[AAACE-NLA] Sign the Literacy President petition. Get more presidential candidates to address adult literacy.

[David Rosen]

Colleagues,

The Web address for the VALUE literacy president candidates petition is:

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/litpresident

(If the Web address breaks into two lines, don't click on it.   
Instead, cut and paste (or type) it into your Web browser.

This petition could be very useful to getting the attention of  
presidential candidates, but only if we have hundreds or thousands of  
signatures.  Please consider signing now, and please ask colleagues  
and students to consider signing.  It's a quick and easy way to act  
on something which your subscription to this list indicates you might  
believe in!

David J. Rosen
Adult Literacy Advocate
DJRosen at theworld.com



On Nov 6, 2007, at 11:25 AM, David Rosen wrote:

> Advocacy Colleagues,
>
> The article below describes a new effort by VALUE, Voice of Adult  
> Literacy United for Education, the national adult learner leader  
> organization. It appears in Volume 7, Issue 2, of VALUE Update,  
> November, 2007.  It's on the Value Web site at
>
> http://valueusa.org/
>
> Sign the Literacy President Petition
>
> As a partner in the Literacy President campaign, VALUE is  
> sponsoring a petition urging all of the presidential candidates to  
> respond to five questions about adult literacy policy under the  
> next Administration. Add your name to the petition by going to
> http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/litpresident. The purpose of the  
> Literacy President campaign is to make adult education and
> literacy one of the top three education priorities for the next  
> President. John Edwards and Barak Obama are the first candidates to  
> share their views. Responses from all candidates will be posted to   
> http://www.litpresident.org. This web site also includes training  
> materials for involving adult learners and literacy practitioners  
> in Literacy President activities. Let's show candidates how  
> important adult literacy is to voters across the U.S. by getting as  
> many people as possible to sign this online petition! Our plan is  
> to deliver this petition to candidates on or about December 17, so  
> please get everyone you know to sign the petition before that date.
>
>
> David J. Rosen
> Adult Literacy Advocate
> DJRosen at theworld.com