NEA Rhode Island
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Christine is the 2025 NEARI Education Support Professional of the Year - and you can see why! She is an amazing educator! 🧦 🧦
This week on Street Stories, meet the "crazy sock lady" who's spent 11 years collecting socks and donating them to those in need. How you can participate in this year's "Socktober": https://www.wpri.com/news/street-stories/east-providences-crazy-sock-lady-makes-sure-no-one-has-cold-feet/
October 25, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Christine is the 2025 NEARI Education Support Professional of the Year - and you can see why! She is an amazing educator! 🧦 🧦
What a night last night for labor solidarity as NEARI delegates joined with our brothers and sisters across the RI AFL-CIO federation to reëlect President Patrick Crowley and Secretary Treasurer Karen Hazard! Check out some photos 📸 https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjCyf5E
RI AFL CIO 2025 Convention
What a night for labor solidarity as NEARI delegates joined with our brothers and sisters across the federation to reëlect President Patrick Crowley and Secretary Treasurer Karen Hazard!
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October 21, 2025 at 9:51 PM
What a night last night for labor solidarity as NEARI delegates joined with our brothers and sisters across the RI AFL-CIO federation to reëlect President Patrick Crowley and Secretary Treasurer Karen Hazard! Check out some photos 📸 https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjCyf5E
Tickets are still available for The NEARI Children's Fund 40th Anniversary Celebration sponsored in part by Horace Mann Insurance and Keith Hoffmann for Attorney General! Join us this Thursday 10/23 from 5-8pm for hors d'oeuvres, cash bar, and some fantastic raffle items! https://bit.ly/4oQyaFt
40th Anniversary Celebration 1985-2025
Celebrate 40 years of lifting up Rhode Island students and families!Since 1985, The NEARI Children’s Fund has helped students whose basic needs stand in the way of learning—providing clothing, food, e...
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October 21, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Tickets are still available for The NEARI Children's Fund 40th Anniversary Celebration sponsored in part by Horace Mann Insurance and Keith Hoffmann for Attorney General! Join us this Thursday 10/23 from 5-8pm for hors d'oeuvres, cash bar, and some fantastic raffle items! https://bit.ly/4oQyaFt
🌟 Exciting news! We’re proud to welcome keithhoffmann.bsky.social as a Legacy Sponsor of The NEARI Children’s Fund 40th Anniversary Celebration!
His generosity helps ensure every Rhode Island child is fed, clothed, and ready to learn. 💙
Join us on October 23! https://neari.events/CF40
His generosity helps ensure every Rhode Island child is fed, clothed, and ready to learn. 💙
Join us on October 23! https://neari.events/CF40
October 15, 2025 at 2:15 PM
🌟 Exciting news! We’re proud to welcome keithhoffmann.bsky.social as a Legacy Sponsor of The NEARI Children’s Fund 40th Anniversary Celebration!
His generosity helps ensure every Rhode Island child is fed, clothed, and ready to learn. 💙
Join us on October 23! https://neari.events/CF40
His generosity helps ensure every Rhode Island child is fed, clothed, and ready to learn. 💙
Join us on October 23! https://neari.events/CF40
From Lesson Plans to Estate Plans: Preparation Means Peace of Mind. Join us October 28 for a practical and engaging workshop on the essentials of planning for yourself and your family—at every stage of life. https://neari.events/elderlaw25
October 10, 2025 at 8:24 PM
From Lesson Plans to Estate Plans: Preparation Means Peace of Mind. Join us October 28 for a practical and engaging workshop on the essentials of planning for yourself and your family—at every stage of life. https://neari.events/elderlaw25
Tickets are still available for the 40th anniversary NEARI Children's Fund Celebration sponsored by Horace Mann Insurance! Join us October 23 for a night of great food, cash bar, raffle, and community! https://neari.events/CF40
October 9, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Tickets are still available for the 40th anniversary NEARI Children's Fund Celebration sponsored by Horace Mann Insurance! Join us October 23 for a night of great food, cash bar, raffle, and community! https://neari.events/CF40
Congratulations to these NEARI schools awarded a Blue Ribbon for their academic excellence and honored by Commissioner Infante-Green and Governor McKee! Despite the federal government’s cancellation of the national program, we're proud of these students and educators!
October 9, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Congratulations to these NEARI schools awarded a Blue Ribbon for their academic excellence and honored by Commissioner Infante-Green and Governor McKee! Despite the federal government’s cancellation of the national program, we're proud of these students and educators!
