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AFT MA/BTU Summer Organizing Institute! Monday June 29th 1pm-5pm & Tuesday, June 30, 2026 8:30am-5:00pm
Summer Organizing Institute (SOI)
is our union’s deep organizing space to build the skills we need to win for our members, students and families in the classroom and beyond. From bargaining strong contracts, building strong school-site union structures and taking our movement to the streets in this critical time— we must be ready.
Join us for
SOI 2026; Monday June 29th 1:00pm-5:00pm Tuesday, June 30th, 2026, 8:30am-5:00pm
at the Boston Teachers Union (180 Mount Vernon St, Dorchester).
Please find our two day agenda here.
Whether you are a brand new building rep or activist learning the basic building blocks of organizing or a seasoned union leader looking to bargaining your strongest contract ever, these two days are for you. If you’d like to build the cross-labor and community power to win elections and fight back attacks in our communities—
this Institute is for you!
Deadline for accommodations is June 18th (childcare, translation) see below.
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Emerson, Affiliated Faculty 6756
AFT Amesbury 1033
AFTMA Maintainers at UMASS Dartmouth 6350
Assabet Valley Federation of Teachers 3199
Berklee Chapter AFT 4412
Billerica Federation of Teachers 1677
BTU 66
Chelmsford Federation of Teachers 3569
Chelsea Teachers Union 1340
City of Lawrence (Clerks) Administrative Support Staff 6317
Curry College 6755
Emerson College 6757
Fairview Federation of Nurses 5023
Fall River Clerical Employee Federation 6263
Fall River Federation of Paraprofessionals Association 4851
Greater Lawrence Regional Teachers Federation 1707
Greenfield Commonwealth Virtual School 8306
Hathorne Teachers Federation (Essex Tech/Aggie) 1269
Holliston Federation of Teachers 3275
Lawrence Federation of Paraprofessionals 3900
Lawrence Teachers Union 1019
LEA Professional Association (Shore Collaborative) 3954
Lighthouse Charter Association 6544
Longy Faculty Union 6484
Lynn Teachers Union 1037
Masconomet Tutors Paraprofessional Union 6564
Massachusetts Library Staff Association 4928
Medway Federation of Teachers 3645
Nashoba Valley Federation of Teachers 3234
New Bedford Federation of Paraprofessionals 2378
Norfolk County Agricultural School Federation of Teachers 2335
North Attleboro Federation of Teachers 4292
North Reading Federation of Paraprofessionals 4972
North Shore Consortium Employees Federation 4293
Peabody Federation of Teachers 1289
Pilgrim Area Collaborative Professional Staff Association 6210
Pittsfield Federation of School Employees 1315
Revere Federation of Paraprofessionals 4686
Salem Teachers Union 1258
South Coast Educational Collaborative 4637
South Shore Collaborative Federation 3961
South Shore Regional Vocational Teachers Federation 1896
Southeastern Regional Teachers Federation 1849
Springfield Federation of Paraprofessionals 4098
Suffolk Affiliated Faculty Part-Time 6758
UMass Faculty Federation 1895
United Teachers of Lowell 495
Wentworth Faculty Federation 2403
Westport Federation of Teachers 1906
AFTMA Staff
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Massachusetts Alliance of Charter Teachers & Staff (MassACTS)
Berklee Faculty (BCMBCBSU)
UMass Grad Students
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Day 1 (June 29 from 1-4pm. Includes lunch and full-group presentations.)
Day 2 (June 30 from 9am-5pm. Includes breakfast, lunch, and skill-building workshops)
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Building Rep/Steward Training- Setting Up Your Faculty Senate/Role of a Building Rep/Weingarten Rights/Building an Issue Campaign/Increasing Member Engagement
Newly Elected Leader- Roles of Officers/Treasurer Training/Union Meetings/Parliamentary Procedure/Getting to Know Your Bylaws/Bargaining strong contracts
Contract Bargaining- Selecting Your Team/Multilateral Approach to Bargaining/Organizing Around Your Negotiations/Build Your Union and Win on Behalf of All!
Mobilization/Activist-SAFE Schools/A.I. 101/Electoral Member Mobilization/One on One Conversations
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Language Interpretation: Request by June 18
Ensuring language access is extremely important to us. Interpretation services can be costly and are paid for with membership dues. In order to ensure we have enough interpreters for participants, we ask that you reply with this request no later than June 18th.
ASL- American Sign Language
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Childcare: If you need childcare please list here for how many kids and their ages.
Ensuring accessibility is extremely important to us. As such, we do our best to offer childcare to those who need it. Childcare services can be costly and are paid for with membership dues. In order to ensure we have the right number of childcare providers,
we may reach out 2-3 days prior to the event to confirm attendance.
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