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Singleton Seeks Harvard
Trade Union Program Participants According to her report at the 2006 NSO Representative Assembly, the 96th HTUP session will be held from January 8-February 16, 2007. “This intensive six week program is designed for trade union leaders,” said Singleton. “It teaches essential skills necessary to effectively manage and lead unions, as well as providing an incredible opportunity to explore key issues for the labor movement. Patty Ray-Baschizore, Ohio ASO and Thomas Jowhar, Ohio PSO attended the 2006 session. Ray-Baschizore’s account of her experience was a highlight at this year’s RA. According to the OASO president, after high school she received very little encouragement to attend college. Beating the odds, Ray-Baschizore worked full time waiting tables and completed her college degree and now she was given an opportunity to attend Harvard. “I was so excited when Cheryl called to tell me that my Union was willing to send me to Harvard,” said Ray-Baschizore. “It was an honor to walk onto that campus as a student, and to have my mother see me graduate was an experience of a lifetime.” Read her complete remarks at NSO-RA on the NSO website at www.nationalstaff.org. Since 1942, the program has prepared union activists to meet the challenge of dynamic leadership within their unions and society. Today, the program helps union leaders develop keener analytical, managerial and problem solving skills as well as discover ways to deepen public understanding of the value and importance of labor union. If you are interested in participating please contact Cheryl Singleton at csingleton@massteacher.org. Ray-Baschizore thanks NSO for opportunity When I was in high school I approached my mother about attending college. She said to me, "Patricia Ann, college ain't for people like us, college is for rich people. We ain't rich, and you ain't going!" Several years later I was working full time waiting tables and attending college, and every time I walked onto that campus I heard this little voice that said, "They are going to catch on to you! Sooner or later, they're going to tell you there's been a mistake, and you don't belong here." So you can imagine how excited I was last fall when Cheryl called me to tell me that my Union was willing to send me to Harvard. And how honored I was to walk onto that campus as a student, and how my mother cried when she saw me graduate. If you attend the Harvard Trade Union Program, it will change your life. Not only will you get the benefit of lectures from people like Dr. Elaine Bernard, Howard Zinn and Noam Chomsky, you will be in a classroom full of union activists who are at the absolute top of their game. If you want to learn how to be a kick butt union activist, talk with our brothers and sisters in the building trades because they have got it going on! There is a huge amount of reading and information to absorb. It's been said it's like trying to take a drink from a fire hose, and that is exactly what it's like. As I went through the program, I struggled day and night to stay on top of the reading, I didn't want to look too stupid in front of my classmates. And I would listen to the lectures and absorb all this great information knowing how valuable and important it all was to my work, and then eventually someone would make a comment, and it was usually one of my classmates, and I would think to myself, "My God, this changes everything!" So I came back from Harvard knowing that I needed to look at my life and ask myself, "What's keeping me from doing my best work?", because this movement that we are a part of, is an exciting, fun, scary adventure. And I can either spend my time putting out fires, or I can spend my time being part of the adventure. So I want to thank NSO for awarding me the scholarship, and thank all of you. Thank you! NSO Merger/Organizing
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