfa_FeX5F4-FdRvMQzAmWxPVNQ6nSE/view
-Intro to Agitate and Educate
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vFu6Ien9ajXqhSRMHyvTuoRrGOCL9QEm/view
-IWW Training Session
https://vimeo.com/408171248/6caad8276f
Important templates for organizing your local:
-Structure test tracker and social mapping template:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ew2QJ0-Qf87u8kvuXlWSLjDYTzceIwM3/view?usp=sharing
-leader characteristics
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1l5Qz6T3W6H4VIMOzcCqitdp8lSbHd0a6/view?usp=sharing
-categories of workers to map in your workplace
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CcvirET7n38ZiEyXS7ZoWyR6Fzkb35FR/view?usp=sharing
Podcasts:
How the Los Angeles Teachers organized to win:
Organizing to win (aka- organizing for the strike)
https://www.thedigradio.com/podcast/strike-with-jane-mcalevey/
Recommended Literature:
-How to overcome fear in organizing part 1:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UjXJ9fpj6eHENs_wB-IbjqXeIX9SLWzF/view?usp=sharing
How to overcome fear in organizing part 2:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cPfQHDE29yeWgf0N4SH9ha2LnpAFtK0h/view?usp=sharing
-Alinsky for teacher organizers:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/106dgFMOxAB_Ln_gT4lKYmIbIg9cX1vBl/view?usp=sharing
Labor Notes
-https://labornotes.org/secrets/handouts
https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/497-the-future-of-our-schools
https://www.versobooks.com/books/1569-strike-for-america
https://share.riseup.net/#7iJhG5QZIWWZx8EgInlQyA
Books
available by hardcopy and in Audible Form:
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Jane McALevy, A Collective Bargain: Unions, Organizing, and the Fight for Democracy
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Diane Ravitch, Slaying Goliath: The Passionate Resistance Privatization and the Fight to Save America’s Public Schools