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UUP will be hosting two legislative town halls in the month of October over ZOOM, and we encourage our members to attend at least one.

Friday, October 20, 2023 at 12:00pm

Tuesday Oct 24, 2023 at 6:00pm

To attend, visit UUPLegTownHall or scan the QR code

If you are looking at taking Social Security in the near future — whether it’s in the coming months or in a couple of years — we want you to understand how to maximize this benefit. With Social Security, it really pays to know.

The UUP Upstate Medical Chapter will be hosting another Members Only Workshop on October 24, 2023 from 12 – 1 PM in 4414A of the NAB. This is the same location where this Monday’s workshop was held and where our monthly Chapter Executive Board and Member meetings are held.

This workshop will be presented by Robert Laferriere, CFP® and George Dougherty, CIMA® of Voya Financial Partners, LLC, one of the SUNY approved vendors for the UUP/SUNY Optional Retirement Program (ORP). This workshop will focus on how to maximize your social security benefits. Lunch will be provided by Voya. Seating is limited to 75 attendees and you can register by copying and pasting boblaferriere.timetap.com into your browser and follow the instructions to register your name for the October 24 4414A event.

We hope to see you there!

Need Help Managing Your Student Loan Debt?  

Over 12 million people in the United States are struggling to make their monthly student loan payments, and millions more see economic and personal opportunities pass as they prioritize paying down their debt. Does this sound like you or someone you know?  

Many of these people may qualify for free federal programs that can help reduce their monthly payments and eventually lead to student loan forgiveness, but these lifeline programs are significantly under-enrolled. In an effort to help our members get access to these programs, United University Professions and the American Federation of Teachers are proud to host a Student Debt Clinic which will provide information on how to enroll in Income-Driven Repayment plans and Public Service Loan Forgiveness.   

 We will be offering virtual Members Only Student Debt Clinics on the following dates:    

• Wednesday, October 11, 2023 from 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM via Zoom.
• Wednesday, October 25, 2023 from 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM via Zoom.

To attend one of the virtual Members Only Student Debt Clinics, you must pre-register here: http://go.aft.org/StudentDebtClinicRSVP.

From the “student debt clinic” drop-down menu, please select the UUP clinic that you are interested in attending – they are labeled “UUP [Virtual Student Debt Clinic] [date] [time].” In the affiliate field, type in the full name of our local (United University Professions), and it will autofill after a few keystrokes.

Registration is first come, first serve, and we must cap attendance for a single clinic at 75 participants in order to ensure that we are able to provide maximum assistance to attendees. Registration will close 48 hours prior to the virtual clinic. Webinar login information will be provided prior to the clinic to all who register. [If you can’t make one of these virtual clinics, don’t worry – we’re planning on offering them every payday. If you want to help host a chapter-specific virtual clinic, please let us know!]  

Managing your student loan debt is the first step in taking on the inequities which plague our system of higher education, and we look forward to seeing you at the virtual Student Debt Clinic and working together to find a collective solution to the problems of student debt and college affordability!  

Register now!

On Wednesday, October 11th, there will be a Community Campus General Membership Meeting and Picnic at 12 PM in Classrooms A/B in the basement of Community Hospital. This will be a Members Only and In-person Only event. Upstate Medical University President Mantosh Dewan, University Hospital CEO Robert Corona, and UUP Statewide Vice President for Professionals Carolyn Kube will be guest speakers at this event. there will be picnic food (hamburgers, hot dogs, veggie burgers, Italian sausage, side dishes, and ice cream) served immediately after the meeting in Dining Hall 1 with seating in the adjacent to the Community Hospital cafeteria. There is a separate registration for this event, akin to the Downtown June 13 Membership Meeting and Picnic. You can register for these meetings using this link: https://forms.gle/E6ReKmzpbjmUoMGv6 which also appears on the attached meeting flyer. Registration will close for this meeting on Wednesday, October 4th.

The UUP Upstate Medical Chapter Executive Board Meeting is open to all chapter UUP members. If you are an Upstate Medical UUP member, you are welcome to attend our monthly meeting on Wednesdays at 12 noon in Room 4414A of the New Academic Building (NAB). Lunch will be provided for members who register in-person one week before the meeting. The meeting dates are: July 12, August 16, September 13, and November 8.

You can register using the QR code below or this link: https://forms.gle/yrCpNbBHatNhdAER9.

We hope to see you there!