@munakadri - Talking about childhood and family coming to Canada as a refugee.
-When the government made cuts, she felt compelled to do more.
-We need to take back our stories from their lies.
-Muna has set out to frame and shape the communication about public education through CPAC, and has been extremely successful in that.
-When the gov't announced little COVID funding, she, working with community and grassroots campaigns, worked to get millions in more funding.
-What has happened during the pandemic. Have we been surveryed, communicated with, townhalled, by the union. No. Why have we not.
-In response to that lack of action, Muna launched parent and ed worker actions to advocate for a safer return.
-We have also not been consulted re: destreaming, and what we need to demand from the gov't in terms of supports.
-Launched "supportourschools.ca" campaign, in advance of recently announced cuts, so that when the cuts were announced, we were ready to go.
-As a result of that campaign, the gov't put out not one, but two, press releases addressing the cuts, when they wanted them to be announced quietly [ed. note: announced on a Friday aft.]
-We also need systemic change to have unity.
-We earn unity by building our districts and locals. We need a community organizer, with experience inside and out.
-As president Muna will launch an immediate campaign to get workers at TVO to push back, so that privatization cannot happen in our system.
-We must resist privatization on all fronts.
-Let's tell a different story.
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As a result of some of the statements, and actions, over the past few days, including the ongoing silencing, there are currently a number of members with the below profile picture.
In response to this, the leaders of the meeting, predictably, per the past few days, couldn't leave it alone.
We are now in a sea of red cards pointing out the arbitrary enforcement of rules, more parliamentary schooling, and more people expressing the harm being done.
The house was forced to vote on a challenge to the chair on their ruling. House voted 68% (or so) that the rules should be enforced, and those with the picture up would not be on camera when speaking.
-Equity related amendments to Standing Rules are coming. Will report that here, then return to Equity Plan.
-One amendment passes - no speeding up of debate until budget is passes.
-Next amendment to Standing Rules - Remove "cannot rise on another red card when this issue has been addressed." Who decides when the issue is "addressed". Again, can be used to silence members.
-Some simple debate, working to clarify how the red card rule works in practice.
-All speakers are in favour of removing the line that "red cards shall not be used to rise on the same point that has been been addressed". Some questions peppered in.
We will be live tweeting it. Not all the administrative stuff (promise!), but the important motions and election news!
Here's where we are right now...No shade; virtual meetings take time to get going!
Tech issues done! Carol Wall is opening guest speaker!
Great talk about equity, anti-Black and anti-Indigenous racism, and how we have all breathed in this racism.
"Unions must work to dismantle this. This is the labour of unions."
"I hope that you work to decolonize your constitution and your practices."
"While you need to improve your representation in the union, that isn't enough.... these systems are not neutral, they are build on colonization and racism, and must be dismantled. You must do the work."