[AAACE-NLA] What to do to Save NIFL

[David Rosen]

Hi Marsha, and others who care about NIFL:


On Thursday, January 29, 2004, at 08:34 AM, Marsha Love wrote:

> Hello. I'm afraid that I have lost track of what actions adult 
> educators
> should be taking at this moment on NIFL funding.  What do you advise? 
> Do you
> know how to find out who is on the conference committee?


If you haven't yet done so yet:

1. Write, fax or call your Senators and Congressional Representative to 
urge them to support the Senate version of the Workforce Investment 
Act, S.1627, the "Workforce Investment Act Amendments of 2003" and in 
particular to preserve the National Institute for Literacy's focus on 
adult and family literacy.  If you go to http://www.savenifl.org you 
will find some good talking points.  For Congressional phone numbers, 
fax numbers and addresses, just click on the following link, enter your 
zip code in the box, and click Go! The search engine will give you the 
phone numbers of your elected representatives.

	http://www.congress.org

2. Ask your Senator and Representative to share your views about NIFL 
with:

*	Mike Enzi, Chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Subcommittee on 
Employment, Safety and Training
*	Howard P."Buck" McKeon, Chair of the House Subcommittee on 21st 
Century Competitiveness

3. Make the most impact with your communications to Congress. Copy the 
NIFL Advisory Board members and the Interagency Management Group 
members on your written communications with Congresspersons. Inform 
your Congresspersons that you are copying the NIFL Board members and 
the Interagency Management Group members somewhere in your message, and 
then do so. These two influential groups of leaders in our field also 
make decisions that affect the future of NIFL. By keeping them informed 
of what you value about NIFL while you communicate with your 
Congresspersons, your perspective on what is important about an adult 
literacy-focused NIFL will go much further!
(Details on how to do this will be found at 
http://savenifl.org/action.html )

4.  Email us at SAVENIFL at yahoo.com after you take this action.  Tell us:

a.	Your name
b.	Who you contacted
c.	If the legislator or staff person had any comments
d.	What his/her comments or questions were
e.	If we have permission to add your name to the Advocacy Hall of 
Honor. If so, your name will be listed alongside all others who have 
contacted their Congresspersons in support of NIFL.

5. Have your efforts recognized in the Advocacy Hall of Honor at 
http://savenifl.org/honor.html

Thanks for your help.

David J. Rosen
Adult Literacy Advocate