Noel Candelaria
@noelcandelaria.bsky.social
Proud El Pasoan, husband, father, & SpEd teacher serving as NEA Secretary-Treasurer, the nations largest labor union, committed to the success of public education & workplace democracy through our unions.
Powerful day at Bernard Black Academy w/ Roosevelt EA educators organizing to win majority status! 💪
Campus is already 60% union strong — and 2 new members joined today!
Huge thanks to Worksite Leader Deborah Rosen, & REA Pres. Martha Thomas.
#UnionStrong #WeAreNEA #NoOneIsGoingToSaveUsButUs
Campus is already 60% union strong — and 2 new members joined today!
Huge thanks to Worksite Leader Deborah Rosen, & REA Pres. Martha Thomas.
#UnionStrong #WeAreNEA #NoOneIsGoingToSaveUsButUs
November 10, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Powerful day at Bernard Black Academy w/ Roosevelt EA educators organizing to win majority status! 💪
Campus is already 60% union strong — and 2 new members joined today!
Huge thanks to Worksite Leader Deborah Rosen, & REA Pres. Martha Thomas.
#UnionStrong #WeAreNEA #NoOneIsGoingToSaveUsButUs
Campus is already 60% union strong — and 2 new members joined today!
Huge thanks to Worksite Leader Deborah Rosen, & REA Pres. Martha Thomas.
#UnionStrong #WeAreNEA #NoOneIsGoingToSaveUsButUs
Reposted by Noel Candelaria
Reopening the government is a basic job duty for the party in charge.
No one should have to choose between providing their families food or healthcare. Yet Republicans are determined to deny both—they put politics over people. They must end the shutdown without robbing families of basic needs.
No one should have to choose between providing their families food or healthcare. Yet Republicans are determined to deny both—they put politics over people. They must end the shutdown without robbing families of basic needs.
November 10, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Reopening the government is a basic job duty for the party in charge.
No one should have to choose between providing their families food or healthcare. Yet Republicans are determined to deny both—they put politics over people. They must end the shutdown without robbing families of basic needs.
No one should have to choose between providing their families food or healthcare. Yet Republicans are determined to deny both—they put politics over people. They must end the shutdown without robbing families of basic needs.
What an incredible few days at the New Jersey Education Association Convention!
Grateful to Pres. Beatty, VP Robertson, Sec.-Treas. Dare, & NEA Dir. Stacy Yanko for the warm welcome.
Congrats on electing Mikie Sherrill & so many pro-public ed school board wins!
#WeAreNJEA
Grateful to Pres. Beatty, VP Robertson, Sec.-Treas. Dare, & NEA Dir. Stacy Yanko for the warm welcome.
Congrats on electing Mikie Sherrill & so many pro-public ed school board wins!
#WeAreNJEA
November 7, 2025 at 11:25 PM
What an incredible few days at the New Jersey Education Association Convention!
Grateful to Pres. Beatty, VP Robertson, Sec.-Treas. Dare, & NEA Dir. Stacy Yanko for the warm welcome.
Congrats on electing Mikie Sherrill & so many pro-public ed school board wins!
#WeAreNJEA
Grateful to Pres. Beatty, VP Robertson, Sec.-Treas. Dare, & NEA Dir. Stacy Yanko for the warm welcome.
Congrats on electing Mikie Sherrill & so many pro-public ed school board wins!
#WeAreNJEA
Congratulations Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani — a win for working families, immigrants, and public schools.
Universal child care
More teachers
Stronger unions
A city of immigrants — led by an immigrant
Juntos Podemos Cambiar El Mundo. ✊🏽🏙️
#Mamdani #NYC #LaborStrong #PeoplePower
Universal child care
More teachers
Stronger unions
A city of immigrants — led by an immigrant
Juntos Podemos Cambiar El Mundo. ✊🏽🏙️
#Mamdani #NYC #LaborStrong #PeoplePower
November 5, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Congratulations Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani — a win for working families, immigrants, and public schools.
