Dear Colleagues, I am attaching the eight nominations that we have received for the 2017 Literacy Leadership Awards. Senator Thad Cochran, nominated by Deborah Kennedy, Key Words Congresswoman Rosa De Lauro, nominated by CLASP The Minnesota ATLAS Program, nominated by Silja Kallenbach, World Education Dr. Steve Reder, nominated by Michele Diecuch and Peter Waite, ProLiteracy, and Margaret Patterson, Research Allies Dr. Sharon Darling, nominated by NCFL The SNAP E&T program, nominated by Jeff Carter The Campaign to Invest in America's Workforce, nominated by Jeff Carter Joel Packer, nominated by Jeff Carter Please read and think about these. We will make final award decisions at our meeting on Wednesday morning. Thanks! Deborah Deborah Kennedy Senior Consultant / Owner, Key Words President, National Coalition for Literacy office: 202-364-1964 (September-May) office: 603-293-2402 (June-August) www.key-words.us www.national-coalition-literacy.org