Labor Helps "Take a Veteran to School"
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)Metro
Washington Council Metro president Joslyn
Williams helped the AFT kick off Veteran’s
Day weekend on Friday, November 8 at event at
Ann Beers Elementary School in Washington,
D.C., that included presentations by James
Gilbert, director of the AFL-CIO’s Union
Veteran’s Council and a Navy vet, and AFL-CIO
Community Services director and Marine Corps
vet Will Fischer. The visit also included the
donation of books provided through the AFT’s
partnership with First Book and the awarding of
a check to Beers elementary by Williams
(photo) in conjunction with the AFL-CIO
Adopt-a-School program. Washington (D.C.)
Teachers Union President Elizabeth Davis and
Candice Radowski from First Book were also on
hand.
- photo by
Michael Campbell