Dear colleagues,
UUP has never been a union that sits on the sidelines. We are champions for our students and for our SUNY, and we are pushing solutions and programs to better New York.
For these reasons and more, I am asking you to join your colleagues and invite your students to take part in SUNY Opportunity Virtual Advocacy Day on Thursday, March 11. We will advocate for SUNY’s successful opportunity programs and for access, affordability and the resources needed to support our SUNY, our students and our communities.
You can register today; click HERE to register.
Advocacy registration will close at 5 p.m. on Thursday, March 4. All who register for this important event will receive an invitation for virtual advocacy training on March 10. Training sessions will be offered at noon and 7 p.m.
SUNY Opportunity Virtual Advocacy Day will begin with a plenary, where we will be joined by students, educators and state legislators. We will then take the remainder of the day to meet with lawmakers.
SUNY’s opportunity programs have served as an economic and educational ladder for thousands. We must continue to promote and advocate for these programs, as well as new ones—such as the Medical Educational Opportunity Program (MEOP) proposal in our New York HEALS advocacy agenda—and our fight for the necessary revenue to fund them.
Please share this email with your students and your colleagues. Registration is open, just click on the above link.
Thank you for all of your hard work over these past months. Our union is stronger with your voice.
In Solidarity,
UUP President Fred Kowal