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Joshua Brown @mrjoshuabrown.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I had the opportunity to connect w/ some of our retired members & the superintendent at IKM-Manning & Tri-Center community school districts along w/ Dave Muhlbauer to talk about education! It was a great conversation thinking about what the future could look like & discussing the past and present

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Joshua Brown @mrjoshuabrown.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I had a great conversation with members while visiting Centerville yesterday evening. I loved hearing from them about the strong community support for their schools and plans to increase engagement.

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Joshua Brown @mrjoshuabrown.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Joined some educators and members of the community to listen to some candidates for state office this afternoon.

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Joshua Brown @mrjoshuabrown.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

We are wrapping up our ISEA Legal Issues Conference with our recommended candidate for Attorney General Nate Willems!

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Joshua Brown @mrjoshuabrown.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Our ISEA Legal Issues Conference has begun! Looking forward to learning with my fellow union leaders from across the state today.

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Joshua Brown @mrjoshuabrown.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Joining the Cedar Rapids Gazette and representatives from Heartland AEA, Kids First Law Center, and Cedar Rapids Community Schools as part of the Iowa Ideas 2026 convening to discuss escalating behavior in schools.

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Joshua Brown @mrjoshuabrown.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Shoutout to the Postville Education Association, who with the support of an ISEA Community Outreach Grant to support families in their community in the aftermath of a devastating fire that left 400 employees of Agri Star in Postville unemployed in partnership with their food pantry!

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Joshua Brown @mrjoshuabrown.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Thank you to members of the Sioux City Education Association who joined me to support Catelin Drey, Shawn Olorundami, @robsandia.bsky.social, @joshturek4iowa.bsky.social, Nate Willems and Dave Dawson for Iowa today!

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Joshua Brown @mrjoshuabrown.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I had the opportunity to connect with members, students and administration today at Woodbury Central Community Schools. It was a great opportunity to see a rural district with growing enrollment. I look forward to seeing the work their new union team is able to do this year.

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Joshua Brown @mrjoshuabrown.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Shout out to the Woodbury Central Education Association, who purchased paint, paint supplies & materials to help out the Woodbury County Fair by painting a few of their buildings before the Woodbury County Fair. Although it was hot, those who attended laughed, bonded & sweated together.

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Joshua Brown @mrjoshuabrown.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

East Polk County has two strong candidates, Heather Sievers and Nate Boulton, who will flight for public education and public workers when they are elected in November. We are proud to stand with both of them tonight.

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Joshua Brown @mrjoshuabrown.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I took a vacation day today to substitute teach elementary Art today! It always lifts my spirits to spend time in classrooms working with students.

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Joshua Brown @mrjoshuabrown.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Thank you to the Grand View ISEA Aspiring Educators campus program for inviting me to be part of your kick off meeting for the year. It is great to see college students who are excited about being teachers.

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Joshua Brown @mrjoshuabrown.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I’m thankful for the opportunity to visit Delwood Community Schools w/ local president Jess DeMoss! It was great to see evidence of strong community support for the school, educators & students! Delwood, like many other rural school districts across Iowa, is the heartbeat of their community.

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Joshua Brown @mrjoshuabrown.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

It was great to see so many educators out supporting @robsandia.bsky.social tonight at his Johnson County town hall! There was a great turnout by Iowa City Education Association, ISEA Retired, ISEA Aspiring Educators and other area ISEA members.

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Joshua Brown @mrjoshuabrown.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

It was a great event of promoting public education and fighting against the corruption in Washington DC and Des Moines with @bohannaniowa.bsky.social and Zach Mecham!

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Joshua Brown @mrjoshuabrown.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

If you live in Johnston, you have a great candidate for the Iowa House in Jill Alesch.

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Joshua Brown @mrjoshuabrown.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Excited to support our friend Heather Matson in her campaign for the Iowa Senate!

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Joshua Brown @mrjoshuabrown.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

NEA President @neapresident.bsky.social and I had a great tour of Iowa schools today including Ames, Bondurant-Farrar and West Des Moines! We also had the chance to have a conversation with @sarahforiowa.bsky.social about why educators have been right beside her throughout her entire career.

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Joshua Brown @mrjoshuabrown.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

We wrapped up our Labor Day with a small gathering of local, state and national leaders in Story County as an opportunity for @neapresident.bsky.social to listen to more members celebrations and concerns. It was a great Labor Day! Tomorrow we get to visit some schools together!

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Joshua Brown @mrjoshuabrown.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Thank you to the members of the Waterloo Education Association who helped organize an incredible Labor Day picnic with other unions. It was great to spend the afternoon with you along with @neapresident.bsky.social, @joshturek4iowa.bsky.social, & ISEA recommended legislative candidates.

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Joshua Brown @mrjoshuabrown.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I had a great time at the Dubuque Labor Day Parade with @princessmoss.bsky.social, @robsandia.bsky.social, Lindsay James, the Dubuque Education Association and other @iowasea.bsky.social members who joined us. Happy Labor Day!

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Joshua Brown @mrjoshuabrown.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I had the opportunity to join Dave Dawson and Benjamin Olson for a bit at the Rally for Clean Water this afternoon in Boone.

