[NLA] NIFL Director Faxes to Congresspeople -- update as of 9/24/02

[Georges Marceau]

David
I have done an e-mail blast to get faxes to area
congresspeople in NYS
James Walsh has been faxed onmy behalf from Central 
New York

regards
Georges Marceau
President,
NYACCE


--- "David J. Rosen" <DJRosen at theworld.com> wrote:
> NLA Colleagues,
> 
> A lot is at stake with the NIFL Director position:
> NIFL as an _adult_ 
> literacy leader, and its initiatives such as
> Equipped for the Future, 
> and LINCS, among other important work.  If you value
> NIFL's _adult_ 
> literacy work, now is the time to show it.  If you
> think it is important 
> for the adult literacy field to count in Congress,
> now is the time to 
> send your fax. If you have enjoyed the opportunity
> to point out on this 
> list some of the inadequacies of our field, now is
> the time to send your 
> fax. We earn the right to complain on the NLA list
> by exercising our 
> democratic responsibilities, by contacting our
> elected representatives 
> and advocating for our field.  For those who were
> not ready before, but 
> are ready now, I will re-post Jon Randall's message
> which explains what 
> to do.  It takes less than 30 minutes.
> 
>  From e-mail messages I received through today, at
> least the following
> Congresspeople were sent letters urging them to sign
> on to the NIFL
> Director "Dear Colleague" letter (and the
> Secretaries of Labor Education
> and HHS were mailed copies.) Note that some
> Congresspeople now _have_ 
> signed on, but many more signatures are needed. 
> Please remember to 
> _fax_ your Congressperson -- and _mail_ the
> secretaries. Then do a 
> follow-up phone call.  Please hold off on contacting
> your Senator until 
> we have a sponsor of a Senate "Dear Colleague"
> letter.
> 
> These are in the order that I learned about them. 
> Check to see how well 
> your state is represented.  It's good to see South
> Dakota weigh in. 
> Massachusetts has made at least 8 contacts so far.
> The smallest state -- 
> Rhode Island -- has made at least 3. Where are the
> faxes from the 
> biggest states such as  California and Texas? Why
> haven't we heard from 
>   Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Maine, Oregon,
> Washington, Arizona, and 
> New Mexico? There are 650 people on the NLA list. 
> 39 have taken action. 
>   If you haven't taken action yet, now is the time.
> Fax your 
> Congressperson. Send copies of your letter by
> regular mail to the three 
> Department directors.
> 
> Here's the list of Congresspeople who have been
> contacted:
> 
> Mark Kirk, 10th district, Illinois (2 faxes)
> Michael Capuano, Massachusetts (4 faxes)
> Barney Frank, Massachusetts (1 fax)
> Ron Simmons, 2nd District, Connecticut (1 e-mail).
> David Price, North Carolina (1 fax)
> Anthony Wiener, Brooklyn, New York (1 fax)
> Langevin, Rhode Island (Letter and call)
> Patrick Kennedy, Rhode Island (letter and call)
> Steve Rothman, New Jersey (Letter)
> John Olver, Western Massachusetts (e-mail)
> Russ Holt, New Jersey
> Henry Bonilla, San Antonio, Texas (fax)
> 
> Katie Shriver in Congressman Ted Strickland's office
> (D Ohio) who, in a conversation, said she would
> contact Congressman
> Sawyer's office and get a copy of the letter so the
> congressman could
> sign on
> 
> Called and wrote DeWine's office (Ohio) requesting
> that he co-sponsor
> the Dear Colleague letter
> 
> Ted Strickland, Ohio
> Ralph Regula, Ohio
> Timothy V. Johnson, 15th district, Illinois
> Albert Wynn, Maryland
> Bernie Sanders, Vermont (2)
> Jim Saxton, New Jersey
> Martin Sabo, Minnesota
> Sen. Arlen Specter, Pennsylvania
> Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland (fax)
> John Larson, First District, Connecticut (e-mail)
> Stephen Lynch, US District 9, Massachusetts (2
> faxes)
> Ray LaHood, Illinois, (fax)
> 
> Tim Johnson, Illinois (fax) The Congressman's office
> called to confirm 
> that he has signed on!
> 
> Representative Portman, Ohio
> Lincoln Chaffee, Rhode Island
> Mike Doyle, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
> Edolphus Towns, Brooklyn, New York (fax)
> Senator Hilary Clinton, New York (e-mail)
> Congressman Thune, South Dakota (fax)
> 
> Total: 39
> 
> 
> Thanks to these 38 people -- I hope others have sent
> faxes but
> just have not e-mailed me yet.
> 
> 
> David J Rosen
> NLA List Moderator
> 
> 
> 
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