This is for those of you who are not ALA Members and my not have received this message<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Ted Wegner</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:twegner@alawash.org">twegner@alawash.org</a>></span><br>
Date: Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 9:44 AM<br>Subject: Call Congress in Support of the American Jobs Act<br>To: Diedre Conkling <<a href="mailto:diedre08@gmail.com">diedre08@gmail.com</a>><br><br><br><div><div></div><div class="h5">
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<div><div>Less than a week after President Obama called on Congress to pass a new jobs creation bill, Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) introduced the American Jobs Act (AJA) of 2011 (S. 1549).</div>
<div><br>This Senate version of the jobs bill includes $30 billion for K-12 education to retain or rehire educators including school librarians to prevent the layoffs of up to 280,000 educators including many school librarians. Since school librarians across the country are losing their jobs due to budget cuts, it is critically important that as much of this money as possible be used to save their jobs.</div>
<div><br>The ALA asks all members to call their two senators and congressional representative at <strong><a href="tel:202-224-3121" target="_blank" value="+12022243121">202-224-3121</a></strong> and urge them to support the AJA. Tell your elected officials about what school libraries do in your community and how obtaining funds for construction through the AJA could improve the education of our students.</div>
<div><br>The AJA also includes an additional $25 billion to maintain and upgrade K-12 schools including school libraries to meet their 21st century demands and $5 billion for community colleges including their libraries. <br>
Please call your elected officials in Congress today!</div>
<div><br>A chart outlining the estimated jobs impact by state can be viewed <a href="https://filemanager.capwiz.com/filemanager/file-mgr/ala/1_American_Jobs_Act_Education_AllocationEstimates_20110913.pdf" target="_blank">here</a> .</div>
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</div></div></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div><em><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10pt;">Diedre Conkling</span></em><i><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10pt;"><br>
<em><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Lincoln County Library District</span></em><br><em><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">P.O. Box 2027</span></em><br><em><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Newport, OR 97365</span></em><br>
<em><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Phone & Fax: 541-265-3066</span></em><br><em><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Work email</span></em></span></i><em><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal;">: </span></em><a href="mailto:diedre@lincolncolibrarydist.org" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10pt;"><font color="#0000ff">diedre@lincolncolibrarydist.org</font></span></i></a><i><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10pt;"><br>
<em><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Home email: </span></em></span></i><a href="mailto:diedre08@gmail.com" target="_blank"><em><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10pt;">diedre08@gmail.com</span></em></a></div>
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