Pass the Mic: Baltimore Teachers Union works to expand their reach

By Sheilah Kast,

Melissa Gerr

Published September 18, 2023 at 10:27 AM EDT

Pass the Mic host and Baltimore Teachers Union president Diamonté Brown (top R), along with Baltimore City Public Schools education associate Chris Patterson (top L), and Chicago Teachers Union president Stacy Davis Gates, discuss issues facing teachers, students and their families and how to bargain for the common good. Top photo: Melissa Gerr Bottom photo: CTU — Pass the Mic host and Baltimore Teachers Union president Diamonté Brown (top R), along with Baltimore City Public Schools Education Associate Chris Patterson (top L), and Chicago Teachers Union president Stacy Davis Gates discuss issues facing teachers, students and families. Top photo: Melissa Gerr Bottom photo: Saverio Truglia

We Pass the Mic to Diamonté Brown, Baltimore Teachers Union president. She and her guests, education associate Chris Patterson and Chicago Teachers Union president Stacy Davis Gates, discuss what it means to expand teacher advocacy and ‘bargain for the common good.'

What does it look like to bargain for things like better housing and healthcare that will benefit everyone inside and outside the classroom?

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Sheilah Kast

Sheilah Kast is the host of On The Record, Monday-Friday, 9:30-10:00 am.

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Melissa Gerr

Melissa Gerr is a Senior Producer for On the Record. She started in public media at Twin Cities Public Television in St. Paul, Minn., where she is from, and then worked as a field producer for Oregon Public Broadcasting in Portland. She made the jump to audio-lover in Baltimore as a digital media editor at Mid-Atlantic Media and Laureate Education, Inc. and as a field producer for "Out of the Blocks." Her beat is typically the off-beat with an emphasis on science, culture and things that make you say, 'Wait, what?'

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