I hope everyone is holding up well! I feel it’s my responsibility as both a local president and state board member to keep everyone informed. The NEA is doing an incredible job right now, as are our locals and state associations. I’ll be forwarding some emails from NEA and USEA, if you’re already getting these, just reply to tell me so. You’re all doing a heck of a job right now, keep it up and thank you! ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Lily Eskelsen García <edaction@email.nea.org> Date: Fri, Apr 3, 2020 at 11:35 AM Subject: Betsy DeVos’s COVID-19 plan To: <eadams@useautah.org> It’s shameful. 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But what is our secretary of education doing? *Betsy DeVos is shamefully using this global crisis to push her privatization agenda.* *Contact Congress TODAY and tell them to reject Betsy DeVos’s latest plot to undermine public education. <https://click.email.nea.org/?qs=c95aef435086d9dd7acd9ebddab1d14683334d4ce2bfad0d7ec71a218a7fee57427f778d37d6fd9e528cb8fb9887631c3bf5bef8c2bb7f7f> * In her new scheme, DeVos would use “microgrants” to siphon scarce public funding to private programs. I say, if it looks like a voucher program, acts like a voucher program, and sounds like a voucher program, there’s only one thing it can be. *Email Congress and tell your representatives to stop Betsy DeVos’s latest voucher scheme in its tracks. <https://click.email.nea.org/?qs=c95aef435086d9dd15d7101b153f9c7bd8185dc5842cb1737fb5dc29b66de99e1a2182edd81a601bb4e6313439b976c824ec88e186d80220>* Students, parents, and educators need real help, not another attempt to take funding away from the most vulnerable students. Betsy DeVos should look at what educators are doing for their students. She should help them, not undermine them. Thank you again for all you’re doing in these unprecedented times. 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