[WSCSS] Time to weigh in with Congress -- NCSS

[Gary and Robyn Cressman]

Subject: [Ncss-affiliates] Time to weigh in with Congress!
From:    "Courtney deLeyer" <cdeleyer at ncss.org>
Date:    Thu, October 18, 2007 7:42 am
To:      "NCSS affiliates at ncss.org" <ncss-affiliates at ncss.org>
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October 18, 2007

To:                  Affiliate Leaders

From:              Susan Griffin, NCSS Executive Director
                       Gayle Thieman, NCSS President


As Congress approaches what is sure to be a contentious debate on
spending for education programs, National Council for the Social Studies
is providing the attached letter template for you to consider using to
convey your concern for a number of programs important to NCSS members.

The template outlines the Council's broad concerns, although you should
feel free to add detail related to your experiences with these programs
and how they work at the school level.  Lawmakers appreciate hearing how
federal funds make a difference in schools.

As you finalize the content of your letter, complete the following:

    * cite your affiliation in the first paragraph
    * include your email/fax/phone number in the last paragraph
    *  add address information to the address block.


To complete the address block and finalize your letter, you can find
information on your Senators and Representatives---who they are and how
to contact them as follows:

For Members of the House of Representatives:

Visit www.house.gov <http://www.house.gov/> and use the features at the
top of the page to either find address information for your
Representative or to enter your zip code to determine who your
Representative is.  Also, if your school is in a district other than
where you live, feel free to send a letter to both Representatives.
This page will direct you to the web site of the individual Member, and
that site will have both address information so that you can complete
that on the letter's address block, as well as a fax number for
correspondence.  (Since mail delivered to Capitol Hill is still subject
to irradiation, faxing is the best way to correspond with your
Members.)  Complete the letter and fax away!

For Senators:

Visit www.senate.gov <http://www.senate.gov/> and use the feature in the
upper right hand corner to find your state's senators.  The results will
give you office address information to complete the address block on the
template letter, and web site information for you to determine the
appropriate fax number for sending the letter to the office.

It is important for lawmakers to hear---repeatedly---how important these
investments are!

Please send an electronic copy of your letters to NCSS staff at
apost at ncss.org <mailto:apost at ncss.org>  or fax to 301-588-2049 Attn: Ana
Post so we can gauge the impact of our advocacy.

-- 
Courtney de Leyer
Program Assistant, External Relations and Council Communications
National Council for the Social Studies
8555 Sixteenth Street, Suite 500
Silver Spring, MD  20910

cdeleyer at ncss.org
Phone: 301-588-1800, ext. 107
Fax: 301-588-2049
http://www.socialstudies.org