How We Organize

1. Know who your Building Leader is and who is on your building team. 

2. 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).

3. Get a commitment from folks that they have done the thing; follow up!

4. Report your data using campaign data collection forms.

5. After the campaign, we'll celebrate our wins, reflect on the campaign, and move forward to win some more!

The Actions

Ways to Plug In with GCAE

• Canvass with GCAE for Toby & Ebony!

  • Saturdays in February

  • GCAE will be holding the 11:00-2:00 shifts, but you are welcome to sign up for any shift!

  • Register: https://tinyurl.com/GCAEcanvass26 

• Poll Greeting!

  • Tuesday, March 3, all day

  • various polling sites

  • Use sign-ups below OR email gcaenc@gmail.com with a shift time that works for you.

    • Poll Greeting for Toby

    • Poll Greeting for Ebony

• GCAE Mass Meeting & Campaign Launch

  • Thursday, March 12, 5:30-7:30 PM

  • Smith High School

  • Register: tinyurl.com/GCAEmass3-12-26 

• Have a Building Meeting!

  • Sample Agenda

• GCAE Shirt Shop

Ways to Plug In with NCAE & NEA

• Summer Member Organizer & Battleground Summer Applications Open

  • Battleground Summer Canvassing Info & Application

  • Summer Member Organizing Info & Application

  • BOTH Applications are rolling and due by Monday, March 22nd, 2026. Priority will be given to applicants who apply by Friday, February 6, 2026.

• Region 4--NCAE Pre-Convention Caucus and Big Action Training

  • Saturday, March 7, 2:00-4:30 PM

    • delegate information 2:00-3:30

    • Big Action Training for all workers 3:30-4:30

  • First Baptist Church of Elon

  • Register: https://www.mobilize.us/ncae/event/899623/ 

• NEA Year-Round Organizing: Transformational 1:1 Conversation Training

  • Wednesday, March 11, 7:00-8:30 PM

  • Virtual

  • Register: https://nea-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/HZOhxacORkGMCUPu_wUW9Q#/registration 

• NEA Year-Round Organizing: Effectively Affirm, Answer, Redirect training

  • Thursday, March 12, 7:00-8:30 PM

  • Virtual

  • Register: https://nea-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/ONbZUonoTimLNnJwvhuQ6g#/registration 

• 2026 NCAE SMO T-Shirt Design Contest

  • Entries due March 15, 2026

  • $300 cash prize

  • Enter Here

• Kids Over Corporations Mass Meeting

  • Monday, March 16, 6:00-7:00 PM

  • Virtual

  • Register: https://www.mobilize.us/ncae/event/904999/ 

• NCAE Schoolhouse Voices Parent & Community Training Series

  • Thursday, March 26, 6:00-7:30 PM

  • Virtual

  • Register: https://www.mobilize.us/ncae/event/854110/ 

• Connect with NCAE & NEA

  • Fill out: http://join.nea.org/north-carolina/connect

Ways to Plug In with Our Community Partners

• Southern Workers Assembly: Southern Education Worker Fightback Summit

  • Saturday, February 28, 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM

  • Virtual

  • Register: https://actionnetwork.org/events/southern-education-worker-fightback-summit/ 

• Making the Grade: Advocating for Fair School Funding in the States

  • Monday, March 2, 2:00 PM

  • Virtual

  • Register: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Fac-gBAzTr2YuD-k1akPug#/registration 

• Public School Strong Organizing Meeting

  • Tuesday, March 10, 7:00-8:30 PM

  • Virtual

  • Register: https://www.mobilize.us/downhomenc/event/596321/ 

• AROS: Free the Future Action Call

  • Wednesday, March 11, 7:00-8:00 PM

  • Virtual

  • Register: https://www.mobilize.us/reclaimourschools/event/875573/ 

• Indivisible: From Posts to Power: Using Social Medial to Build Real-World Power

  • Wednesday, March 11, 7:00-8:30 PM

  • Virtual

  • Register: https://www.mobilize.us/indivisibleguilford/event/897744/ 

• G4A Parent Power: Guilford Families Fighting for Our Schools

  • Thursday, March 12, 5:45-7:30 PM

  • Greensboro

  • Register: https://www.mobilize.us/downhomenc/event/882748/ 

• Public School Strong: School Board Campaign Training: Winning for our public schools, our kids and our democracy

  • Thursday, March 19, 7:00-8:30 PM

  • Virtual

  • Register: https://www.mobilize.us/raceforward/event/894251/ 

• Participate in a study for inclusion specialists

  • Information

Helpful Resources

• Protect Public Schools NEA Resource & Guide

• NCAE Safe Schools/Immigration Resource Guide

• Keep Public Money in Public Schools (Resources)

• NCAE Local Strength Cohort Hub

• NEA's Union Bulletin Board (posters, etc.)

• General Organizing Resources:

  • Effective organizing conversations: One-on-One 101

  • Making Asks

  • NEA Organizing Toolkit - Recruitment (Check out the videos & posters!)

• Join GCAE: http://bit.ly/JoinGCAE