Considering retirement in the next five years? This conference is for you! Join us for presentations from the experts on educator and municipal pension, Social Security, and Medicare. This annual conference fills up quickly, register today! https://neari.events/retcon25
October 9, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Considering retirement in the next five years? This conference is for you! Join us for presentations from the experts on educator and municipal pension, Social Security, and Medicare. This annual conference fills up quickly, register today! https://neari.events/retcon25
Behind every great school are amazing Education Support Professionals. 💪
Celebrate them with us at the Annual ESP Dinner & Raffle on Nov. 19! 🎟️ $25 tickets online now.
🌟 We’ll also honor our ESP of the Year - someone who goes above & beyond for students every day.
🔗 https://bit.ly/4nJSF60
Celebrate them with us at the Annual ESP Dinner & Raffle on Nov. 19! 🎟️ $25 tickets online now.
🌟 We’ll also honor our ESP of the Year - someone who goes above & beyond for students every day.
🔗 https://bit.ly/4nJSF60
October 2, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Behind every great school are amazing Education Support Professionals. 💪
Celebrate them with us at the Annual ESP Dinner & Raffle on Nov. 19! 🎟️ $25 tickets online now.
🌟 We’ll also honor our ESP of the Year - someone who goes above & beyond for students every day.
🔗 https://bit.ly/4nJSF60
Celebrate them with us at the Annual ESP Dinner & Raffle on Nov. 19! 🎟️ $25 tickets online now.
🌟 We’ll also honor our ESP of the Year - someone who goes above & beyond for students every day.
🔗 https://bit.ly/4nJSF60
🍂 Hello, October! 🍂
The air is crisp, sweaters are out, and our calendar is full.
Check out this month’s events and get connected at neari.org/calendar.
The air is crisp, sweaters are out, and our calendar is full.
Check out this month’s events and get connected at neari.org/calendar.
October 1, 2025 at 1:21 PM
🍂 Hello, October! 🍂
The air is crisp, sweaters are out, and our calendar is full.
Check out this month’s events and get connected at neari.org/calendar.
The air is crisp, sweaters are out, and our calendar is full.
Check out this month’s events and get connected at neari.org/calendar.
This piece on Block Island School student athletes and their amazing Jill-of-all-trades teacher and coach, New Shoreham teachers Association member Roberta Closter will definitely bring the Friday smiles! We love to see it! Congrats to them on their surprise gifts! https://bit.ly/3VDjsov
High school athletes on remote island rely on resourcefulness, dedication to compete
Block Island, off the coast of Rhode Island, has only one school for its young full-time residents.
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September 26, 2025 at 8:31 PM
This piece on Block Island School student athletes and their amazing Jill-of-all-trades teacher and coach, New Shoreham teachers Association member Roberta Closter will definitely bring the Friday smiles! We love to see it! Congrats to them on their surprise gifts! https://bit.ly/3VDjsov
Join us for a comprehensive training designed specifically for Local Union Treasurers and Presidents. Seats are filling quickly, register today! https://neari.events/treasurers
September 25, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Join us for a comprehensive training designed specifically for Local Union Treasurers and Presidents. Seats are filling quickly, register today! https://neari.events/treasurers
🌟 We’re thrilled to welcome Rockland Trust Investment Management Group as a Champion Level Sponsor of The NEARI Children’s Fund 40th Anniversary Celebration! Their generous support helps ensure RI students are fed, clothed, and ready to learn. 💙 Join us on October 23 -visit https://neari.events/CF40
September 22, 2025 at 7:16 PM
🌟 We’re thrilled to welcome Rockland Trust Investment Management Group as a Champion Level Sponsor of The NEARI Children’s Fund 40th Anniversary Celebration! Their generous support helps ensure RI students are fed, clothed, and ready to learn. 💙 Join us on October 23 -visit https://neari.events/CF40
✨ Celebrate 40 yrs of The NEARI Children’s Fund! Join us Oct. 23 & support RI students by placing an ad in our program book or reserving your tix 🎟️.
👉 neari.events/CF40
Your support ensures the Children’s Fund can continue its mission: making sure every child is fed, clothed, and ready to learn.
👉 neari.events/CF40
Your support ensures the Children’s Fund can continue its mission: making sure every child is fed, clothed, and ready to learn.
