Laura Fuchs
@dcward7teacher.bsky.social
President of the Washington Teachers Union. I am a DCPS teacher of the Woodson Warriors, WTU Secretary and Co-chair of the DC Caucus of Rank and File Educators (DC-CORE).
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Laura Fuchs
@dcward7teacher.bsky.social
· Jun 18
Proud to say that I am the President Elect of the Washington Teachers Union AFT Local#6 alongside my entire Educators Taking Action slate. I am proud of the campaign we ran and the work we are gearing up to do. ✊
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For DC, this combined with federal workers who are furloughed now needing to access the local food banks, will be devastating
I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.
October 22, 2025 at 2:44 AM
For DC, this combined with federal workers who are furloughed now needing to access the local food banks, will be devastating
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absolutely heartbreaking www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/u...
Nory Doesn’t Go to School Here Anymore
www.nytimes.com
October 21, 2025 at 1:51 PM
absolutely heartbreaking www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/u...
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Latinas earn only 51 cents for every dollar earned by white, non-Hispanic men.
This wage gap isn't just unfair, it's an injustice, and Latinas deserve equal pay for equal work.
#LatinaEqualPayDay
This wage gap isn't just unfair, it's an injustice, and Latinas deserve equal pay for equal work.
#LatinaEqualPayDay
October 9, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Latinas earn only 51 cents for every dollar earned by white, non-Hispanic men.
This wage gap isn't just unfair, it's an injustice, and Latinas deserve equal pay for equal work.
#LatinaEqualPayDay
This wage gap isn't just unfair, it's an injustice, and Latinas deserve equal pay for equal work.
#LatinaEqualPayDay
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We’re hoping to add another friend to our monthly cash distro, where once a month we send $150 no-questions-asked cash to unhoused & recently housed neighbors!
We could use a few more recurring donations to help get us there!
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We’re hoping to add another friend to our monthly cash distro, where once a month we send $150 no-questions-asked cash to unhoused & recently housed neighbors!
We could use a few more recurring donations to help get us there!
Sign up here!:
givebutter.com/remorahouse
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September 17, 2025 at 12:09 AM
❗️Monthly Donation Request❗️
We’re hoping to add another friend to our monthly cash distro, where once a month we send $150 no-questions-asked cash to unhoused & recently housed neighbors!
We could use a few more recurring donations to help get us there!
Sign up here!:
givebutter.com/remorahouse
We’re hoping to add another friend to our monthly cash distro, where once a month we send $150 no-questions-asked cash to unhoused & recently housed neighbors!
We could use a few more recurring donations to help get us there!
Sign up here!:
givebutter.com/remorahouse
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To Chicago comrades & anyone else facing possible federal occupation:
The National Guard is standing around for photo ops.
DHS, ICE, FBI, DEA, ATF, are working with local police to terrorize & kidnap our neighbors.
Organize accordingly.
The National Guard is standing around for photo ops.
DHS, ICE, FBI, DEA, ATF, are working with local police to terrorize & kidnap our neighbors.
Organize accordingly.
September 2, 2025 at 9:31 PM
To Chicago comrades & anyone else facing possible federal occupation:
The National Guard is standing around for photo ops.
DHS, ICE, FBI, DEA, ATF, are working with local police to terrorize & kidnap our neighbors.
Organize accordingly.
The National Guard is standing around for photo ops.
DHS, ICE, FBI, DEA, ATF, are working with local police to terrorize & kidnap our neighbors.
Organize accordingly.
Reposted by Laura Fuchs
Moving our people from a place of fear, anxiety and panic to organized collective action is another kind of success. That’s why I’m so focused on political ed right now. People need tools. They need strategies for mobilization and help asking the right questions.
September 3, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Moving our people from a place of fear, anxiety and panic to organized collective action is another kind of success. That’s why I’m so focused on political ed right now. People need tools. They need strategies for mobilization and help asking the right questions.
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screenprint of an image by John Fleissner for LAUSD students leading walkouts against ICE raids 💙✊
September 1, 2025 at 3:10 AM
screenprint of an image by John Fleissner for LAUSD students leading walkouts against ICE raids 💙✊
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Let's give a shout out to the men & women who labor in the fields to put food on our tables. #WeFeedYou #LaborDay.
Mandemosle un saludo a los hombres y mujeres que trabajan en el campo para poner comida en nuestras mesas.
