Denver School Leaders Association

John Ross, the Unexpected Educator

As the only Black teacher, and the only male, John allowed other teachers to observe his classes.

Yakima Johnson: Principal, Union Leader, Author

“Looking back at my own childhood, I saw how important it was for me to mentor young girls in particular. I didn’t have any of that myself. I believe that God has destined me for this role, and that belief drives me every single day.”

Gun Violence

In just the last three weeks of this new year, there have been 40 shootings. There were 647 mass shootings in 2022 alone. Firearms are now the No. 1 cause of death among American children.

Maximize Your AFSA Benefits for 2023

Your monthly investment in AFSA provides a number of benefits including a host of insurance policies. However, AFSA must have your most current information on file, or you will not qualify for these benefits or you may be denied coverage.

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Enjoy Special Savings on Your Auto and Home Insurance from Liberty Mutual Insurance.

Find the Right Long-Term Care Insurance for You.

Union Plus Restaurant Discounts

Delicious Discounts Your Union Family Deserves

Featured Benefits

Vacation on Land or by Sea

AFSA Travel, developed in partnership with Council of School Supervisors and Administrators (CSA), Local 1 is excited to resume offering travel programs around the world.

AFSA Professional Liability Insurance

AFSA provides protection for working members in good standing in case of an unfavorable judgment in a lawsuit naming members as parties or defendants.
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Recent News

'Raise the Bar: Lead the World' Initiative

To deliver transformational change, Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona urged everyone to act boldly and unapologetically to address student underperformance and decades of underinvestment.

Union Membership Numbers Higher

The United States had nearly 14.3 million union members in calendar 2022, 273,000 more than the year before, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported in its annual survey. 

All the gains came in the private sector, where union membership increased by 293,000, to 7.2 million. The public sector, which has yet to fully recover from job losses the virus-caused crash produced, reported 7.06 million members, plus 823,000 “free riders” who use union services but don’t pay for them. 

White House to AFSA: We Want to Work with You

The meeting was an outgrowth of a letter to President Biden from Pugliese after the release of National Assessment of Educational Progress data in October 2022.

On Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.”
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