2025 Organizing Conference

AGENDA

Subject to Change

Friday, February 21

5:30–7:00 | Registration (Lobby)

6:30 | Dinner (Regency Ballroom ABC)

7:00–11:00 | Cash Bar (Regency Ballroom ABC)

6:00–9:00 | Fund for Children and Public Education (FCPE) Raffles Available (Members Only) (Regency Ballroom ABC)

7:00–9:00 | Solidarity Social (Regency Ballroom ABC)

9:00–11:00 | NEON and OEA After Party (Regency Ballroom ABC)

Saturday, February 22

7:00–9:00 | Registration (Lobby)

7:30–2:15 | FCPE Raffles Available (Members Only) (Regency Ballroom ABC)

7:00–8:30 | Caucus Meetings (Lobby)

• Black Caucus
• Democratic Caucus
• Hispanic Caucus
• LGBT Caucus
• Native American Caucus
• Peace and Justice Caucus
• Republican Caucus
• Women’s Caucus
• Rural Caucus
• ESP Caucus

9:00 | Opening Session (Regency Ballroom ABC)

Welcome

Land Acknowledgement, Siomara Davis, OKC-C Board Member/Edmond ACT

9:15 | Building Blocks of Organizing, Charmaine Champagne and Helenna Chun, NEA (Regency Ballroom ABC)

• Do our members want more pay, safer working and learning environments, and the power to direct the school board or superintendent to make positive changes? In this session, we’ll take a deeper look at our organization, our challenges, our hopes, and our power. It all starts with 1:1 conversations with our members, data collection, and developing a plan to win. We’ll examine building blocks like strategies and tactics to make a difference with our members and key stakeholders.
  
  

10:45 | Break

11:00 | Components of an Organizing Campaign Plan, Floyd Cox, OEA

11:30 | Legislative Update (Regency Ballroom ABC)

12:00 | Lunch (Regency Ballroom ABC)

12:50 | Break (Please make room to allow for hotel staff to put up breakout walls)

1:00 | Workshop Sessions

• Organizing for Wins for…
  • Bargaining Locals – (Regency C)
    • This workshop is designed for certified and support locals that have bargaining rights. Is your local wanting to improve salaries, benefits, or other terms and conditions of employment through the bargaining process? You will have the opportunity to collaborate with other local leaders who have had significant wins through bargaining.
  • Potential Bargaining Locals – (Pre-Convene)
    • This workshop is designed for certified and support locals that do not currently have bargaining rights. Did you know school board policy is a way to affect change in salaries, benefits, and other terms and conditions of employment? Join this workshop to create an organizing plan to create solidarity among members, administration, school board, and community members together to positively impact education.
  • Local and State Elections – (Regency B)
    • This workshop is designed for certified and support locals that would like to engage members in elections of decision makers at the local and state level. Are you ready to make a larger impact for the common good? This session will help your local organize to engage members and your community in campaigning and elections of school board members, state legislators, and other elected officials.
  • Membership Recruitment and Engagement – (Regency A)
    • This workshop is designed for certified and support locals that are looking to grow membership and assist members in discovering their place within the association. Would you like to highlight your local’s? This session will give you a variety of ideas to engage and attract members and potential members around professional development, networking at the local, state, and national levels, leadership skill development, and more.

2:30 | Break (Please make room to allow for hotel staff to take down breakout walls)

2:40-3:00 | Closing Session (Regency Ballroom ABC)