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Joshua Brown @mrjoshuabrown.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Thank you ISEA VP Kelly McMahon and ISEA member and State Rep Tracy Ehlert for sticking around to have a conversation with @lindsay4iowa.bsky.social after the town hall yesterday. Lindsay will continue to be an incredible supporter of public education and unions as a member of the US Congress!

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Joshua Brown @mrjoshuabrown.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Inspired to action by @lindsay4iowa.bsky.social who is running for US Congress because she wants to help Iowans who are having to make impossible choices due to politicians in DC refusing to do anything about it.

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Joshua Brown @mrjoshuabrown.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Tonight was a great opportunity to hear from two amazing women who are running to help change the direction of our country! State Senator Sarah Trone Garriott and Christina Bohannan for Iowa both will be showing up all across their districts the next 61 days to share their positive vision for Iowa.

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Joshua Brown @mrjoshuabrown.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I had a great visit to Winterset Community Schools. It was refreshing to get back into schools today & see all of the amazing things being done by Winterset Community Education Association members across the district. It was obvious how much teachers care about their students!

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Joshua Brown @mrjoshuabrown.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I have a lot of respect for this genuine human being running for the Iowa House. Thank you Heather Sievers for showing up & listening to your neighbors every day! You will make a great representative in the Legislature! Thank you also to State Representative Austin Baeth for showing your support!

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Joshua Brown @mrjoshuabrown.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Dolly Parton turned her own hard-won education into a lifeline for millions of children through the Imagination Library, proving that one person who remembers where they came from can change what's possible for kids who haven't gotten there yet. Thank you, Dolly!

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Joshua Brown @mrjoshuabrown.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Wrapped up my evening with members of the Waterloo Schools Education Association, Cedar Falls Education Association, the Cedar Falls Education Support Professional Association and ISEA Retired members at the Blackhawk County stop of the Lindsay James 22 county tour.

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Joshua Brown @mrjoshuabrown.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

There was a great turnout of retired educators at the @robsandia.bsky.social stop in Oelwein today. Thank you ISEA Retired for showing up during the day while our active members are working with students.

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Joshua Brown @mrjoshuabrown.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

What a crowd for Rob Sand for Iowa’s Dubuque County town hall. It was also great to have an opportunity to talk with Matt Robinson for Iowa and Dubuque Education Association leaders.

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Joshua Brown @mrjoshuabrown.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Our unofficial ISEA historian, Fred Stark, donated his collection of ISEA memorabilia to our union. We took a trip to Washington to collect the items that will get to our HQ this week. Watch for additional pictures & opportunities to see some of this amazing history of our union.

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Joshua Brown @mrjoshuabrown.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Our final guest reader today was University of Iowa President Barbara Wilson. Thank you for taking time to read with children at the Country School sponsored by ISEA during the Iowa State Fair!

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Joshua Brown @mrjoshuabrown.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Thank you to Des Moines Mayor Connie Boesen for reading the Country School today in between her duties at the fair!

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Joshua Brown @mrjoshuabrown.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Thank you to former US Secretary of Agriculture and former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack for being a guest reader at the ISEA sponsored country school today at the Iowa State Fair!

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Joshua Brown @mrjoshuabrown.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

It was great to sit down and talk about how educators are preparing for another school year!

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Joshua Brown @mrjoshuabrown.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Thank you to Iowa State Women's Basketball coach Bill Fennelly for reading at the country school today with us!

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Joshua Brown @mrjoshuabrown.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Thank you to the Iowa Department of Education Director McKenzie Snow for joining us at the Country School to read with students today.

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Joshua Brown @mrjoshuabrown.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

We have kicked off the day at the fair with stories from ISEA Executive Director Coy Marquardt and Iowa Department of Education Communications Director Heather Doe.

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Joshua Brown @mrjoshuabrown.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

It was great to join members of the Bettendorf Education Association, Bettendorf Educational Support Association, & Clinton Education Association along with Andrew Fitzgerald, Wagle for Iowa, and Mike Zimmer for Iowa to put together backpacks for students who need them in Eastern Iowa tonight.

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Joshua Brown @mrjoshuabrown.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I had a great stop in Burlington. I was able to show our support for Jennifer Kirkman & meet up w/ the Iowa Library Association President Brittany Jacobs at the Burlington Public Library. They have a holocaust museum exhibit coming shortly that I hope to be able to come back & see before Sept 30.

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Joshua Brown @mrjoshuabrown.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Thank you to the Knoxville Education Association who invited me to join them at the their new educator luncheon today. It was great to interact with new educators who are eager for the year to begin and to start working with their students next week.

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Joshua Brown @mrjoshuabrown.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

A few photos from day 2 at the fair! Overall positive other than 3 people harassing democratic candidates. I have a video but am choosing not to post here to not give them more attention. Thank you @joshturek4iowa.bsky.social & @sarahforiowa.bsky.social for leading with dignity & grace.

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Joshua Brown @mrjoshuabrown.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Thank you, @robsandia.bsky.social for joining us at the country school house as our second guest reader today. We ended up wearing the same shirt without planning it!

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Joshua Brown @mrjoshuabrown.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Thank you to the ISEA members and staff who joined us walking in the Iowa State Fair parade this year. It was hot but the cheers from students and families made it worth it!

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