Kootenai County Task Force on Human Relations Scrapbooks 2010 Pt.2

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3 - 1EA REPORTER Summer 2010

IEA members travel to Big Easy for NEA convention A thi i ue goe to press, IEA member are joining nearly 10 000 of their As ociation colleagues in New Orlean June 30-July 6 to take part in a week of di cus ion and debate on i sues facing their chool , their tudent , and their profession. NEA President Dennis VanRoekel will preside over the National Education As ociation' 14 thannual meeting, 89th annual Repreentative A embly (RA and other preDennis VanRoekel convention activities in the Big Ea y. According to the NEA web ite. thi annual convention i the larg t democratic deliberalive a embly in the v orld . Led by IEA President herri Wood, the nearly 50 Idaho

delegates representing their local as ociations and the tate will have a full agenda a they make decision for the coming year and beyond. The NEA RA al o offer delegates an opportunity to celebrate and honor education advocates from across the country. Thi year longtime North Idaho human right activist Tony Stewart wilJ be honored with th H.Councill Trenholm Memorial Award, to be conferred on July 2 at the NEA Human and Civil Rights Award Dinner al the Erne t N. Moria] Convention Center. The Trenholm award is named in honor of one of the country' mo tout tanding black educator who helped to meroe the Ameri an Teachers As ociation with the NEA. To be eligible for this award, the n minee mu r work beyond the call of duty to free th education profe ion from inequiti ba ed on race or etbnicity, help

improve intergroup relations and understanding among racial and ethnic group or ecure community recognition for his or her contributions to intergroup relation . Stewart grew up in North Carolina in the 1960 during the time of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights movement. A a tudent be developed a passion for people' dignity and right . lo recent decades Stewart was deeply involved in human right advocacy work around the Inland Northwe t, in luding the ucces ful effort to drive th Aryan Nation white Tony Stewart upremacy group from North ldaho. He recently retired from orth Idaho College.

Aside from dozen of local delegates elected to represent their colleagues, IBA member also elected tate delegate who will attend thi year's annual meeting. The following member were elected as tate delegates:

Zone A: Debbie Flory Zone B: JoAnn Harvey Zone C: David Hite Zone D:

ori Steiniker

Zone E & F: Dan Vincent and Lennette Meyer Zone G, H & I: Cindy cbaffeld Kathy Kearns and Tanya Gordon Zone J:

Dan McCarty

Zone K: Jim Robin on Zone L: E a Ochoa Zone M: Wendy CarroU Retired:

Monica Beaudoin and

Dick Chilcote


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