Universal child care
More teachers
Stronger unions
A city of immigrants — led by an immigrant
Juntos Podemos Cambiar El Mundo. ✊🏽🏙️
#Mamdani #NYC #LaborStrong #PeoplePower
Universal child care
More teachers
Stronger unions
A city of immigrants — led by an immigrant
Juntos Podemos Cambiar El Mundo. ✊🏽🏙️
#Mamdani #NYC #LaborStrong #PeoplePower
November 4, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Alaska educators & families have been deeply impacted by Typhoon Halong.
Patty & I are donating — please join us in supporting our NEA-Alaska family. 💙
Donate/share: www.gofundme.com/f/nea-alaska...
#AlaskaStrong #PublicSchools
Patty & I are donating — please join us in supporting our NEA-Alaska family. 💙
Donate/share: www.gofundme.com/f/nea-alaska...
#AlaskaStrong #PublicSchools
Donate to NEA-Alaska Typhoon Halong Relief Fund, organized by Christine Tarrago
We are members, educators, employees and friends of the National Education Ass… Christine Tarrago needs your support for NEA-Alaska Typhoon Halong Relief Fund
www.gofundme.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Alaska educators & families have been deeply impacted by Typhoon Halong.
Patty & I are donating — please join us in supporting our NEA-Alaska family. 💙
Donate/share: www.gofundme.com/f/nea-alaska...
#AlaskaStrong #PublicSchools
Patty & I are donating — please join us in supporting our NEA-Alaska family. 💙
Donate/share: www.gofundme.com/f/nea-alaska...
#AlaskaStrong #PublicSchools
I’m voting tomorrow — because democracy depends on us showing up.
Texas makes it hard to vote. Even college students like my daughter studying out of state can’t request absentee ballots.
Every voice deserves to be heard.
Make your plan to vote. 🗳️
#ElectionDay #TXVotes
Texas makes it hard to vote. Even college students like my daughter studying out of state can’t request absentee ballots.
Every voice deserves to be heard.
Make your plan to vote. 🗳️
#ElectionDay #TXVotes
November 3, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I’m voting tomorrow — because democracy depends on us showing up.
Texas makes it hard to vote. Even college students like my daughter studying out of state can’t request absentee ballots.
Every voice deserves to be heard.
Make your plan to vote. 🗳️
#ElectionDay #TXVotes
Texas makes it hard to vote. Even college students like my daughter studying out of state can’t request absentee ballots.
Every voice deserves to be heard.
Make your plan to vote. 🗳️
#ElectionDay #TXVotes
Back-to-back World Series Champs!!!
Vamos Dodgers!!!!
Vamos Dodgers!!!!
November 2, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Back-to-back World Series Champs!!!
Vamos Dodgers!!!!
Vamos Dodgers!!!!
Sec o Ed mocking teacher unions & 🎉 closing ED tells us everything: she’s unqualified to lead a system she doesn’t believe in.
We fight for equity, civil rights, & every student. Extremists attack us because we 🛑 them from dismantling & privatizing public schools.
#UnionStrong
#WeAreNEA
We fight for equity, civil rights, & every student. Extremists attack us because we 🛑 them from dismantling & privatizing public schools.
#UnionStrong
#WeAreNEA
October 31, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Sec o Ed mocking teacher unions & 🎉 closing ED tells us everything: she’s unqualified to lead a system she doesn’t believe in.
We fight for equity, civil rights, & every student. Extremists attack us because we 🛑 them from dismantling & privatizing public schools.
#UnionStrong
#WeAreNEA
We fight for equity, civil rights, & every student. Extremists attack us because we 🛑 them from dismantling & privatizing public schools.
#UnionStrong
#WeAreNEA
The same system that cages immigrants closes hospitals and takes food from hungry families.
Injustice doesn’t stay isolated — it grows.
