CGE Members and Community, Community Defender Training: Tuesday, Feb 25th, 11:45am at WestM! Join CGE and WestM on Tuesday, February 25th from 12-1:30 pm for a free community defense training. We'll be watching the National Immigration Project's webinar "Community Defender Training: Unmasking Expedited Removal: What You Need to Know to Fight Back" and having a community discussion. Meet in the McLean room at WestM (101 NW 23rd St) and bring a friend! No need to register, but for more information check out their website <https://nipnlg.org/events/community-trainings>. Steward Council Nominations have gone LIVE! Our union's Steward Council is an elected body of field organizers who represent our coworkers in the workplace, make high-level decisions on behalf of our Union, and shape our collective identity as Graduate Employees at Oregon State University. Stewards are not just conduits of information, we are leaders in our departments and are responsible for organizing our fellow workers at OSU. We strive to have one (1) steward per every ten (10) graduate students (who are eligible for membership or associate membership) in each department at OSU. Click here <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14GJKeif3hKU-xIJfTsPPMWuVUUfUBncDn7PXHM-h9r4/edit?usp=sharing> to check how many seats are allotted for your employing unit. Nominate coworkers to represent their department using this form <https://forms.gle/FKwzrjJYKk4r56rMA>! Nominations will remain open until Sunday, February 23rd at 11:59 pm. Steward election ballots will be sent through OpaVote on Wednesday, February 26th! Note: You may nominate yourself, you may nominate multiple stewards, and you may nominate stewards outside your department. The only requirement for nominations is that you are a dues paying member of CGE. While we encourage folks to reach out to those they'd like to nominate to discuss the role, it is not required. We will confirm with all nominees that they in fact want to be stewards before carrying them over to elections. IF YOU ARE CURRENTLY A STEWARD AND PLAN TO SERVE AGAIN NEXT YEAR, YOU MUST NOMINATE YOURSELF TO RUN AGAIN! :) If you have any questions related to steward nominations or elections, please reach out to vp_organizing@cge6069.org. Contract Action Team (CAT) Meetings every Wednesday, 4-5pm in the WestM Student Lounge! We need more CATs! Our CATs do all of our on-the-ground work, including turnout to events, talking to members, planning actions, and so much more. You can commit as much or as little time as you have. If, since the strike, you have wanted to continue to be involved in organizing efforts, but don’t know where to start, come to a CAT meeting in the Westminster House Student Lounge (101 NW 23rd St)! UPCOMING EVENTS: WGSS Reel Life: Film Series and Conversation: Monday, February 24th, 5-8pm in the WestM McLean Room! Join OSU;s Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; Queer Studies; Graduate Student Association; and CGE for a screening of Matthew Warchus’ 2014 film Pride! Come meet your fellow workers and watch the true story of the queer activists who helped raise money for the families of strikers in the British miner’s strike of 1984! CGE’s Annual Brew-Off is coming up! In early June, CGE and GTFF (UofO’s graduate worker union) will be hosting our annual Brew-Off! If you are a home brewer (of beer, cider, wine, mead, kombucha, or anything brew-able), it’s time to get brewing! Compete with us against GTFF and show off your brews to CGE membership and community. If you have any questions about the event, contact Rachael, our VP for Social Activities, at activities@cge6069.org. Solidarity forever, Erika, VP for Communications