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

• GCAE Mass Meeting & Endorsement Ratification Vote

  • Thursday, January 15, 5:30-7:30 PM

  • Smith High School

  • Register: https://tinyurl.com/GCAEmass1-15-26 

• Union Elections: Nominations Open Now

  • GCAE Nomination Form - due January 30, 2026

  • NCAE Representative Assembly Delegate Nomination Form - due January 30, 2026

• Have a Building Meeting!

  • Sample Agenda

• GCAE Shirt Shop

Ways to Plug In with NCAE & NEA

• NCAE Schoolhouse Voices (for community allies)

  • Thursday, January 15, 6:00-7:30 PM

  • Virtual

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

• Summer Member Organizer & Battleground Summer Applications Open

  • Battleground Summer Canvassing Info & Application

  • Summer Member Organizing Info & Application

  • Information Sessions

    • Tues., Jan. 20 from 12:00-1:00pm

    • Tues., Jan. 20 from 6:30-7:30pm

    • Sat., Jan. 24 from 9:00-10:00am

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

• New Union Member Orientation

  • Monday, January 26

  • Virtual

  • Link coming soon

• Democracy in Chains Book Study

  • Beginning February 2

  • Virtual

  • Information

  • Interest Form

• NCAE Conference Grant Application

  • Grants up to $500 will be awarded, pending application approval. Application deadlines are as follows:

  • NEA Conference on Racial and Social Justice-February 1, 2026

  • Application Form

• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship and Arts Contest

  • Scholarship Application Deadline - February 2, 2026

  • Information

• Connect with NCAE & NEA

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

Ways to Plug In with Our Community Partners

• Siembra NC: Tomorrow Should be Promised For Everyone: A Community Vigil for Renee Nicole Good & All Victims of ICE Violence

  • Wednesday, January 14, 7:00 PM

  • Greensboro ICE Office

  • Register: https://actionnetwork.org/events/tomorrow-should-be-promised-for-everyone-a-community-vigil-for-renee-nicole-good-all-victims-of-ice-violence-3/ 

• AROS: Authoritarian Attacks on Public Schools and How We Resist

  • Wednesday, January 14, 7:00-8:30 PM

  • Virtual

  • Register: https://www.mobilize.us/reclaimourschools/event/875600/ 

• Project NC 2030 Program Featuring Jeff Jackson

  • Thursday, January 15, 5:30-7:00 PM

  • College Park Baptist Church in Greensboro

  • Information

• Noncooperation 101 Training

  • Thursday, January 15, 7:00-10:00 PM

  • Virtual

  • Register: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/d-tyo7pbQXiFPteO9pJ6Kw#/registration 

• Siembra NC: A win, a tragic loss, and what we'll do next here in NC

  • Friday, January 16, 7:00 PM

  • Virtual

  • Register: https://actionnetwork.org/events/2026ncfirstcall 

• FLIP NC and Indivisible: Learn and Take Action with featured guest Anita Earls

  • Saturday, January 17, 1:30-5:30 PM

  • Register: https://www.mobilize.us/megaphonenc/event/878580/ 

• Public School Strong Organizing Meeting featuring author David I. Backer

  • Thursday, January 22, 7:00-8:30 PM

  • Virtual

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

• AROS: Free the Future Action Call

  • Wednesday, January 28, 7:00-8:00 PM

  • Virtual

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

• PSS: From School Board Elections to Shared Leadership - Toolkit Launch!

  • Thursday, January 29, 7:00-8:00 PM

  • Virtual

  • Register: https://www.mobilize.us/raceforward/event/874985/ 

• AROS: Four Weeks of Power: Organizing Training

  • 4 Thursdays beginning February 19, 7:00-9:00 PM

  • Virtual

  • Register: https://www.mobilize.us/reclaimourschools/event/875575/ 

• 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