September 19, 2025 at 8:22 PM
✨ Celebrate 40 yrs of The NEARI Children’s Fund! Join us Oct. 23 & support RI students by placing an ad in our program book or reserving your tix 🎟️.
👉 neari.events/CF40
Your support ensures the Children’s Fund can continue its mission: making sure every child is fed, clothed, and ready to learn.
👉 neari.events/CF40
Your support ensures the Children’s Fund can continue its mission: making sure every child is fed, clothed, and ready to learn.
Congratulations to these environmental education award winners, and a special shout out to NEARI member and EPEA teacher Natalie Tarr!
RIEEA is thrilled to announce our 2025 Environmental Education Award winners:
🏆 Natalie Tarr, Teacher of the Year
🏆 Eli Nixon, Environmental Educator of the Year
🏆 James Pastor Tzul, Student/Youth of the Year
🏆 Chariho Regional School District, Organization of the Year
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🏆 Natalie Tarr, Teacher of the Year
🏆 Eli Nixon, Environmental Educator of the Year
🏆 James Pastor Tzul, Student/Youth of the Year
🏆 Chariho Regional School District, Organization of the Year
www.rieea.org/programs/env...
September 17, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Congratulations to these environmental education award winners, and a special shout out to NEARI member and EPEA teacher Natalie Tarr!
Enhance your classroom experience! Check out these grants for educators and fellowship opportunity available from the NEA Foundation! Deadline to submit is Sept. 15.
https://www.neafoundation.org/
https://www.neafoundation.org/
September 9, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Enhance your classroom experience! Check out these grants for educators and fellowship opportunity available from the NEA Foundation! Deadline to submit is Sept. 15.
https://www.neafoundation.org/
https://www.neafoundation.org/
NEA Rhode Island is built to last: founded in 1845, still running strong in 1926, and flooring it for worker power in 2025!
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NEARI staff pictured: Alex Lucini and his 1926 Studebaker, Mary Barden, Onelissa Martinez, Sam Howard, Bridget Almon, and Stephanie Mandeville
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NEARI staff pictured: Alex Lucini and his 1926 Studebaker, Mary Barden, Onelissa Martinez, Sam Howard, Bridget Almon, and Stephanie Mandeville
September 5, 2025 at 7:12 PM
NEA Rhode Island is built to last: founded in 1845, still running strong in 1926, and flooring it for worker power in 2025!
#happyfriday
NEARI staff pictured: Alex Lucini and his 1926 Studebaker, Mary Barden, Onelissa Martinez, Sam Howard, Bridget Almon, and Stephanie Mandeville
#happyfriday
NEARI staff pictured: Alex Lucini and his 1926 Studebaker, Mary Barden, Onelissa Martinez, Sam Howard, Bridget Almon, and Stephanie Mandeville
We’re thrilled to welcome Horace Mann as Legacy Sponsor for The NEARI Children’s Fund 40th Anniversary Celebration! A true friend to the Fund, Horace Mann has supported our mission for years—helping ensure students across RI have what they need to learn & thrive. Join us: https://neari.events/CF40
September 4, 2025 at 6:57 PM
We’re thrilled to welcome Horace Mann as Legacy Sponsor for The NEARI Children’s Fund 40th Anniversary Celebration! A true friend to the Fund, Horace Mann has supported our mission for years—helping ensure students across RI have what they need to learn & thrive. Join us: https://neari.events/CF40
🎉 🎉 Join us in celebrating 40 years of the NEARI Children’s Fund! 🎟️ Tickets $50 at neari.events/CF40. Sponsorships available too—help us keep providing essentials to RI students in need. 💙 #NEARIChildrensFund #CF40
40th Anniversary Celebration 1985-2025
Celebrate 40 years of lifting up Rhode Island students and families!Since 1985, The NEARI Children's Fund has helped students whose basic needs stand in the way of learning--providing clothing, food, eyeglasses, medication, school supplies, vocational u...
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September 3, 2025 at 4:15 PM
🎉 🎉 Join us in celebrating 40 years of the NEARI Children’s Fund! 🎟️ Tickets $50 at neari.events/CF40. Sponsorships available too—help us keep providing essentials to RI students in need. 💙 #NEARIChildrensFund #CF40
Brian Nelson, NEA South Kingstown, speaking to Alexandra Leslie on how removing cell phones from the classroom has had a positive impact on student behavior and interaction.
Some local schools have already put cellphone bans in place ahead of a new state law. Tonight at 5, Target 12 Investigator Alexandra Leslie shows you the impact they're having.
