Members Ex Officio
Max Page, MTA President
Deb McCarthy, MTA Vice President
Ethnic Minority Affairs Committee
The Massachusetts Teachers Association believes that the diversity of our society enhances the lives of all individuals. The similarities and differences among people in regard to race, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, language, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical ability, size, occupation and marital, parental or economic status form the fabric of our society.
Excerpt from MTA Resolution on Diversity
MTA 2023 Juneteenth Celebration
Join MTA’s Ethnic Minority Affairs Committee and MTA members and their families to our second annual Juneteenth celebration on June 19.
About the Ethnic Minority Affairs Committee
Mission Statement
The Ethnic Minority Affairs Committee exists to advise the MTA Board of Directors as to the status, concerns, and affairs of ethnic and minority groups on a local, state, and national level. EMAC advocates for the identification, development, and empowerment of MTAs’ American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian, Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, Black, Hispanic, and other racial or ethnic minority (includes Cape Verdean) members.
Purpose
The Ethnic Minority Affairs Committee exists to advise the MTA Board of Directors, and to advocate for ethnic minority constituents within the Association. Specifically EMAC will monitor the implementation of the MTA’s Ethnic minority Involvement Plan.
Minority Involvement Plan A Message to MTA Ethnic Minority Members
Committee Members
- Chair: Candace Shivers, Massachusetts Community College Council
- Heba Abu, Cambridge Education Association
- Naomi Akan, Canton Teachers Association
- Jennipher Burgess, Lexington Education Association
- Asha Chana, Revere Teachers Association
- Claudia Fox Tree, Lincoln Teachers Association
- Joe Herosy, MTA Retired
- Lisa Hua, Palmer Teachers Association
- Tammy Johnson, Equal Opportunity Council EOC chair (ex-officio), Education Association of Plymouth and Carver
- Marisha Rivas, Braintree Education Association
- Rosa Lopez-Whitehill, Member Ex Officio, At-Large Ethnic Minority Director
- MTA Staff Assistant: Jenine Humber, jhumber@massteacher.org
- MTA Staff Consultant: Jennifer DeBarros, jdebarros@massteacher.org
Get involved
“ If you aren't in the room, you don't have a voice. Be in the room.”
Former EMAC Chair Susan Baker