around the uft
Fun for a good cause
Jan 17, 2008 12:56 PM
Award-winners and well-wishers smile for the camera: (from left) Hector Ruiz, New York City vice chair of the AFT Latino Caucus, state chapter; Lee Cutler, director of ED 14; District 4 Representative Servia Silva (co-chair of the affair with Cassie Carlo); NYSUT Vice President Maria Neira; NYSUT President Dick Iannuzzi, Weingarten, Vargas and Goldman.
The fifth annual Hispanic Affairs Gala at the UFT Bronx office on Nov. 29 was an evening with everything for the close to 300 guests who attended. They enjoyed entertainment, speeches, good food, camaraderie and dancing with the proceeds of the good time earmarked for the AFT Latino Caucus, New York State Chapter scholarship fund. Awards for advocacy for ELL Latino students were presented to Manhattan Borough Representative Jerry Goldman and Bronx Borough Representative Jose Vargas. UFT President Randi Weingarten received the Dr. Antonia Pantejos Education and Labor Vanguard Award.
After the presentations, it was time to hit the dance floor.
