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Renee Reisinger enjoys working as a public health professional. She also appreciates that it’s never too late to learn something new. This is why she joins a select few with the distinction of graduating from a first-in-the-nation Master’s Program at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy. The program is in Medical Cannabis Science and Therapeutics. In this member spotlight, Renee talks with AFT-Maryland Communication Director Ray Baker about what she’s learned in the program and how the program is helping advance the field of public health.

AFT-Maryland and BCFPHN are proud of each and every member who...

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Understanding Workers' Comp
and Maryland Presumptive Language on COVID-19.

Tuesday, February 23, 2021
from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.
via Zoom Webinar.

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[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"37925","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image media-image-right","style":"width: 150px; height: 135px; margin: 3px; float: right;"}}]]The Baltimore County Federation of Public Health Nurses (BCFPHN) is excited to announce new leadership for the union. Crystal Wright takes over as president of the local. Crystal takes the reins as President after serving as Vice president of the Union for the past two years. She has worked as a public health nurse for Baltimore county for the past three years. She takes over for President Karen Pilecki. Pilecki was instrumental in getting Crystal up to speed and ready to handle the responsibility of leading this local.

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Attacks on public education in America by extremists and culture-war peddling politicians have reached new heights (“lows” may be more apt), but they are not new. The difference today is that the attacks are intended not just to undermine public education but to destroy it.