This spring’s CCA conference included sessions ranging from membership recruitment to bargaining, to supporting LGBTQ+ students at all levels. This conference was extra special because we highlighted our “We Honor Ours” (WHO) Award winners and CCA award winners, welcomed incoming and returning chapter leaders, including CCA leaders, and held the last Council of the academic year. The two general sessions covering legislative work and membership recruitment left members feeling rejuvenated and ready to take on the work ahead.
“It’s one-on-one, but to have a big picture of what you want to accomplish and how you want to move the faculty for the future, you have to have in-person conversations. And we need to find better ways to reach out via Zoom and remotely. But I also think that you need to find issues that resonate with the membership and they’re usually big-picture issues and things that hit close to home, like aside from salaries and it’s their own professional integrity, things of that nature that are really important.”
–Sandra Esslinger, Mt. San Antonio College Faculty Association
“I know unions are important because that’s part of what I teach, but more people need to know their power in unions and the power they have to make a change in this world,” said Riverside Community College District Faculty Association (RCCD FA) member Janet Hill. “Get involved, get others involved, stay involved, be active because if we want change, we have to be the change that we want to see.”
–Janet Hill, RCCD FA Member
“Coming to conferences sometimes might be a little overwhelming and you’re kind of like ‘well, I don’t really belong there, I might not be always involved.’ But it’s one of the best places to find out that you’re not alone, that there’s others going through the same thing, and that really, is where we build our connections and how we’re able to stay together as a union. And this is what makes us a powerful union.”
–Abigail Morales, Membership Chair for LBCC CHI
A Special Congratulations to All Our WHO, FEDC, Membership and Statewide Award Winners!
WHO Winners
Maya Alvarez-Galván, Mt. San Antonio College FA
Susan Pynes, MiraCosta College Academic Associate Faculty
Rudy Rios, Rio Hondo College FA
Lorraine Slattery, Mt. San Jacinto College FA
Dr. Adam Fong. Merced College FA
Trevor Gatz, San Joaquin Delta College TA
Arlette Poland, College of the Desert Adjunct Association
Oceana Collins, College of the Desert FA
DeWayne Sheaffer, Long Beach City College FA
Vanessa Quezada, Imperial Valley College PTFA
John B. Kincheloe, Napa Valley College FA
Marianne Reynolds, Faculty Association of Rancho Santiago CCD
Melissa Matteson, Barstow College FA
Frank Gonzalez, South Orange County CCFA
Elizabeth Ballesteros, Southwestern College EA
Richard Jaramillo, San Bernardino Community College District TA
Kristie Iwamoto (STATE), Napa Valley College FA
FEDC Winners
Dustin Tsai, LGBTQ+ (David A. Sanchez), San Joaquin Delta College TA
Matthew Nelson, LGBTQ+ (David A. Sanchez), College of the Sequoias TA
Lance Lockwood, LGBTQ+ (David A. Sanchez), Faculty Association of Rancho Santiago CCD
Martin Covarrubias, LGBTQ+ (David A. Sanchez), Rio Hondo College FA
John Cavano, LGBTQ+ (David A. Sanchez), San Joaquin Delta College TA
Lizette “Lucha” Arevalo, BIPOC (Mary Ann Pacheco CCA), Rio Hondo College FA
Dr. Malika Hollinside, BIPOC (Mary Ann Pacheco CCA), San Joaquin Delta College TA
Janee L. Young, BIPOC (Mary Ann Pacheco CCA), Merced College FA
Lucille (Lucy) Bayer, Part-Time Faculty (David B. Milroy), Mendocino Community College Part-Time Faculty Association
Yuki Takeuchi, Part-Time Faculty (David B. Milroy), Kern CCD CCA
Joseph Chirra, Part-Time Faculty (David B. Milroy), MiraCosta College Academic Associate FA
Deanna de Azevedo, Part-Time Faculty (David B. Milroy), San Joaquin Delta College TA
Membership Winners
Hartnell College Faculty Association, Chapter with the Most Part-Time Faculty Non-Member Promotions to Member
Chaffey College Faculty Association, Chapter with the Most Full-Time Faculty Non-Member Promotions to Member
Solano College Chapter of the CTA/NEA, Chapter with the Most Full-Time Faculty Non-Member Promotions to Member
Hartnell College Faculty Association, Chapter with the Most Full- and Part-Time Non-Member Promotions to Member
Mt. San Antonio College Faculty Association, Chapter with the Largest Increase in Part-Time Members
Faculty Association of Rancho Santiago Community College District, Chapter with the Largest Increase in Full-Time Members
College of the Canyons Faculty Association, Chapter with the Largest Increase in Full-Time Members
Hartnell College Faculty Association, Chapter with the Largest Percentage Increase of Part-Time members
Calbright Faculty Association, Chapter with the Largest Percentage Increase of Full-Time Members
Calbright Faculty Association, Chapter with the Largest Overall Percentage Increase of Members
Statewide Advocacy Award 2024
Elizabeth Maloney, San Joaquin Delta College TA
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