[AAACE-NLA]Are we focusing on the right thing?

[Deborah W. Yoho]

Leslie, can you share what you think is do-able in terms of what we might
urge the Senate to change?  I am ready to approach our senators if I know
what to say.  Do you know what angles Proliteracy or any other of the
national entities are prioritizing?  From where I sit, the issues seem to
be using adult ed funds for One Stop administration and the eligibility of
for-profits.  But am I overlooking something else equally important? Debie
Yoho



> [Original Message]
> From: leslie89 <leslie89 at comcast.net>
> To: NLA Listserv <aaace-nla at lists.literacytent.org>
> Date: 05/18/2003 9:19:11 AM
> Subject: [AAACE-NLA]Are we focusing on the right thing?
>
> We've all spent a good deal of time talking about the blocking of certain
> messages on NIFL listservs and whether or not it its censorship or the
> nit-picking application of law prohibiting the use of federal funds for
> lobbying. It occurred to me (thanks to a friend's insight) that we may be
> focusing on the wrong thing right now. Shouldn't our discussion right now
be
> more focused on the harmful parts of H.R. 1261 and what we want to urge
the
> Senate education committee to do differently? Isn't the result of that
> effort what we're going to have to live with for the next 5 years? Someone
> -- we think we know who -- threw us a curve. With the help of some folks
> that aren't funded by the government we're in the process of adjusting.
> Let's keep our eye on the prize though.  
>
> leslie89
>
> "... unless people are educated and enlightened
> it is idle to expect the continuance of civil liberty
> or the capacity for self-government."
> Texas Declaration of Independence, March 2, 1836
>
>
>
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