Dear TC's--

If you're interested in helping the cause for federal
funding for the National Writing Project, please read
this call for help below.  I've attached a letter
including statistics about the Oklahoma Writing
Project.  Please feel free to revise, adding pertinent
information about the impact OWP has had on your
teaching.  Thanks for your support.

Janis


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> From: National Writing Project
> <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Special NWP Site Bulletin: House Dear
> Colleague Letter; February 28, 2007
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 17:00:06 -0800 (PST)
>
> - NWP Site Bulletin -
>
> Dear NWP Site Leaders:
>
> Today a “Dear Colleague” letter, circulated by Rep.
> George Miller (D-CA), was sent to every
> representative in Congress. The Dear Colleague
> letter invites colleagues in the House of
> Representatives to add their signatures to the
> letter in support of a $30 million appropriation for
> the National Writing Project. We are asking you and
> your teacher-leaders to contact your representatives
> immediately and request that they sign the 2007 NWP
> Dear Colleague letter. THE DEADLINE FOR SIGNATURES
> WILL BE WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, SO WE MUST MOVE
> QUICKLY.
>
> It is extremely important to let your
> representatives know how vital the writing project
> is to you and teachers in your area, and to ask them
> to join Mr. Miller in support of the National
> Writing Project. Please start contacting your
> representatives as soon as possible!
>
> Guide for making phone calls to your local
> representatives:
>
> 1. You will find the text of this year’s Dear
> Colleague letter on the NWP website at:
> http://www.writingproject.org/Resources/dc.csp.
>
> 2. You can find out if your representative signed
> the Dear Colleague letter in previous years by
> visiting:
>
http://www.writingproject.org/Resources/dcupdate/tips.csp#tips.
>
> 3. Call your representative’s Washington, D.C.
> office. You can find contact information for your
> representative by entering your zip code on the
> following website: http://www.house.gov. You can
> also contact Genevieve Jeong Bennett at 510-643-2072
> or [log in to unmask]
>
> 4. Ask to speak to your representative’s education
> aide.  Ask for the member to support the NWP in 2007
> by signing the NWP Dear Colleague letter. If your
> representative or aide has not seen the letter, you
> can fax a copy.
>
> 5. Your representative can sign the Dear Colleague
> letter by contacting Lisette Partelow at
> [log in to unmask], 202-226-2068, or
> Adrienne Dunbar at [log in to unmask],
> 202-223-7268. ONLY REPRESENTATIVES OR THEIR AIDES,
> NOT NWP SITE LEADERS, SHOULD CONTACT LISETTE OR
> ADRIENNE.
>
> 6. Don’t forget to follow up and be persistent.
> Since you are a constituent, your representative
> wants to hear about the issues that are important to
> you!
>
> Please let us know when you make your calls and what
> response you get. We will keep you up to date as
> members sign the letter. There will be a similar
> campaign soon in the Senate, and we will send those
> details as we receive them.
>
> Thanks to the outstanding work of writing project
> leaders last year, 95 representatives signed the NWP
> Dear Colleague letter (85 Democrats, 9 Republicans,
> 1 Independent). We are proud that our program has
> bipartisan support and we thank you for all of the
> great work that you do. If you have any questions,
> don’t hesitate to contact Genevieve at the number or
> email above.
>
>
>
>