You may be enjoying your retirement benefits now, but you know how hard we had to fight to fix the pension tiers. Our fellow UFT members who are in Tier 6 now need our help. As it stands, they must work until age 63 to collect an unreduced pension. You can help them by joining us at a Tier 6 rally in Albany with NYSUT on March 8! The rally will be full of performances, activism and union solidarity.

Nearly 1,300 members of the UFT’s Social Workers and Psychologists Chapter gathered online and in person to celebrate the union’s 20th annual Clinicians Appreciation Day with a mix of professional development, networking, community building and, for the first time, an awards ceremony.

Please register for a special virtual meeting about the UFT and UFT Welfare Fund programs that support you. We'll discuss the Supplemental Health Insurance Program (SHIP), Welfare Fund benefits, retiree pension benefits, the Si Beagle Learning Centers, Retiree Social Services and more.

Our bodies respond to stress with a fight-or-flight response that may be disproportionate to the situation we’re encountering. In this episode of the Brewing Wellness podcast, Lisa Siclari, a licensed mental health counselor, shares some simple somatic techniques that support emotional regulation, stress relief and overall well-being. Bring your body into the conversation with techniques that can be easily integrated into your daily routines at work and at home.

The UFT Hispanic Affairs Committee and El Centro Cultural Hispano/Latino de Nueva York invite you to the 20th anniversary of this annual reading celebrating Dominican literature. Come immerse yourself in the vibrant literary traditions of the Dominican diaspora. Under the leadership of Dr. Rafael Rodriguez and supported by the Dominican Writers Association, ten writers of Dominican descent will read from their work and take questions from the audience. Works will be read in English and Spanish. This bilingual event is free and open to the public.

Please join your fellow school counselors, UFT representatives and our wonderful guest speakers at this year's annual School Counselors Conference. This year's theme is "School Counselors: Where Compassion Meets Action." 

Join the UFT Players Committee for an evening of original readings from six UFT members. Attendees will hear inspiring recitations as the performers express their creativity through theater arts. 

Please join UFT District Representatives Nancy Aromando and Ariel Arroyo for a workshop on functional behavior assessments (FBAs), behavior intervention plans (BIPs) and the data collection processes that support them. Participants will learn the purpose and components of FBAs and BIPs and explore the procedures for developing them. Attendees will also learn how to effectively monitor progress and use data to better support the students we serve.