Colleagues, I am pleased to inform you that earlier this evening the RTA Representative Assembly adopted a very important resolution, recommended by the RTA’s Executive Council, that reaffirmed our solidarity with all who are demanding that racial justice finally become a reality in our nation. The resolution, adopted without objection, commits us all "to support our students in this time of crisis; to build relationships with our students’ families and community; to continue to promote culturally responsive curricula and anti-racist pedagogy; to ensure that teachers know our students, their history, their culture and their realities; and to be racially just in our own interactions and practices.” The entire text of the resolution is attached below. Additionally, the Representative Assembly unanimously endorsed a recently achieved Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), attached below, between the RTA and the Rochester City School District. The June 11, 2020 MOU stipulates that the...