We choose solidarity, dignity, and humanity. ✊🏽❤️
#ImmigrantJustice #HumanRightsForAll #NILC
Injustice doesn’t stay isolated — it grows.
We choose solidarity, dignity, and humanity. ✊🏽❤️
#ImmigrantJustice #HumanRightsForAll #NILC
October 30, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The same system that cages immigrants closes hospitals and takes food from hungry families.
Injustice doesn’t stay isolated — it grows.
We choose solidarity, dignity, and humanity. ✊🏽❤️
#ImmigrantJustice #HumanRightsForAll #NILC
Injustice doesn’t stay isolated — it grows.
We choose solidarity, dignity, and humanity. ✊🏽❤️
#ImmigrantJustice #HumanRightsForAll #NILC
Day 27 of the shutdown — and kids are paying the price.
SNAP and Medicaid cuts = lost meals & lost school supports.
In the richest nation on Earth: no child should ever be hungry.
See your state impact → nea.org/nutritioncuts
#ProtectKidsNotCuts
SNAP and Medicaid cuts = lost meals & lost school supports.
In the richest nation on Earth: no child should ever be hungry.
See your state impact → nea.org/nutritioncuts
#ProtectKidsNotCuts
October 27, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Day 27 of the shutdown — and kids are paying the price.
SNAP and Medicaid cuts = lost meals & lost school supports.
In the richest nation on Earth: no child should ever be hungry.
See your state impact → nea.org/nutritioncuts
#ProtectKidsNotCuts
SNAP and Medicaid cuts = lost meals & lost school supports.
In the richest nation on Earth: no child should ever be hungry.
See your state impact → nea.org/nutritioncuts
#ProtectKidsNotCuts
Higher Ed Month is here — and so are the attacks on academic freedom.
Federal “compacts.” State-level targeting of faculty. DEI dismantled.
This is exactly how Snyder says authoritarianism advances: attack the truth first.
Defend Higher Ed. Defend truth.
Act w/ @neatoday.bsky.social → nea.org/nhem
Federal “compacts.” State-level targeting of faculty. DEI dismantled.
This is exactly how Snyder says authoritarianism advances: attack the truth first.
Defend Higher Ed. Defend truth.
Act w/ @neatoday.bsky.social → nea.org/nhem
October 24, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Higher Ed Month is here — and so are the attacks on academic freedom.
Federal “compacts.” State-level targeting of faculty. DEI dismantled.
This is exactly how Snyder says authoritarianism advances: attack the truth first.
Defend Higher Ed. Defend truth.
Act w/ @neatoday.bsky.social → nea.org/nhem
Federal “compacts.” State-level targeting of faculty. DEI dismantled.
This is exactly how Snyder says authoritarianism advances: attack the truth first.
Defend Higher Ed. Defend truth.
Act w/ @neatoday.bsky.social → nea.org/nhem
Reposted by Noel Candelaria
Clearly, it is no secret that this administration does not care about children—especially those with disabilities in special education.
Rather than investing in these students, they are disrupting IDEA and putting it on the back burner at HHS.
This is just their newest way to dismantle education.
Rather than investing in these students, they are disrupting IDEA and putting it on the back burner at HHS.
This is just their newest way to dismantle education.
Trump Administration Threatens Support for Children With Disabilities
Earlier this month, the Trump Administration took aim at a vital program with deep bipartisan support that provides screening, accommodations, and interventions for 7.5 million disabled children each....
www.cbpp.org
October 22, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Clearly, it is no secret that this administration does not care about children—especially those with disabilities in special education.
Rather than investing in these students, they are disrupting IDEA and putting it on the back burner at HHS.
This is just their newest way to dismantle education.
Rather than investing in these students, they are disrupting IDEA and putting it on the back burner at HHS.
This is just their newest way to dismantle education.
We rallied to say it clearly: No Kings over our classrooms.
Public schools don’t belong to billionaires or politicians — they belong to the people.
