More than 70 CSEA activists from across the state attended CSEA’s recent Next Wave conference.
The event was packed with workshops meant to help attendees further develop their activism skills. Next Wave is a community of members dedicated to empowering, activating and developing leadership skills among the future generation of union leaders.
Conference speakers included Fareed Michelin of the AFL-CIO, who spoke about what it means to be a leader, as well as Anthony Harmon of UFT, who spoke about the role of younger people getting involved in leadership roles in their communities.
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- From left, Southern Region Judiciary Local Treasurer Edwin Rodriguez speaks with Monroe County Local President Bess Watts.
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- Town of Oyster Bay Local 5th Vice President T.J. Robinson discusses his group’s poster with AFSCME’s Deanna Richards.
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- NYS Higher Education Services Corp. Local President Stacy Green illustrates the benefits of being union on a poster.
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- From left, Next Wave Advisory Committee Chair Guadalupe “Lupe” Johnson, Next Wave Advisory Committee member Jarvis “Tim” Brown and Otsego County State Transportation Local President Matthew Strachman discuss our union’s challenges.
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- Next Wave Advisory Committee members visit with CSEA President Danny Donohue. From left, Committee members Dustin Young, Justin Pincoski, Bonnie Diaz, Donohue, committee Chair Guadalupe “Lupe” Johnson, committee members Emilio Giordano, Danielle Kilmer and Jarvis “Tim” Brown.
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- NYS Higher Education Services Corp. Local 1st Vice President Joe Chapple makes a point during a discussion.
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- Erie County Local activist Joe Leggett speaks about the importance of our members working together.
