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align=left><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><FONT color=#000000>The National Alliance of Urban
Literacy Coalitions is privileged to host a Day of Celebration of the
10<SUP>th</SUP> Anniversary of the <SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">National Institute for Literacy, Thursday,
March 7<SUP>th<o:p></o:p></SUP></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></H4>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT color=#000000>1) Ice cream,
cake, and information for Congressional staffers in the Russell Senate Office
Building, Room 188, from 3:30 to 5:30, sponsored by Scholastic Inc.</FONT></P>
<H6 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><SPAN
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<H6 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000>2) Reception for Members of Congress and the public in the Hart
Senate Office Building, Room 216, 6:00 to 8:00, sponsored by AOL Time
Warner.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><STRONG>The public must
call 1-888-269-4902 with names and SSNs by 3/5/02.</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></H6>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT color=#000000>You can help
make a difference by contacting your Congressional representatives with this
information<SPAN class=437115514-01032002>,</SPAN> reiterating our invitation
and asking them to please attend, and by joining us for the reception if you are
in the area.</FONT></P>
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color=#000000> <o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT color=#000000>Andy has just
written about what a writer Susan Green was.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Susan took the lead writing the first
Literacy*AmeriCorps grant in 1994.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>NIFL ran the program for the first couple of years and now, with over one
million hours of service to the community, NAULC manages the program.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In that grant Susan wrote the following
words, which I’ve used ever since, and which are in all the invitations to
Congress for this celebration of NIFL, which of course wouldn’t be complete
without a celebration of Susan as well.</FONT></P>
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<H4 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -4.5pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"
align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT color=#000000><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">She wrote, “Literacy is not
a cure all, but none of the social or economic ills our nation<SPAN
class=437115514-01032002> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">faces today will be
overcome</SPAN></FONT></FONT></H4>
<H4 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -4.5pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"
align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT color=#000000><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">unless attention to the
basic skills of everyone in our<SPAN class=437115514-01032002>
</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">communities is part of the
solution.” <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></H4>
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<P><FONT size=2>Edith Gower, Executive Director<BR>National Alliance of Urban
Literacy Coalitions<BR>5433 Westheimer Road, Suite 1001<BR>Houston, TX
77056<BR>713-961-3922<BR>FAX:
713-961-4775<BR>office@naulc.org<BR>www.naulc.org<BR>www.buildliteracy.org
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