Know who your Building Leader is and who is on your building team.
Get people to take action (sign a petition, come to a meeting, etc.) by having one-on-one conversations with them (not mass emails or Facebook posts).
Get a commitment from folks that they have done the thing; follow up!
Report your data using campaign data collection forms.
After the campaign, we'll celebrate our wins, reflect on the campaign, and move forward to win some more!
For years now, ever since we flipped the Board of County Commissioners in 2020, our local elected leaders have stepped up such that our local effort to fund public schools is 9th in the state. Local elected leaders have (correctly) pointed out every year that the responsibility for funding public schools – and the failure to do so – lies squarely with the North Carolina General Assembly and the billionaires and corporations who benefit from their criminal disregard for working people.
It’s time for local elected leaders, public school workers, and public school families to come together to Get on the Bus to Raleigh on May Day, which is International Workers’ Day. We're telling our state to prioritize Kids Over Corporations.
Resources you can use to join the campaign:
Sign the May Day invitation today: tinyurl.com/GCAEMayDay26
Get your coworkers to sign using this printout: tinyurl.com/GotB1-pager
Better yet, get everyone to come to a May Day Meeting at your building: tinyurl.com/MayDayMtg
Track your progress: tinyurl.com/GotBtracker
Deliver invitations to the Board of Education on April 14: tinyurl.com/GCAE4-14-26
The BEST way to get plugged into the campaign is to join the Organizing Committee at our next meeting: tinyurl.com/GCAEOC3-25-26
GCAE Organizing Committee Meeting
Wednesday, March 25, 5:30-7:30 PM
On-line
Register: tinyurl.com/GCAEOC3-25-26
Engraved Invitation Delivery and Board of Education Budget Public Hearing
Tuesday, April 14, 5:00 PM
GCS Community Education Center
Register: tinyurl.com/GCAE4-14-26
Have a Building Meeting!
Summer Member Organizer & Battleground Summer Applications Open
BOTH Applications are rolling and due by Monday, March 22nd, 2026. Priority will be given to applicants who apply by Friday, February 6, 2026.
NCAE Schoolhouse Voices Parent & Community Training Series
Thursday, March 26, 6:00-7:30 PM
Virtual
NEA May Day Leadership & Activist Call
Thursday, March 26, 8:00-9:00 PM
Virtual
Kids Over Corporations Mass Meeting
Monday, March 30, 6:00-7:00 PM
Virtual
Register: link.ncae.org/March30
Connect with NCAE & NEA
AROS: Free the Future Action Call
Wednesday, March 25, 7:00-8:00 PM
Virtual
Register: https://www.mobilize.us/reclaimourschools/event/875573/
G4A Parent Power: Guilford Families Fighting for Our Schools
Thursday, March 26, 5:45-7:30 PM
Greensboro
NO KINGS Greensboro NC
Saturday, March 28, 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Old Guilford County Courthouse
Public School Strong Organizing Meeting
Tuesday, April 14, 7:00-8:30 PM
Virtual
Become an Anytime Canvasser for Anita Earls: Field Team Justice
Participate in a study for inclusion specialists
NEA's Union Bulletin Board (posters, etc.)
General Organizing Resources:
Effective organizing conversations: One-on-One 101
NEA Organizing Toolkit - Recruitment (Check out the videos & posters!)
Join GCAE: http://bit.ly/JoinGCAE