Category: Meetings

Upcoming Member Listening Sessions

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Sunday, November 14, 7pm — LGBTQ+ Union Member Listening Session for LGBTQ+ members (led by the LGBTQ+ committee)

Monday, November 15, 7pm — General Union Member Listening Session for all 1857 members (led by Chief Steward/Vice President Peter Cole)

Thursday, December 2, 7pm — General Union Member Listening Session for all 1857 members (led by Chief Steward/Vice President Peter Cole)

To access Zoom links for upcoming member listening sessions locate the “1857 updates” email sent on 11/1 from C2everett in your personal email. If you cannot find the emails please contact eboard@kclsvoice.org.

November Elections!

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Please consider joining the Local 1857 Executive Board during this upcoming annual election. This is a significant way to contribute to our Union and to be part of shaping priorities and helping in the vital work of representing our Members as a collective resource.

The following positions are ending their term and open for re-election:

● President Two Year Term
● Treasurer Two Year
● Page at Large One Year
● Page at Large One Year
● LTA at Large One Year
● LTA at Large One Year
● Librarian at Large One Year
● PSA at Large One Year
● Maintenance at Large One Year
● All Other Classifications at Large One Year
● Trustee Three Year

Nominations will be taken at our General Membership Meeting on Friday, November 5 starting at 7pm via Zoom, or can be submitted in advance to Election Chair Elaine Ang. Reach Elaine at elaine8789@hotmail.com.

Any nominee who does not decline the nomination is assumed to be interested in running. Nominees do not need to be present on 11/5 to be nominated. If only one nomination is received for any open position, they will be elected by acclamation. Any positions with more than one nominee will be voted on by the Local1857 membership via an election conducted by US Mail during the month of November. Common to all positions, is a commitment to meet monthly, currently virtually, on Friday evenings.

Thank you for considering joining the Executive Board. New ideas, perspectives and insight are welcome and good for our Union!

Upcoming Member Listening Sessions

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Thursday, September 16, 7pm — General Union Member Listening Session for all 1857 members (led by Chief Steward/Vice President Peter Cole)

Sunday, September 19, 7pm — LGBTQ+ Union Member Listening Session for LGBTQ+ members (led by the LGBTQ+ committee)

Sunday, September 26, 7pm — BIPOC Union Member Listening Session for BIPOC members (led by the BIPOC committee, to arrange a private session please contact local1857bipoccommittee@gmail.com)

Thursday, September 30, 7pm — General Union Member Listening Session for all 1857 members (led by Chief Steward/Vice President Peter Cole and President Rai Yiannakos)

To access Zoom links for upcoming member listening sessions locate the “1857 weekly updates” email sent on 9/14 and the “Listening session 9/30” email sent on 9/29 from C2everett in your personal email. If you cannot find the emails please contact eboard@kclsvoice.org.

General Membership Meeting (8/20)

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Please join us this Friday, August 20th from 7-9pm for a General Membership meeting via Zoom!

To register please check your personal email for the “1857 Weekly Update” from Council 2 on 8/13, the watercooler post “General membership meeting 8/20” or email the eboard at eboard@kclsvoice.org. Once you register you will receive a confirmation email with the Zoom link and information on how to join.

Disrupting Microaggressions Workshop

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Interested in learning about implicit bias and microaggressions?

Join us on Monday July 26th from 3-4:30 pm for an interactive 1857 sponsored training “Implicit Bias and Microaggressions: Effective Responses and Actions.”

Psychologist and Professor Derald Wing Sue, Ph.D., defines microaggressions as “the everyday slights, indignities, put-downs, and insults that people of color, women, LGBT populations, or those who are marginalized experience in their day-to-day interactions with people.” For those who experience them, microaggressions tend to create a hostile and invalidating climate and affect individuals deeply. 

This interactive session will focus not just on recognizing bias and microaggressions but also on learning intervention strategies and skills to respond and take action. Presenter Alanna Aiko Moore and co-presenter, Jaena Alabi, will teach intervention strategies and demonstrate how to take action. Issues discussed will include power and impact, intersectionality, different types of bias and microaggressions, and strategic intervention strategies. Participants will also explore personal experience scenarios and intervention strategies from various perspectives, including perpetrator, witness/bystander, and target. This workshop will be a combination of lecture, small group work and large group discussion.

Check your personal email for the Zoom link via our Local 1857 Weekly Update, or email local1857bipoccommittee@gmail.com for more details.

Presenter Alanna Aiko Moore currently works as a Librarian for Sociology, Ethnic Studies & Gender Studies, UC San Diego Library and has been the past President of the Asian Pacific American Librarians Association.

Many thanks to the Local 1857 BIPOC Task Force for creating an opportunity for further training and education around the issue of microaggressions so that we may create a more inclusive workplace!