Presenters: Ron Gross, NYSUT 2^nd Vice President; Carrie Andrews, NYSUT Director of Constituency & Program Services

The Local Action Project (“LAP”) is about building power within locals. Year three is the culminating year in which locals will reflect on what they’ve accomplished so far and strategize to sustain their program into the future. Participants will reflect upon the pillars of LAP – Organizing, Social Justice, Political and Community Engagement and debrief on the progress made toward advancing these touchstones of LAP. Teams will use this reflection to inform the development of future campaigns.

Presenters: Elizabeth Vignaux, Labor Relations Specialist, Western New York Regional Office; Loren Fountaine, Labor Relations Specialist, North Country Regional Office

Presenters: Elizabeth Vignaux, Labor Relations Specialist, Western New York Regional Office; Loren Fountaine, Labor Relations Specialist, North Country Regional Office

During this session, teams will learn about effective strategies for meaningful debrief. Using the campaign, they planned and executed for year two as a basis for this debrief, teams will report out on their reflections, including successes and adversities they experienced, what they learned from those experiences, and how those experiences will inform their work in the future. This exercise will provide the team with a framework for their presentations to the first- and second-year locals at the end of the week.

Presenters: Elizabeth Vignaux, Labor Relations Specialist, Western New York Regional Office; Loren Fountaine, Labor Relations Specialist, North Country Regional Office

Presenters: Elizabeth Vignaux, Labor Relations Specialist, Western New York Regional Office; Loren Fountaine, Labor Relations Specialist, North Country Regional Office

Coalition building is a critical element to strengthening your local and empowering your school community. This segment will allow locals to assess the efficacy of their community relationships in advancing their campaigns toward success.  Locals will identify opportunities for community engagement that build long-term, substantive, and productive coalitions within the community.

Presenters: Deborah Lloyd Priest, Labor Relations Specialist, Southern Tier Regional Office; Andrew Voigt, Labor Relations Specialist, Syracuse Regional Office

In this session 3^rd year locals will once again examine their formal and informal governance structure and investigate adjustments to their local structure that will lend itself to annual campaign planning and communication around issues that matter to members, students, and the community.  3^rd year locals will also formalize how to collect and store data from stakeholders in order to inform annual campaigns as part of their “culture.”  In closing, locals will examine the budgetary impacts of annual campaigns and discuss ways to sustain future actions when NYSUT LAP funding ends.

Presenters: Elizabeth Vignaux, Labor Relations Specialist, Western New York Regional Office; Loren Fountaine, Labor Relations Specialist, North Country Regional Office

Presenters: Elizabeth Vignaux, Labor Relations Specialist, Western New York Regional Office; Loren Fountaine, Labor Relations Specialist, North Country Regional Office

In this session year three LAP Locals will explore social justice issues and how they intersect with core values of their membership. They will analyze their current plan and documents to identify how social justice issues can be used as internal organizing opportunities using a series of equity lens questions.  The locals will focus on changing their one-to-one approach to refocus their emphasis on equity to expand their organizational development and include more equity into the chapter.  They will identify opportunities to incorporate the tenets of social justice within their plans.

Presenters: Michelle Couture, Labor Relations Specialist, UUP; Andrew Voigt, Labor Relations Specialist, Syracuse Regional Office

In this session, year 3 LAP locals will share their experiences, lessons learned, and best practices with first- and second-year LAP Locals.

Basket Drawing

Review of 3rd Year Budget Process Overview with Questions Albany Room

Presenters: Carrie Andrews, NYSUT Director of Constituency & Program Services; Jeff Lockwood, NYSUT CFO, Director of Finance