Two Bay Area educators receive statewide honors for human rights work

by Staff, Bay City News March 10, 2022March 11, 2022

Margaret Nunes of Crockett, president of the John Swett Education Association, receives a Human Rights Award at a March 5 ceremony honoring seven educators from throughout the state. Nunes and VanCedric Williams, a member of the United Educators of San Francisco, were two Bay Area winners of the annual prize presented by the California Teachers Association. (Photo courtesy of CTA/Facebook)

A San Francisco high school teacher and a union leader in Crockett are among nine educators in California named as winners of the California Teachers Association’s Human Rights Awards.

The awards honor teachers for their outstanding commitment to social justice and for promoting and protecting human and civil rights, both in the classroom and in their wider school communities, according to a CTA news release.

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