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Virtual convention information
- Details about how to participate in the virtual convention were sent by email to all registered delegates on Friday, July 3. For assistance, email AFTConvention@aft.org or call 888-252-5937.
- July 28-30: General sessions and business sessions
- August 1-31: Election of officers by mail ballot
The general sessions will be held daily from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Eastern daylight time, and open to the public via a livestream on AFT’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/AFTunion or on AFT’s website: https://www.aft.org/. To follow the convention on social media, please use the hashtag #AFT20.
Tuesday, July 28
- Welcome and invocation - Rev. Leah Daughtry
- President Randi Weingarten, State of the Union
- Secretary-Treasurer Lorretta Johnson, Bayard Rustin Award
Wednesday, July 29
- Black Lives Matter Panel with Randi Weingarten; Rev. Dr. Bernice A. King; New York Democratic Congressional Nominee Jamaal Bowman; Leslie Redmond, president, Minneapolis NAACP; Sari Beth Rosenberg; and others
- Economic Panel with Randi Weingarten and author Anand Giridharadas
- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
- Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer
Thursday, July 30
- Conversation with Pulitzer Prize-Winning Composer Lin-Manuel Miranda
- Presentation of Women’s Rights Award to professor and historian Diane Ravitch
- Public Education Panel with Randi Weingarten, Diane Ravitch, Chicago Teachers Union Vice President Stacy Davis Gates, AFT-West Virginia Vice President and AFT-Fayette President Tega Toney
- New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham
- Democratic Presidential Nominee Joe Biden
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Important deadlines
July 29
Check-in deadline for voting
Nominations close
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