September 2, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Brian Nelson, NEA South Kingstown, speaking to Alexandra Leslie on how removing cell phones from the classroom has had a positive impact on student behavior and interaction.
🌻 Hello, September! 🌻
Crisp mornings, new beginnings, and a season full of possibilities.
Explore upcoming events, mark your calendars, register for trainings, and stay connected with your union family.
👉 Visit neari.org for details.
Crisp mornings, new beginnings, and a season full of possibilities.
Explore upcoming events, mark your calendars, register for trainings, and stay connected with your union family.
👉 Visit neari.org for details.
September 2, 2025 at 2:55 PM
🌻 Hello, September! 🌻
Crisp mornings, new beginnings, and a season full of possibilities.
Explore upcoming events, mark your calendars, register for trainings, and stay connected with your union family.
👉 Visit neari.org for details.
Crisp mornings, new beginnings, and a season full of possibilities.
Explore upcoming events, mark your calendars, register for trainings, and stay connected with your union family.
👉 Visit neari.org for details.
When charter schools first started, they were intended to be experimental with innovative ideas that were supposed to be brought back to district schools. But that’s not what’s happened. We’ve created a parallel school system where we’re fighting over the same pie of funding. https://bit.ly/47ouYva
The ABCs of charter schools in RI. How they work, and why they're so polarizing
As student enrollment declines at standard public schools, the demand for more charter school seats is rising, especially in the state’s urban core.
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September 2, 2025 at 1:18 PM
When charter schools first started, they were intended to be experimental with innovative ideas that were supposed to be brought back to district schools. But that’s not what’s happened. We’ve created a parallel school system where we’re fighting over the same pie of funding. https://bit.ly/47ouYva
North Kingstown teachers Sydney Sweeney and Heather Lebel helped their students Break the Myth—smashing stereotypes about disability through storytelling and video. 🎬
Watch these young leaders speak their truth this #DisabilityPrideMonth.
#BreakTheMyth #WeAllBelong #DisabilityInclusion
Watch these young leaders speak their truth this #DisabilityPrideMonth.
#BreakTheMyth #WeAllBelong #DisabilityInclusion
Breaking The Myth: North Kingstown Students Lead, Speak Up, and Open Minds | NEARI
A powerful and honest video titled “Break the Myth,” created by students in the RISE and SAIL special education programs at North Kingstown High School with their volunteer Peer Partners, guided by th...
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July 10, 2025 at 5:28 PM
North Kingstown teachers Sydney Sweeney and Heather Lebel helped their students Break the Myth—smashing stereotypes about disability through storytelling and video. 🎬
Watch these young leaders speak their truth this #DisabilityPrideMonth.
#BreakTheMyth #WeAllBelong #DisabilityInclusion
Watch these young leaders speak their truth this #DisabilityPrideMonth.
#BreakTheMyth #WeAllBelong #DisabilityInclusion
RI is fortunate to have representation opposed to this devastating bill. Take action: let them know you’re paying attention and tell them to continue the fight for the critical funding our students and families need.
Urge the House to Reject the Budget Bill that Will Harm Students and Working Families | NEA
The GOP is calling for trillions in tax cuts that heavily benefit billionaires—“paid for” with devastating cuts in education, health, and nutrition programs for students, working families, seniors, pe...
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July 3, 2025 at 1:49 PM
RI is fortunate to have representation opposed to this devastating bill. Take action: let them know you’re paying attention and tell them to continue the fight for the critical funding our students and families need.
Shout out to the organizations in Newport, RI for supporting students in their community! And here's to the letter writer: Thompson Middle School teacher Melissa Turner for closing out the year strong with her fifth graders - have a great summer!
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Thanks to All from Thompson Middle School Fifth Graders - Newport This Week
Earlier in the year I expressed gratitude to the many organizations who supported our fifth-grade students at Thompson Middle School up to that point. I’d like to just take a moment to thank those who made the second half of the year equally memorable as the first. Save the Bay, under the direction of Ian Espanol De La Cruz, continued <a href="https://www.newportthisweek.com/articles/thanks-to-all-from-thompson-middle-school-fifth-graders/">[…]</a>
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July 2, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Shout out to the organizations in Newport, RI for supporting students in their community! And here's to the letter writer: Thompson Middle School teacher Melissa Turner for closing out the year strong with her fifth graders - have a great summer!
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