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Celebrating the Life of Dr. Roscoe Hightower, Jr., UFF-FAMU Chapter President (February 7, 1966 – April 4, 2024). Roscoe was known to many as a long-time leader within UFF and a tireless advocate for FAMU faculty. He was also known to some as a colleague and a friend. As we all try to process this unexpected news, please keep Roscoe’s family, FAMU community, and everyone who knew him in your thoughts and prayers.
Join our new union eDues system! eDues is a new mechanism for payment of your union dues through direct bank draft transfer that you can set up on the same schedule as your current regular deductions from your paycheck. UFF is partnering with the Florida Education Association (FEA) to offer eDues to members through Plaid, a third-party technology platform that facilitates communication between your bank account and your union’s bank account to complete an ACH payment (The Automated Clearing House network).
“Repeated attacks on DEI by Florida leaders stem not from a misunderstanding of DEI, but from a purposeful misrepresentation and fear mongering campaign. Make no mistake, these attacks on DEI will continue, and they will not remain centered on our higher education systems.” “The Florida Board of Governors and the Florida legislature have worked nonstop to silence discussion and education around histories of oppression and marginalization. They do so under the premise of “anti-discrimination”; however, they purposefully ignore and obviate existing socio-economic power imbalances, rendering their “anti-discrimination”
Members of the University of Florida chapter of the United Faculty of Florida (UFF) are writing to you today to share our disappointment in the continued attacks on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) in our state, placing Florida’s students at a competitive disadvantage.
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