Public education is a public good.
Defend democracy.
#NoKings #DefendPublicEd #FundOurSchools
#WeAreNEA
@neatoday.bsky.social
Public schools don’t belong to billionaires or politicians — they belong to the people.
Public education is a public good.
Defend democracy.
#NoKings #DefendPublicEd #FundOurSchools
#WeAreNEA
@neatoday.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 8:54 PM
We rallied to say it clearly: No Kings over our classrooms.
Public schools don’t belong to billionaires or politicians — they belong to the people.
Public education is a public good.
Defend democracy.
#NoKings #DefendPublicEd #FundOurSchools
#WeAreNEA
@neatoday.bsky.social
Public schools don’t belong to billionaires or politicians — they belong to the people.
Public education is a public good.
Defend democracy.
#NoKings #DefendPublicEd #FundOurSchools
#WeAreNEA
@neatoday.bsky.social
Grateful to join @americangateways.bsky.social in Austin—helping immigrants & refugees since 1987.
Thank you @montserratgaribay.bsky.social for your liderazgo y corazón.💙
Support immigrant justice here: connect.clickandpledge.com/w/Form/6837e9f…#AmericanGatewaysy#WeBelongn#JusticiaMigrantete
Thank you @montserratgaribay.bsky.social for your liderazgo y corazón.💙
Support immigrant justice here: connect.clickandpledge.com/w/Form/6837e9f…#AmericanGatewaysy#WeBelongn#JusticiaMigrantete
October 16, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Grateful to join @americangateways.bsky.social in Austin—helping immigrants & refugees since 1987.
Thank you @montserratgaribay.bsky.social for your liderazgo y corazón.💙
Support immigrant justice here: connect.clickandpledge.com/w/Form/6837e9f…#AmericanGatewaysy#WeBelongn#JusticiaMigrantete
Thank you @montserratgaribay.bsky.social for your liderazgo y corazón.💙
Support immigrant justice here: connect.clickandpledge.com/w/Form/6837e9f…#AmericanGatewaysy#WeBelongn#JusticiaMigrantete
Picked up Fighter in Velvet Gloves at #RainyRetreatBooks in Juneau—Elizabeth Peratrovich’s 1945 words to Alaska lawmakers still echo today.
Too many still practice power over instead of power with. Her fight for justice & representation continues. #TeachTheTruth
Too many still practice power over instead of power with. Her fight for justice & representation continues. #TeachTheTruth
October 16, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Picked up Fighter in Velvet Gloves at #RainyRetreatBooks in Juneau—Elizabeth Peratrovich’s 1945 words to Alaska lawmakers still echo today.
Too many still practice power over instead of power with. Her fight for justice & representation continues. #TeachTheTruth
Too many still practice power over instead of power with. Her fight for justice & representation continues. #TeachTheTruth
When your snack basket represents who you are 🍬🌶️🇲🇽
In my office, cultura is year-round — Takis, mazapán, & all.
Stop by for a sweet taste of home ✊🏽💙
#HispanicHeritageMonth #CulturaViva #OrgulloLatino
In my office, cultura is year-round — Takis, mazapán, & all.
Stop by for a sweet taste of home ✊🏽💙
#HispanicHeritageMonth #CulturaViva #OrgulloLatino
October 16, 2025 at 2:22 AM
When your snack basket represents who you are 🍬🌶️🇲🇽
In my office, cultura is year-round — Takis, mazapán, & all.
Stop by for a sweet taste of home ✊🏽💙
#HispanicHeritageMonth #CulturaViva #OrgulloLatino
In my office, cultura is year-round — Takis, mazapán, & all.
Stop by for a sweet taste of home ✊🏽💙
#HispanicHeritageMonth #CulturaViva #OrgulloLatino
🚨 Pay attention.
Trump’s Education Dept, led by Linda McMahon, is quietly dismantling public education—cutting protections, shifting funds to private & religious schools.
