[Scla-list] FW: [fllan] Make your voide heard even if you can't make it to DC!

[Gilson, Thomas V]

More advocacy opportunities.

Tom

 

 

From: Kristin K. Murphy [mailto:kmurphy at alawash.org] 
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 1:53 PM
To: nlld at ala.org; fllan at ala.org
Subject: [fllan] Make your voide heard even if you can't make it to DC!

 

Dear Library Advocate,

In these tough economic times, Americans need their libraries more than
ever.  Sadly, libraries are often forgotten in times of crisis by
everyone but the people who need them most.  For this reason, the ALA is
hosting Library Advocacy Day on June 29, 2010, on Capitol Hill.  


If you can't make this event, there are still many opportunities to get
involved.  Please show your support for libraries the week of June
28-July 2 by participating in Virtual Library Advocacy Week.  This
event, which will be held in conjunction with Library Advocacy Day, will
be the biggest show of library advocacy on the federal level in the
history of the American Library Association.  Your voice, along with
over a thousand advocates rallying on Capitol Hill on the 29th, will
raise awareness about the important work that libraries and librarians
do on a daily basis to help kids learn to read, help people find jobs,
and so much more.


A simple phone call or e-mail is all it takes.  To send an e-mail, go to
http://capwiz.com/ala/home/ and click on the issue you are interested
in.  The website will take you to a sample form letter.  Customize it
with stories on what your local library is doing to help people look for
jobs or gain digital literacy skills as well as other programs. These
examples truly matter to your elected officials.  


In order to maximize our impact, when contacting your elected officials,
please make the following requests:

*        Fund the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) at $300
million for FY 2011. LSTA funding is distributed to states by the
Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) through population-based
grants and is the only source of federal funding for public libraries. 

*        Fund the Improving Literacy Through School Libraries program at
$100 million so that students all across the country can obtain the 21st
century skills they will need to succeed in college and the workplace.

If you'd like to call, you can also call the Capitol switchboard at
(202)224-3121 and ask for your member of Congress.  If you aren't sure
who your member is, use the Capwiz link above to find out.  It's really
that simple.

When you're done with your call, don't forget to tweet about your
experience.  Just use this hashtag: #LAD2010.  


Thanks for all you do.  

 

 

Kristin Murphy

Government Relations Specialist

American Library Association - Washington Office

1615 New Hampshire Ave. NW, First Floor

Washington, D.C., 20009-2520

Phone Number: 202.628.8410

kmurphy at alawash.org

 

Speak out for libraries!  Attend Library Advocacy Day in Washington,
D.C. on June 29, 2010 - for more information, go to
http://www.ala.org/lad.

 

 

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