We need YOU! Please consider volunteering during this final push as we work in neighborhoods across Michigan to elect friends of public education at the federal, state and local levels. Visit MEAVotes.org to find out how you can help, look up recommended candidates in your area, find information on how and where to vote, contribute [...]
MEA members gathered this week to boost their energy and resolve for doing what’s necessary to win in the final five weeks before the Nov. 5 election – with some special guests and prize drawings as extra enticements adding to the fun. Participants at the virtual “Game On For Our Students” rally bid on silent […]
By Brenda Ortega MEA Voice Editor Democracy relies on active-duty armed forces to be guided by a non-partisan ethos. For that reason Elissa Slotkin remained apolitical across her high-level career in national security and three tours of duty in Iraq alongside the U.S. military. She served under presidents from both parties: in the National Security […]
Whether we like it or not, every decision about education—from school funding and academic standards to educator pay and certification requirements—is a political decision made by elected officials. It’s challenging to think of many other professions in which who’s elected to office matters more. We cannot watch from the sidelines — we need every educator [...]
By Brenda Ortega MEA Voice Editor As a professor of organizational psychology, MEA member Amy Scrima knows it’s not simple willpower that prompts people to do difficult tasks. It’s hope. “When we human beings know there’s a path forward—a path toward accomplishing big, important things—nothing will get in our way of doing the hard work […]
EAST LANSING — MEA is proud to announce candidates who have earned the recommendation of MEA members through the union’s Screening & Recommendation process. The process, which looks at candidates’ positions on education and labor issues, is decided by everyday educators who serve on S&R committees, based on policies and procedures adopted by members elected […]
MICHIGAN –– The Michigan Education Association (MEA) and American Federation of Teachers Michigan (AFT Michigan) today announced their support for several statewide education board candidates, including: Ted Jones and Adam Zemke for State Board of Education Rebecca Bahar-Cook and Thomas Stallworth for Michigan State University Board of Trustees Denise Ilitch and Shauna Ryder Diggs for […]
By Brenda Ortega MEA Voice Editor For MEA member Linda Key and many others in Rochester, local school board meetings have become “frustrating and exhausting” since 2022 when two candidates endorsed by the far-right political group Moms for Liberty were elected to the board. Now the seat occupied by one of those two trustees – […]
EAST LANSING – The Michigan Education Association announced Friday the recommendations of Kristen McDonald Rivet for the 8th Congressional District and Jessica Swartz for the 4th Congressional District. “At the local level, MEA members interviewed the candidates and have made careful decisions to recommend in these races because our students need members of Congress who’ll […]
EAST LANSING – The Michigan Education Association announced Thursday that it recommends the candidacies of Justice Kyra Harris Bolden and Kimberly Thomas for the Michigan Supreme Court this November. “Justice Kyra Harris Bolden and Kimberly Thomas are committed to equal access to justice and ensuring everyone is treated with fairness and respect, and that’s why […]
