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Have a great day!

Suzie Sells

----- Original Message -----
From: Janis Cramer <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thursday, March 1, 2007 2:48 pm
Subject: Fwd: Special NWP Site Bulletin: House Dear Colleague Letter; February 28, 2007
To: [log in to unmask]


> 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
>
>
>  --- National Writing Project <[log in to unmask]>
>  wrote:
>
>  > 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:
>  >
>  >
>  > 2. You can find out if your representative signed
>  > the Dear Colleague letter in previous years by
>  > visiting:
>  >
>
>  >
>  > 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:  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.
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >