Sixteen social media gurus from across the country met today for the first ever “tweetup” hosted by the National Education Association. All of the participants tweeted from the RA using the hashtag #neara10.
Check out a slideshow of the tweetup below.
by Pav Akhtar
Film and television actress Ashley Judd sprinkled some Hollywood magic on the 2010 RA as she collected an award from the NEA’s gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) caucus in recognition of her humanitarian work.
Ashley Judd took time off her filming schedule to collect the Health Information Network Ryan White Award for services to HIV prevention.
Known to millions for her on-screen roles in Double Jeopardy, Star Trek and Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, 42-year-old Harvard graduate Judd is also a Global Ambassador for having served on its HIV education and prevention program, and its program, since 2001.
Through the Office of Minority Community Outreach, NEA participated in activities during the Essence Music Festival in New Orleans which provided an opportunity to increase the visibility of NEA while sharing its message with the greater ethnic minority community.
Six hundred Essence attendees took the Priority Schools Campaign pledge.
On July 1, NEA participated in the Essence Healthy Living Fair at the Mahalia Jackson Theater in New Orleans. The day began with rain, but the sun quickly came out, which also brought out the New Orleans community to listen to music and messages from celebrities about health and the importance of living well.
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If you’ve been watching any of the World Cup this year, you’re familiar with that constant buzzing of thousands of . And if you’re sitting anywhere near the New Jersey delegation at this year’s RA, you’ve probably heard that World Cup sound first hand.
We at RA Today Online were curious to learn where the noise has been coming from, so we took to the floor and found it. Angela Lawler, a principal’s secretary from Hillside, NJ, has been expressing support for her delegation with the vuvuzela she picked up at the Philadelphia RA in 2007, long before they became trendy.
Watch the video below to see Angela in action.
Eva Lewis, Camden Education Association Delegate presents NEA President Dennis Van Roekel with a gift from students in Liberia. Photo: Rick Runion
The last thing Eva Lewis expected to see at the 2009 RA in San Diego –her first as a New Jersey delegate – was video footage of her home country of Liberia. But there it was, a segment of an opening day video reviewing NEA’s international projects. In the wake of the civil war that ended in 2003, NEA is working with to rebuild the Liberian teachers union and the education system.
