On July 11th the American Federation of Teachers released
their endorsement for Hillary Clinton. The Badass Teachers Association is being
asked about our endorsement and endorsement process. BATs is a volunteer education activist
organization and is respectful of the election process and our memberships'
individual input that must be considered
regarding the presidential candidates
during election time.
BATs will follow a timeline of careful
research. We will allow issues to unfold
and answers from candidates to questions
posed by our membership will drive the organization's decision. Our goal is to have a complete and transparent
process. We will seek input and, IF we
choose to endorse a candidate, it will be because we have completely vetted
him/her and feel the candidate's education position match the mission and goals of BATs.
We recognize that some
of our members want us to endorse NOW, but that would not be prudent at this
time as neither candidate has made their position on education clear. We are relying on our BAT Campaign Committee
to advise us on a timeline that will allow for a thoughtful and transparent
process for endorsement to take place.
If you have considerable political experience and wish to advise our
Campaign Committee please email the BAT managers at
contact.batmanager@gmail.com
In order for us to include member voices in
our process we are going to ask you, once again, to please go to our
website badassteacher.org and input your email address (use the
Mailing List tab at the top). We will be doing our candidate endorsement work via
email. Please also, check your email regularly, so you can fill out the BAT
endorsement information when it is sent out in late summer/early fall. We will announce it
via our Facebook page, Twitter, website, and blog.
Clinton - SENT IN APRIL OF 2015
Sanders-SENT IN MAY OF 2015
Neither candidate? There are five Democrats and 17 (?) Republicans running. Is the BATs already narrowing its field?
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