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Schools must be safe, welcoming — and openStudents are settling into the third straight school year disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic. Since Aug. 1, I have been on the road visiting public schools in 30 communities in 14 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico. I’ve sensed the trepidation students, parents and school staff… [Read More ->>]
Image: baona/GettyBy Nicole Brun-CottanI chose my work as a physical therapist because rehabilitation medicine focuses on freedom and function, and those things really matter for quality of life. I work with people who are experiencing serious trauma or who are learning how to survive with enduring disability.First, let me explain… [Read More ->>]
Sept. 11, 2001, was primary day, and I was in Brooklyn getting out the vote when the sound of an explosion stopped me and my colleagues in our tracks. We were dumbstruck, and by the time the second plane hit the second tower, we knew that the world had suddenly… [Read More ->>]
This Labor Day, we find ourselves caring, fighting and showing up: caring for those who are suffering the consequences of the pandemic, hurricanes, flash floods and wildfires; fighting for our members, students, patients and communities to have the freedom to thrive; and showing up by crisscrossing the country supporting our… [Read More ->>]
Students and staff are returning to school amid the fourth wave of COVID-19 infections and deaths, the third straight school year under the cloud of the coronavirus, and more than 40 percent of eligible Americans — those 12 and older — having not gotten their second or even first vaccination. All this leaves me… [Read More ->>]
Carol Gale, President
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Corey Moses, First Vice-President
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Stuart Beckford, Second Vice-President
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