{"id":1624,"date":"2023-02-07T17:49:18","date_gmt":"2023-02-07T17:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uuphost.org\/purchase\/?p=1624"},"modified":"2023-02-07T17:49:19","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T17:49:19","slug":"uup-focuses-on-developing-new-leaders-at-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uuphost.org\/purchase\/uup-focuses-on-developing-new-leaders-at-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"UUP focuses on developing new leaders at conference"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uupinfo.org\/images\/uupdate\/23\/230117.jpg\" alt=\"uupdate 01-17-23\" title=\"New Leaders Development \"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Strong leadership with a solid, unified plan to build membership and political clout is paramount for a union like United University Professions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s why more than 60 UUP members gathered in Cooperstown Jan. 13-15 for the union\u2019s Leadership Training Conference. They learned about how UUP works, ways to attract more SUNY employees to join the union and the many leadership opportunities available to members ready to become more involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Veteran chapter leaders mixed with younger members\u2014some of them taking their first steps toward leadership positions within the union\u2014during four workshop sessions, led by UUP\u2019s statewide officers and facilitated by the union\u2019s Organizing and Legislative &amp; Political departments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UUP President Fred Kowal opened the conference Jan. 13 with a 90-minute discussion about the difficulties UUP faces when advocating for more state funding for SUNY. Those tasks aren\u2019t as daunting as they used to be. UUP has become a political force in state politics; Gov. Hochul and a majority of state legislators know UUP and what the union stands for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UUP\u2019s new Higher Education Action Fund, which uses donations to NYSUT\u2019s VOTE-COPE fund to help elect pro-SUNY state legislators, has also helped increase UUP\u2019s political clout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are respected,\u201d Kowal said. \u201cWhat we\u2019re about is trying to improve SUNY and the world-class education our system offers. We\u2019re arguing for the public good.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Saturday\u2019s workshop sessions opened with \u201cWorkshopping Organizing Issues: Growing Our Union,\u201d led by statewide Vice President for Academics Alissa Karl and Kristie Sammons, UUP\u2019s executive director and director of Organizing &amp; Outreach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Participants broke up into groups, led by UUP Organizing Department staff, to discuss and brainstorm answers to challenges each chapter faces in signing up new members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They broke up into groups again for an afternoon workshop on new employee orientation presentations, led by statewide Vice President for Professionals Carolyn Kube and Jeremy Ginsburg, NYSUT staff director for UUP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Statewide Secretary-Treasurer Jeri O\u2019Bryan-Losee closed the conference with a Jan. 15 session, \u201cActivating Members to Build the Bench.\u201d The workshop focused on UUP\u2019s chapter elections process and opportunities available to members who want to become more involved in chapter leadership.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Strong leadership with a solid, unified plan to build membership and political clout is paramount for a union like United University Professions. 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