PLEASE contact your Representative by April 1. <br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Kristin K. Murphy</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kmurphy@alawash.org">kmurphy@alawash.org</a>></span><br>Date: Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 11:31 AM<br>
Subject: [fllan] Call To Action: Please sign Congressman Grijalva's Dear Colleague supporting library funding!<br>To: <a href="mailto:fllan@ala.org">fllan@ala.org</a><br><br><br>
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<p><span><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Urgent Call to Action!</span></font></b></span> <br><span>Sign onto Dear Colleague supporting library funding by Congressman Grijalva!</span> </p>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Please contact your Representative and ask him or her to sign the "Dear Colleague" letter being circulated by Congressman Raul Grijalva in support of funding for the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) and the Improving Literacy Through School Libraries Program. <b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><br>
<br><u>The deadline to sign the letter is Wednesday April 1!</u> </span></b>LSTA and Improving Literacy Through School Libraries are two of the most important federal programs for libraries today. The letter will not be taken seriously, and it will appear as if Members of Congress do not care about libraries if we don't have hundreds of signers on the letter. Programs that don't have a vocal support network are in danger of being cut. <br>
<br>The letter is addressed to the House Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Appropriation Subcommittees and requests that the House include $300 million for the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) and $100 million for the Improving Literary Through School Libraries program for FY 2010.</span></font></p>
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<p><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">When you contact your Representative, you must ask him or her to call <a href="mailto:joseph.mais@mail.house.gov" target="_blank">Joseph Mais</a> in order to co-sign the letter at 202.225.2435.</span></font></b></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><a href="http://capwiz.com/ala/issues/alert/?alertid=13037141" target="_blank">http://capwiz.com/ala/issues/alert/?alertid=13037141</a> </span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">As always, please contact me if you have any questions.</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><br>Best,<br>Kristin Murphy</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">American Library Association</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><a href="mailto:kmurphy@alawash.org" target="_blank">kmurphy@alawash.org</a></span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">(202) 628-8410</span></font></p></div></div></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Diedre Conkling<br><a href="mailto:diedre08@gmail.com">diedre08@gmail.com</a><br>