AFT WA Human Rights Committee Mission Statement
We are a committee representing the diversity of AFT WA. Our goal is to honor the shared humanity of all our members. We seek to accomplish this goal by promoting principles of tolerance, fairness, and respect; building meaningful relationships within and outside our organization; and monitoring our effectiveness regularly.
To achieve our Mission:
- We will publicize, participate in, and organize events that will help fight human rights abuses in our union, our community, our country and our world.
- We will recognize and honor the efforts of those who work to promote and defend human rights.
- We will promote education as a way to bring about equality and change for those being left behind.
- We will provide a platform for all members of our union to educate, inform, and be recognized so that we eradicate all forms of classism, racism, sexism and any kind of “otherism,” real or perceived, that exists within our union.
Human Rights Committee Members
| Duvalle Daniel, Chair |
Shoreline CCFT Local #1950 |
| Daniel Aragon |
Renton TC Local #3914 |
| Larry Clark |
Shoreline CCFT Local #1950 |
| David Eberhardt |
AFT Seattle CCs Local #1789 |
| Michael Faucette |
AFT Seattle CCs Local #1789 |
| Taare Giday |
AFT Everett Local #1873 and AFT Seattle #1789 |
| John Hagman |
Cornish College Local #4169 |
| Elizabeth Hanson |
Shoreline CCFT Local #1950 |
| Phil Ray Jack |
United Faculty of Green River CC Local #2195 |
| Phebe Jewell |
AFT Seattle CCs Local #1789 |
| Kris Kawakami |
AFT Seattle CCs Local #1789 |
| Tracy Lai |
AFT Seattle CCs Local #1789 |
| Janice Lovelace |
AFT Everett Local #1873 |
| Michael McBride |
Renton TC Local #3914 |
| Janet Morgan |
Tacoma Federation of ParaEducators Local #461 |
| David Ortiz |
Cascadia CCFT Local #6191 |
| Marcella Pendergrass |
AFT Seattle CC Local #1789 |
| Tasleem Qaasim |
Shoreline CCFT Local #1950 |
| Sumita Singh |
AFT Everett Local #1873 |
| Allen Stowers |
AFT Seattle CCs Local #1789 |
| Karen Strickland |
AFT Seattle CCs Local #1789 |
| Yilin Sun |
AFT Seattle CCs Local #1789 |
| Karrie Zylstra |
Bates TC Local #4184 |
Richard Burton, AFT Washington Political Organizer, provides staff support to this committee: rburton@aftwa.org; 206-242-4777 ext. 8085; 206-225-0621 (cell).
For links to various federal, state, national, and local resources that promote and defend human rights in the workplace, click here.
