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  5. Carlson, Joyce

West Regional Director
AFSCME, Council 5
2016

After my program was over, I returned to my role as a Field Director for AFSCME Council 5. On 12/31/2017, after 20 years a Council staff person, and 32 years as an AFSCME member, I retired, and joined our AFSCME Retiree Chapter.

The first few years of retirement were spent on some family issues, house projects that were long overdue, and some travel. The last few years I have also done some part-time project development and training for union staff and locals.

What impact has the HTUP had on your life/career?  I was so fortunate to be able to attend 2016 HTUP. I tried to incorporate what I learned at HTUP back into my job and to share that experience with my fellow union members and my union coworkers. I made friendships in those days in the program that continue to this day and enjoy keeping in touch with my 2016 classmates.

Do you have an interesting/funny story of when you attended the program? I got to meet Noam Chomsky!! What could be better than that? As part of our program, HTUP Director Elaine Bernard invited Professor Chomsky to spend the afternoon with us, the 2016 HTUP class. It wasn’t a prepared lecture, it was a rare opportunity to ask him questions and have a group discussion on a wide range of topics. I am so grateful to have had that experience.


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