If you’ve read “On Tyranny,” you know the playbook.
#ProtectPublicEducation
Trump’s Education Dept, led by Linda McMahon, is quietly dismantling public education—cutting protections, shifting funds to private & religious schools.
If you’ve read “On Tyranny,” you know the playbook.
#ProtectPublicEducation
These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.
Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...
propublica.org
October 15, 2025 at 3:28 AM
🚨 Pay attention.
Trump’s Education Dept, led by Linda McMahon, is quietly dismantling public education—cutting protections, shifting funds to private & religious schools.
If you’ve read “On Tyranny,” you know the playbook.
#ProtectPublicEducation
Trump’s Education Dept, led by Linda McMahon, is quietly dismantling public education—cutting protections, shifting funds to private & religious schools.
If you’ve read “On Tyranny,” you know the playbook.
#ProtectPublicEducation
The Dept. of Ed fired nearly everyone who protects students with disabilities.
As a parent & special ed teacher, I know what that means.
Without oversight, who protects our kids when systems fail?
Inclusion isn’t optional — it’s a promise.
👉 NEA.org/protect
#IDEA #WeAreNEA
#DisabilityRights
As a parent & special ed teacher, I know what that means.
Without oversight, who protects our kids when systems fail?
Inclusion isn’t optional — it’s a promise.
👉 NEA.org/protect
#IDEA #WeAreNEA
#DisabilityRights
October 14, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The Dept. of Ed fired nearly everyone who protects students with disabilities.
As a parent & special ed teacher, I know what that means.
Without oversight, who protects our kids when systems fail?
Inclusion isn’t optional — it’s a promise.
👉 NEA.org/protect
#IDEA #WeAreNEA
#DisabilityRights
As a parent & special ed teacher, I know what that means.
Without oversight, who protects our kids when systems fail?
Inclusion isn’t optional — it’s a promise.
👉 NEA.org/protect
#IDEA #WeAreNEA
#DisabilityRights
Today on #IndigenousPeoplesDay, I honor the Tigua Pueblo (Ysleta del Sur) and all Indigenous nations whose roots run deep through El Paso and the borderlands.
We are — and always will be — on Native land.
#WeAreOnNativeLand #ElPasoProud #WeAreNEA
We are — and always will be — on Native land.
#WeAreOnNativeLand #ElPasoProud #WeAreNEA
Today and every day, we honor the histories, cultures, and contributions of Indigenous communities. NEA remains committed to advancing justice, respect, and equity for Indigenous peoples in education and beyond. #IndigenousPeoplesDay
October 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Today on #IndigenousPeoplesDay, I honor the Tigua Pueblo (Ysleta del Sur) and all Indigenous nations whose roots run deep through El Paso and the borderlands.
We are — and always will be — on Native land.
#WeAreOnNativeLand #ElPasoProud #WeAreNEA
We are — and always will be — on Native land.
#WeAreOnNativeLand #ElPasoProud #WeAreNEA
Schools must be sanctuaries for learning — not fear.
Trump’s rollback of protections against ICE raids threatens students & families.
Proud to serve on the NILC board — a proud partner of NEA — standing for immigrant justice.
Learn more 👉 www.nilc.org/resources
#SafeSchoolsForAll
Trump’s rollback of protections against ICE raids threatens students & families.
Proud to serve on the NILC board — a proud partner of NEA — standing for immigrant justice.
Learn more 👉 www.nilc.org/resources
#SafeSchoolsForAll
October 11, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Schools must be sanctuaries for learning — not fear.
Trump’s rollback of protections against ICE raids threatens students & families.
Proud to serve on the NILC board — a proud partner of NEA — standing for immigrant justice.
Learn more 👉 www.nilc.org/resources
#SafeSchoolsForAll
Trump’s rollback of protections against ICE raids threatens students & families.
Proud to serve on the NILC board — a proud partner of NEA — standing for immigrant justice.
