The Dear Colleague won’t work for theSenate — it’s for House members — but you could certainly send a note to your Senators anyway. To sign on, they should contact Manuel Contreras in the Senate HELP Committee office, manuel_contreras@help.senate.gov. Thanks! Deborah > On Sep 23, 2016, at 2:23 PM, Silja Kallenbach <silja_kallenbach@worlded.org> wrote: > > Should we send this to the Senators too or is there a separate version? > Silja > > . > > SILJA KALLENBACH Vice President 617.482.9485 > www.worlded.org <http://www.worlded.org/> <http://www.facebook.com/worlded> <http://www.twitter.com/worlded> > > > On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 2:08 PM, Deborah Kennedy <deborah.r.kennedy@verizon.net <mailto:deborah.r.kennedy@verizon.net>> wrote: > Dear NCL Board Colleagues, > > Rep. Jared Polis (Colorado) has agreed to introduce the AEFL Week resolution in the House, and Reps. Roe (Tennessee) and Grijalva (Arizona) have signed on as co-sponsors. We’d like to get more co-sponsors if we can. > > Please take a moment to forward the attached Dear Colleague letter to your Representative’s office with a request to sign on. I will be sending a request to Mrs. Norton’s office, as I’m a resident of DC. Here’s what I plan to say. Feel free to use/adapt it yourself if you like. > > Thanks! > > Deborah > > > > Dear Congresswoman Norton, > > I am writing to you as a resident of the District of Columbia and a member of the Board of the National Coalition for Literacy to ask you to co-sponsor a resolution designating the week of Sept. 26-Oct 1, 2016, as National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week. AEFL Week raises public awareness about the need for and value of adult education and family literacy and the importance of access to basic education programs for the 36 million U.S. adults with low literacy skills. > > I am attaching a Dear Colleague letter that was recently circulated by Representative Polis’ office. The letter provides more information about AEFL Week and the Congressman’s reasons for supporting it. > > Thank you for your consideration. I look forward to seeing your name on the list of co-sponsors. > > Cordially, > > > _______________________________________________ > National Coalition for Literacy Board mailing list > Board@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org <mailto:Board@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org> > http://lists.national-coalition-literacy.org/mailman/listinfo/board_lists.national-coalition-literacy.org <http://lists.national-coalition-literacy.org/mailman/listinfo/board_lists.national-coalition-literacy.org> >