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Gwen Walz uses her 'teacher voice,' calling for Michigan educators to mobilize for Harris
(Michigan Advance) It’s back to school season and former teacher Gwen Walz can smell the sharpened pencils and fresh paper from the campaign trail.
Walz reminisced Wednesday with educators in Grand Rapids about her time as a high school English teacher in Nebraska, sharing an old choir room that had been split with a divider with a social studies teacher whose booming voice would spill over into her side of the room.
That’s how she met her husband, Tim Walz, who would go on to serve in the U.S. House and as Minnesota governor. He’s now Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate.
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Walz asked for teachers this election cycle to join her in using their “teacher voice” to call for a better future for kids in school and to tell former President Donald Trump and his running mate, Ohio U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance, to “mind your own business” when it comes to reproductive rights and telling parents what books their kids shouldn’t read. ............(more)
https://michiganadvance.com/2024/09/05/gwen-walz-uses-her-teacher-voice-calling-for-michigan-educators-to-mobilize-for-harris/