Senate Alert: Invite Senators to Cosponsor Resolution Dedicating National AEFL Week 2012!
Recently, Senators Patty Murray (D-WA) and Lamar Alexander (R-TN) introduced a senate resolution dedicating the week of September 10, 2012 as National Adult Education & Family Literacy Week! Already Jim Webb (D-VA) and Bernie Sanders (I-VT) have signed on as cosponsors to this measure. Would you like your U.S. Senator to support adult education and family literacy by cosponsoring this resolution?
If so, then please call his or her office today, requesting your U.S. Senator sign on as a co-sponsor. Deadline to co-sponsor: Wednesday, August 1st
Instructions:
- Call your U.S. Senator’s office. Ask to speak to the legislative staff who covers adult education. Find the phone number here: http://bit.ly/Senate-AEFLWeek12
- Ask, “Will you please ask Senator __________________ to cosponsor a Senate Resolution recognizing the week of September 10 as National Adult Education & Family Literacy Week? The deadline to officially sign on as a cosponsor is August 1.”
- To cosponsor, legislative staff should call Jordan Smith on Senator Murray’s staff or Peter Oppenheimer on Senator Alexander’s staff. Offer to send the staffer a copy of the draft resolution.
- Talk about why it is important for the Senator to show his/her support as well as the success of local programs and impact of adult education in local communities. While NCL shares the “national picture” with Congress, only you have the local and personal story.
- Follow up as appropriate.
On Wednesday, July 25, Congressman Jared Polis (D-CO) has requested cosponsors for a House resolution dedicating the week of September 10, 2012 as National Adult Education & Family Literacy Week. 13 House Members have cosponsored so far:
- Rep. Phil Roe (R-TN)
- Rep. Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX)
- Rep. Rick Larsen (D-WA)
- Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)
- Rep. Michael Michaud (D-ME)
- Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA)
- Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY)
- Rep. James Moran (D-VA)
- Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ)
- Rep. John Sarbanes (D-MD)
- Rep. Mike Doyle (D-PA)
- Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD)
- Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH)
If you would like your U.S. Representative to support adult education and family literacy by cosponsoring this resolution, call his or her office today and ask the Representative to sign as a cosponsor:
http://bit.ly/HResAEFLWeek12. Deadline to cosponsor the House Resolution: Tuesday, July 31.In particular, please help us recruit more Republican cosponsors. Adult education is a bipartisan issue, and we believe that most Members would be happy to support it. This is considered to be a relatively easy request to make of House Members since it does not commit them to funding or other policy-related issues. And it helps them to demonstrate to their constituents that they are supporters.
Vote for the Dates for National AEFL Week 2013!
The week with the most votes will become the week for National AEFL Week next year, in 2013. Deadline to vote is September 7, 2012.
Thanks for all you do,
NCL’s Advocacy Team
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