Thank you Ignacio Gomez for letting us use this art
Mandemosle un saludo a los hombres y mujeres que trabajan en el campo para poner comida en nuestras mesas.
Thank you Ignacio Gomez for letting us use this art
September 1, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Let's give a shout out to the men & women who labor in the fields to put food on our tables. #WeFeedYou #LaborDay.
Mandemosle un saludo a los hombres y mujeres que trabajan en el campo para poner comida en nuestras mesas.
Thank you Ignacio Gomez for letting us use this art
Mandemosle un saludo a los hombres y mujeres que trabajan en el campo para poner comida en nuestras mesas.
Thank you Ignacio Gomez for letting us use this art
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Mayor Muriel Bowser has praised the surge and reserved her criticisms for ICE wearing masks. But tonight at a local school it was MPD who pulled up their gaiter, put on gloves, and approached me masked.
August 30, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Mayor Muriel Bowser has praised the surge and reserved her criticisms for ICE wearing masks. But tonight at a local school it was MPD who pulled up their gaiter, put on gloves, and approached me masked.
Morning walk on the Anacostia watching a LOT of what appear to be National Guard being bussed in to pick up trash. I guess I prefer this over the military checkpoint harassment zones. But this is ridiculous. All in the name of a creeping fascist occupation. #FreeDC
August 30, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Morning walk on the Anacostia watching a LOT of what appear to be National Guard being bussed in to pick up trash. I guess I prefer this over the military checkpoint harassment zones. But this is ridiculous. All in the name of a creeping fascist occupation. #FreeDC
So what we are not going to do is blame DC's young people for Trump's fascism. Fascists always blame the victim for their actions. Always. It can be a real event. It can be fake. It doesn't matter. Fascists will do what they want and justify it however they want. THAT IS FASCISM.
August 16, 2025 at 1:23 PM
So what we are not going to do is blame DC's young people for Trump's fascism. Fascists always blame the victim for their actions. Always. It can be a real event. It can be fake. It doesn't matter. Fascists will do what they want and justify it however they want. THAT IS FASCISM.
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Made a thing. Was walking with a friend, who stopped in her tracks to squash a spotted lanternfly like a cigarette, and it knocked something loose in my brain.
August 15, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Made a thing. Was walking with a friend, who stopped in her tracks to squash a spotted lanternfly like a cigarette, and it knocked something loose in my brain.
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Wow this mini week has been a true whirlwind. Three days in and we’ve already started directly attacking major systemic issues that have gone unadressed for too long. This work will not be easy, but I know we have the team and membership to do it and I am honored to havee this opportunity to lead. ✊
July 4, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Wow this mini week has been a true whirlwind. Three days in and we’ve already started directly attacking major systemic issues that have gone unadressed for too long. This work will not be easy, but I know we have the team and membership to do it and I am honored to havee this opportunity to lead. ✊
Wow this first day of my Presidency in the Washington Teachers' Union really got away from me! Busy busy. Here I am heading out with the only decoration I brought in to start. I’m still me despite it all. 😂
July 2, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Wow this first day of my Presidency in the Washington Teachers' Union really got away from me! Busy busy. Here I am heading out with the only decoration I brought in to start. I’m still me despite it all. 😂
My classroom at H.D. Woodson has been cleared out. Keys are turned in. I have been in the new building since it opened (as well as the original Tower of Power and interim building). I have been in 5 different classrooms. It has been real. Can’t wait to visit in my new role. ✊
June 25, 2025 at 7:09 PM
My classroom at H.D. Woodson has been cleared out. Keys are turned in. I have been in the new building since it opened (as well as the original Tower of Power and interim building). I have been in 5 different classrooms. It has been real. Can’t wait to visit in my new role. ✊
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Care about teachers, students, and our community? Sign this letter! Child-free folks and non-teachers can sign too!
I'm testifying in front of the DC SBOE and want to say we have 1000 supporters - we are less than 30 sign ons away! Sign sign sign!
Show your support of the WTU by signing on to our letter supporting our International Educators getting a pathway to the Green Card. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
June 18, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Care about teachers, students, and our community? Sign this letter! Child-free folks and non-teachers can sign too!
I'm testifying in front of the DC SBOE and want to say we have 1000 supporters - we are less than 30 sign ons away! Sign sign sign!
