M. Stacy MacDonaldDear President MacDonald,I am Joe Zellner, a proud member of a MTA subcommittee promoting the Retired Member/New Educator of Color Mentoring Program. Your local has a number of members who may benefit from working with a mentor in our program. I am reaching out to you at the beginning of the year to ask you and your local’s help to inform the new educators of color in your local about our program. As a retired educator I remember the excitement and hustle at the start of a new school year and wish success to you and your association this coming year.During the past two years of our subcommittee’s work, we’ve seen just how impactful having support from a peer who has long served and retired from the profession can be. To this end, we hope that you will share the attached flyers with the new members at Orientation or early in the school year. I will also reach out to you by phone to give you more information about our Mentoring Program. In the meantime, please feel free to call or respond to me with any questions you may have.In Solidarity,Joe Zellner, MTARMC-EMACHome #781 275 3732