<div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: "Emily Sheketoff" <<a href="mailto:esheketoff@alawash.org">esheketoff@alawash.org</a>><br>Date: Jul 5, 2016 11:41 AM<br>Subject: [alacoun] RED ALERT: Dr. Hayden Needs Your Help!<br>To: "ALA Council (<a href="mailto:alacoun@lists.ala.org">alacoun@lists.ala.org</a>)" <<a href="mailto:alacoun@lists.ala.org">alacoun@lists.ala.org</a>><br>Cc: <br><br type="attribution">
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<strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">RED ALERT: Dr. Hayden Needs Your Help!<u></u><u></u></span></strong></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Just seven days. That’s how long the Senate will be in session this week and next before leaving Washington until after Labor Day. Because the Senate’s
schedule will be even more compressed and chaotic when Members return prior to Election Day, and a post-election “lame duck” session is not assured,<span> </span><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">right now
is by far the best chance we have to help Dr. Carla Hayden get confirmed as the next Librarian of Congress</span></strong>.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Please, if you haven’t yet taken just 5 minutes to ask both of your U.S. Senators to support Dr. Hayden's nomination, now is the time! If you like, check
out these<span> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.districtdispatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/06-08-16-Issue-Brief-Action-Alert_2016_Hayden.pdf" target="_blank">talking points
about Dr. Hayden</a><span><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> </span></span><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">and the Librarian’s position. Then, use the links below or go to </span><a href="http://cqrcengage.com/ala/" target="_blank">ALA’s
Legislative Action Center</a><span><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> </span></span><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">to email, tweet or phone their offices with this simple message: “Please
confirm Dr. Carla Hayden to be Librarian of Congress now.”</span><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">That’s all there is to it and there’s not an hour to lose. Please help Dr. Hayden make history.<span style="color:#1f497d">
</span>Act today!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#666666"><a href="http://cqrcengage.com/ala/app/take-action?engagementId=218493" target="_blank"><b><span style="border:solid #e5e5e5 1.0pt;padding:5.0pt;text-decoration:none">Make a Call</span></b></a> <a href="http://cqrcengage.com/ala/app/take-action?engagementId=218533" target="_blank"><b><span style="border:solid #e5e5e5 1.0pt;padding:5.0pt;text-decoration:none">Send
a Tweet</span></b></a> <a href="http://cqrcengage.com/ala/app/take-action?engagementId=218453" target="_blank"><b><span style="border:solid #e5e5e5 1.0pt;padding:5.0pt;text-decoration:none">Write a Letter</span></b></a> <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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