Learn more 👉 www.nilc.org/resources
#SafeSchoolsForAll
The Speaker of the House is refusing to seat Adelita Grijalva, the first Latina elected to represent Arizona.
This is a direct insult to AZ voters — and it sets a dangerous precedent for our democracy.
Seat her now.
Respect the voters.
#RepresentationMatters #HispanicHeritageMonth
This is a direct insult to AZ voters — and it sets a dangerous precedent for our democracy.
Seat her now.
Respect the voters.
#RepresentationMatters #HispanicHeritageMonth
October 9, 2025 at 5:14 PM
The Speaker of the House is refusing to seat Adelita Grijalva, the first Latina elected to represent Arizona.
This is a direct insult to AZ voters — and it sets a dangerous precedent for our democracy.
Seat her now.
Respect the voters.
#RepresentationMatters #HispanicHeritageMonth
This is a direct insult to AZ voters — and it sets a dangerous precedent for our democracy.
Seat her now.
Respect the voters.
#RepresentationMatters #HispanicHeritageMonth
We stand with Colorado Springs Education Association & Colorado Education Association as they strike TODAY to demand the restoration of their 56-year Master Agreement.
When we stand for educators, we stand for students.
✊🏽 #RedForEd #UnionStrong #PublicSchoolsForAll #CSEAstrong
When we stand for educators, we stand for students.
✊🏽 #RedForEd #UnionStrong #PublicSchoolsForAll #CSEAstrong
October 8, 2025 at 4:51 PM
We stand with Colorado Springs Education Association & Colorado Education Association as they strike TODAY to demand the restoration of their 56-year Master Agreement.
When we stand for educators, we stand for students.
✊🏽 #RedForEd #UnionStrong #PublicSchoolsForAll #CSEAstrong
When we stand for educators, we stand for students.
✊🏽 #RedForEd #UnionStrong #PublicSchoolsForAll #CSEAstrong
Today is #LatinaEqualPayDay.
Latinas earn only 52–58¢ to a white man’s dollar — nearly 10 extra months of work just to catch up.
As a proud Chicano, husband, father & educator, I’ll keep fighting to close that gap. Because #OneJobShouldBeEnough.
✊🏽 #TogetherWeBuildPower
Latinas earn only 52–58¢ to a white man’s dollar — nearly 10 extra months of work just to catch up.
As a proud Chicano, husband, father & educator, I’ll keep fighting to close that gap. Because #OneJobShouldBeEnough.
✊🏽 #TogetherWeBuildPower
October 8, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Today is #LatinaEqualPayDay.
Latinas earn only 52–58¢ to a white man’s dollar — nearly 10 extra months of work just to catch up.
As a proud Chicano, husband, father & educator, I’ll keep fighting to close that gap. Because #OneJobShouldBeEnough.
✊🏽 #TogetherWeBuildPower
Latinas earn only 52–58¢ to a white man’s dollar — nearly 10 extra months of work just to catch up.
As a proud Chicano, husband, father & educator, I’ll keep fighting to close that gap. Because #OneJobShouldBeEnough.
✊🏽 #TogetherWeBuildPower
Every child deserves to come to school healthy. Every family deserves access to care. Healthcare isn’t a privilege—it’s a human right.
Stop cutting Medicaid while funding healthcare abroad. Stand up for children, families & communities.
#HealthcareIsAHumanRight
Stop cutting Medicaid while funding healthcare abroad. Stand up for children, families & communities.
#HealthcareIsAHumanRight
October 2, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Every child deserves to come to school healthy. Every family deserves access to care. Healthcare isn’t a privilege—it’s a human right.
Stop cutting Medicaid while funding healthcare abroad. Stand up for children, families & communities.
#HealthcareIsAHumanRight
Stop cutting Medicaid while funding healthcare abroad. Stand up for children, families & communities.
#HealthcareIsAHumanRight