[GLC] Fight for Literacy

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Dear Friends,
 
We hope that you are well.   These are  trying times.
Adult Education and Literacy are vital needs for our  communities, but 
instead of expanding  programs and classes (which only serve 2-3% of the need), 
serious cuts are  threatening students, teachers and  communities across the 
country.  
 
We have no serious alternative, but to fight!   
 
Many of you are already organizing, but we need to  reach communities across 
the city to  mobilize all New Yorkers in the fight for literacy.  Literacy and 
 Leadership Development are powerful tools to effect change in city, state 
and  federal governments.
 
The Grassroots Literacy Coalition  calls on all of us to push this fight  
forward.  This is not a time for giving up or defeatism.  It's a time  to spread 
the word and to organize!    
 
Join and Organize for the:
 
  I.   Day of Action in Support of Adult Literacy  Programs
                      Thursday,   June 23rd at 11:00 A.M.
           at the U.S.  Department of Education Offices
                            32 Old Slip, Lower Manhattan
 
           Continue to build pressure on Elected  Representatives
           and make the  public aware of the threat to literacy.
 
2.   Support and develop Adult Student 
                  Leadership and Organizing.   
                      Invite student leaders to your classes
                 to speak and to develop student committees.
                    Some very exciting organizing is developing.
                    The organized voice of adult students can 
             connect with communities and is a powerful force
                to defend programs and to fight for what is needed.
 
3.    Support and Endorse  the 
                Adult Education Bill of Rights
              The Grassroots Literacy Coalition has drafted  a
            Bill of Rights and is aiming to get NY City Council
            to pass it in the Fall.   We need your help  and
           endorsements from many organizations.
 
   
We look forward to seeing you on June  23rd and to joining
               you in this essential fight for literacy.
 
David Greene
Calvin Miles
Co-Chairmen, 
Grassroots Literacy  Coalition
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