“We do this for our children, they are the reason we are here,” Livingston said. “They are the reason we put our blood, sweat and tears into this profession that we call public education.”
Stafford Public Schools Superintendent Scott Kinzer and Fairfax County School Board member Abrar Omeish also spoke along with teachers from multiple counties.
Read MoreSpeakers at the rally will include VEA President Jim Livingston, Stafford County Public Schools Superintendent Scott Kinzer, Fairfax County School Board member Abrar Omeish and several teachers.
Read MoreThe VEA is a union of more than 40,000 teachers and school support professionals.
Speakers at the rally included VEA President Jim Livingston, Stafford County Public Schools Superintendent Scott Kinzer, Fairfax County School Board member Abrar Omeish and several teachers.
Read More"Even [for] someone who is an English speaker, someone who potentially was born and raised here, the ballot can be complicated because it’s verbiage that’s not accessible to the average person," Abrar Omeish, who was just elected to the Fairfax County Public School Board.
Read MoreIn Virginia, Dr. Ibraheem Samirah (D-86), another Arab American, won a 2019 special primary election to fill a vacant seat in the House of Delegates. In the Nov. 5, 2019 general election, he ran unopposed. Sam Rasoul (D-11) and Hala Ayala (D-51) also won reelection. Abrar Omeish, an American of Libyan descent, was elected to the Fairfax County School Board. Omeish knocked on 16,000 doors and registered more than 1,500 new voters.
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