Show your support of the WTU by signing on to our letter supporting our International Educators getting a pathway to the Green Card. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Supporter Sign On letter to Council Members: We need you to sponsor an amendment supporting DCPS Educators by restarting the DCPS Green Card Program
This sign-on letter was created by a team of WTU International Educators to share with targeted council members who we hope to sponsor our ask. Once we have a sponsor, we will use it to demonstrate th...
docs.google.com
June 18, 2025 at 11:03 PM
I'm testifying in front of the DC SBOE and want to say we have 1000 supporters - we are less than 30 sign ons away! Sign sign sign!
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Getting to lead with Laura will be, is and has been an amazing experience.
And while we have you here, sign our letter in support of international teachers in our public schools.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
And while we have you here, sign our letter in support of international teachers in our public schools.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
June 18, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Getting to lead with Laura will be, is and has been an amazing experience.
And while we have you here, sign our letter in support of international teachers in our public schools.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
And while we have you here, sign our letter in support of international teachers in our public schools.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
I'm testifying later today in front of the DC State Board of Education. This will be fun :)
Proud to say that I am the President Elect of the Washington Teachers Union AFT Local#6 alongside my entire Educators Taking Action slate. I am proud of the campaign we ran and the work we are gearing up to do. ✊
June 18, 2025 at 10:32 AM
I'm testifying later today in front of the DC State Board of Education. This will be fun :)
Reposted by Laura Fuchs
So proud of my friend Laura and excited to see the powerful union she's going to build with her siblings. ✊ She cares so deeply about teachers, students and the future of DC schools.
Proud to say that I am the President Elect of the Washington Teachers Union AFT Local#6 alongside my entire Educators Taking Action slate. I am proud of the campaign we ran and the work we are gearing up to do. ✊
June 18, 2025 at 2:51 AM
So proud of my friend Laura and excited to see the powerful union she's going to build with her siblings. ✊ She cares so deeply about teachers, students and the future of DC schools.
Proud to say that I am the President Elect of the Washington Teachers Union AFT Local#6 alongside my entire Educators Taking Action slate. I am proud of the campaign we ran and the work we are gearing up to do. ✊
June 18, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Proud to say that I am the President Elect of the Washington Teachers Union AFT Local#6 alongside my entire Educators Taking Action slate. I am proud of the campaign we ran and the work we are gearing up to do. ✊
Reposted by Laura Fuchs
NYC Comptroller Brad Lander was just arrested by Trump’s ICE agents because he asked to see a judicial warrant.
This is fascism and all New Yorkers must speak in one voice. Release him now.
This is fascism and all New Yorkers must speak in one voice. Release him now.
Here's a longer video of Brad Lander's detention just now inside 26 Federal Plaza as he tried to walk a man out of immigration court, by masked federal agents.
June 17, 2025 at 4:54 PM
NYC Comptroller Brad Lander was just arrested by Trump’s ICE agents because he asked to see a judicial warrant.
This is fascism and all New Yorkers must speak in one voice. Release him now.
This is fascism and all New Yorkers must speak in one voice. Release him now.
So proud of H.D. Woodson #ClassOf2025 I couldn’t have asked for a more curious, caring and informed group of students. Honestly I expect great things from them. (Also I taught 4 siblings of past alumni, which was awesome.)
June 14, 2025 at 3:06 AM
So proud of H.D. Woodson #ClassOf2025 I couldn’t have asked for a more curious, caring and informed group of students. Honestly I expect great things from them. (Also I taught 4 siblings of past alumni, which was awesome.)
On Friday at the DCPS Budget Hearing our International Educators made a strong showing asking the Council to put $200-300k in the budget to restart the DCPS Green Card Program, which they unilaterally ended back in October 2024 without any communication. Sign and share: forms.gle/d3EGf7wzVakC...
Supporter Sign On letter to Council Members. Our Ask: We need you to sponsor language Supporting DCPS Educators here on an H1B Visa in restarting the DCPS Green Card Program
This letter is created by a team of WTU International Educators to share with targeted council members who we hope to sponsor our ask. Once we have a sponsor, we will use it to demonstrate the support...
forms.gle
June 9, 2025 at 12:48 PM
On Friday at the DCPS Budget Hearing our International Educators made a strong showing asking the Council to put $200-300k in the budget to restart the DCPS Green Card Program, which they unilaterally ended back in October 2024 without any communication. Sign and share: forms.gle/d3EGf7wzVakC...