AFSA encourages graduating high school seniors who are children of AFSA members and plan to begin college in 2027 to apply for this valuable educational opportunity.
"The only difference between opportunity and obligation is perspective,” Garrett says. “If I see something as a chore, I’m not going to do very well, but if I see it as a challenge, I am.”
Some 77% of workers aged 18–25 say they want to belong to a union. Yet only about 7% actually do.
That staggering gap is not a mystery of apathy, Ephrin Jenkins of Steelworkers Local 1014 told a packed seminar at the AFL-CIO’s Martin Luther King Jr. conference here. It is a failure of connection—between activism and involvement, between generations, and between unions and the very workers who want them.
Progressive faith traditions have long aligned with labor and civil rights causes, including Reform and Reconstructionist Judaism, Quakers, Episcopalians, Methodists, and segments of the Catholic Church.
When supported by reliable, high-capacity broadband, school technology enables educators to leverage digital tools and rich content to differentiate instruction, assess student understanding, and create opportunities for small-group and individualized learning.
“I love building leaders, love to be part of a school that cultivates talent. My doctoral dissertation was about cultivating principal effectiveness and outcomes.”
