Honorees show off their plaques, joined by UFT President Michael Mulgrew (back, second from right), UFT District 75 Representative Analia Gerard (back, fourth from left) and District 75 staffers.

Attendees applaud the honorees.

UFT District 75 Representative Analia Gerard welcomes educators and supporters to the event, telling them that “each honoree did something monumental that really influenced their school, the district, the members and the students of District 75.”

Shernice Blackman (second from left), the guidance counselor and chapter leader at PS 177 in Queens, receives her school-based activism award flanked by Principal Kathy Posa (left), District 75 Borough Advocate Priscilla Castro and UFT District 75 Representative Analia Gerard.

Margaret Dalton-Diakite, the District 5 paraprofessional coordinator, holds her distinguished service award surrounded by (from left) Michael Santos, a District 75 borough advocate; UFT District 75 Representative Analia Gerard; and Dwayne Clarke, the UFT Manhattan borough representative.

Jackie Bennett, an assistant to the UFT president, was honored for her successful work to prod the Department of Education to change the way District 75 teachers are evaluated.

UFT District 75 Representative Analia Gerard speaks about the special award retired teacher Vivian Goodman (left) of PS 203 in Brooklyn was honored with for her devotion to students’ well-being.

The union’s Bronx borough office was in the house, turning out to support honoree Dana Falciglia (10th from left), the borough’s educational liaison.