Resolutions

2018     Paraprofessionals of Warren Woods, Megan Hohensee, President 

2016      Huron Valley Area Labor Federation, Ian Robinson, President     

2014      EMU Federation of Teachers, Sonya Alvarado, President  

2012      Dearborn Federation of Teachers, Christine Sipperley, President  

2010      Macomb ISD Federation of Teachers, Kenneth Reid, President  

2008     Macomb ISD Federation of Paraprofessionals, Char Kassley, President     

2006     Lecturers’ Employee Organization, Bonnie Halloran, President     

2005      Hamtramck Federation of Teachers, Bo Karpinsky, President                    

2003      Tom Watkins, State Superintendent of Public Instruction

2001       Crawford AuSable Federation of Teachers, Karen Leslie, President   

2018

Andella White, Detroit Federation of Paraprofessionals #2350

Danielle Nagle, Hamtramck Federation of Teachers #1052

Mistie Ryan, Lake Shore Federation of Teachers #1465

Nancy Welter, Wayne State University Union of Part-Time Faculty #477

2016

Angela Swoszowski, Macomb ISD Federation of Teachers, #2144

Jennifer Byford, MSU Graduate Employees Union, #6196

Marcus Walton, Detroit Federation of Teachers #231

Velimir Stojkovski, UM LEO #6244, EMUFT #9102, HFCC AFO #337

Angie Brown, Macomb ISD Federation of Paraprofessionals #6216

1984     Walter Bergman, First President of the Michigan Federation of Teachers and a pioneer civil rights activist

1985     Benjamin Hooks, President, NAACP

1986     William Simons, President, Washington Teachers Union and an AFT Vice President

1987     Dennis Archer, Associate Justice of the Michigan State Supreme Court (current Mayor, City of Detroit)

1988     Alma Stallworth, Democratic State Representative 4th District

1989     Tom Turner, Secretary-Treasurer, Michigan State AFL-CIO (former President Metro Detroit AFL-CIO)

1990     Richard Austin, Michigan Secretary of State

1991     John Conyers, Jr, United States Congressman, First District, Michigan

1992     Rosa Parks, “The Mother of the Civil Rights Movement”

1993     Horace Sheffield, President, Dearborn Iron Foundry Unit; UAW Int’l Union Rep; Founder, Trade Union Leadership Institute (TULC); Founder, Detroit Assoc. of Black Organizations (DABO)

1994     Maryann Mahaffey, President, City of Detroit Common Council

1995     Howard Wolpe, Sponsor of Congressional Legislation on South Africa

1996     Coleman A. Young, Former four term Mayor City of Detroit

1997     Charles Wright, Founder Museum of African American History

1998     Bertha Louise Poe, Secretary-Treasurer Michigan State AFL-CIO

1999     Susan Watson, Journalist and Labor Activist

2001     Rev. Wendell Anthony, President Detroit Chapter NAACP

2003     Reginald Turner, President State Bar of Michigan, Vice President Nat’l Bar Assoc., partner Clark Hill law firm

2005     Nat LaCour, Secretary-Treasurer, American Federation of Teachers

2006     A.W. Walker, Teacher, Highland Park Federation of Teachers Local #684

2007     Maurice Geary, Counselor, Marygrove College

2010     Arthur J. Divers, Ph.D., Education, Political and Community Activist, Detroit Federation of Teachers #231

2012     John Elliott, Retired President Detroit Federation of Teachers #231, AFT and AFT Michigan Vice President

2014     Lois Lofton Doniver, AFT Michigan Secretary-Treasurer, Detroit Federation of Teachers #231

2016     482Forward, Parent and community fighters for educational justice

2018     Michigan Student Power Network