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Call your Representative today!! Susan J TLA Councilor From: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Marci Merola Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2019 3:41 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [alacro-l] Urgent Update: Dear Appropriator Letters Dear Chapters, With less than three days left to confirm signatures on the LSTA and IAL letters, we still are short of last year's levels. As of this morning, we are still short of last year's signatures. We need to match last year's levels! Please make a priority TODAY to take several actions: . If you have not submitted a state chapter letter, please do so today. In addition to sending the letters with your Congressional offices, share your letter with ALA so we can amplify your message. ALA will share these letters with the appropriate Congressional staff in Washington and use these letters in social media outreach to Members of Congress. The following states have submitted a letter: Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Jersey, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and West Virginia. Please upload a copy of your letter to ALA at: https://airtable.com/shrfK0kpex6OtKAJ5 . Urge your allies and colleagues in your state to contact their Representative and ask them to sign these two letters. The more calls from their home state and district, the more likely it is that a Member of Congress will sign the letters. Urge associates to participate by signing up for our engagement tool at https://cqrcengage.com/ala/?0 . We are pushing newly elected Representatives who likely are not familiar with these programs nor have they seen these letters before. Review the list of names below. If a representative from your state is on this list, please contact their office today as the deadline is Monday. You may use the script provided here: SCRIPT 1. There are two Dear Appropriator Letters circulating in support of library funding and we note that your boss has not signed these letters. 2. One supports Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) which returns federal funds to our state libraries every year and is led by Representatives Raul Grijalva (Pronounced Gree-halva) and Don Young. 3. The second supports the Innovative Approaches to Literacy (IAL) in the Department of Education and is led by Representatives Eddie Bernice Johnson, Don Young and Jim McGovern. 4. This may be the first time you are seeing these letters, but we are asking that your boss sign these letters and show support for the local public and school libraries in your district. 5. Please contact these offices today to add your name in support of library funding. We want to be able to tell the library community in your state that you support library funding! o For LSTA: Marilyn Zepeda at <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] with Rep. Raul Grijalva or Truman Reed at [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> with Rep. Don Young o For IAL: Nawaid Ladak at <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] with Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson or Truman Reed at <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] with Rep. Don Young NEWLY ELECTED MEMBERS WHO HAVE NOT SIGNED LSTA and IAL LETTERS: State District First Name Last Name OFFICE Phone area code (202) AZ 9 Greg Stanton 225-9888 AZ 2 Ann Kirkpatrick 225-2542 CA 10 Josh Harder 225-4540 CA 21 TJ Cox 225-4695 CA 25 Katie Hill 225-1956 CA 39 Gil Cisneros 225-4111 CA 45 Katie Porter 225-5611 CA 48 Harley Rouda 225-2415 CA 49 Levin Mike 225-3906 CO 2 Joseph Neguse 225-2161 CO 6 Jason Crow 225-7882 CT 5 Jahana Hayes 225-4476 FL 6 Michael Waltz 225-2706 FL 15 Ross Spano 225-1252 FL 17 W. Greg Steube 225-5792 FL 26 Debbie Mucarsel-Powell 225-2778 FL 27 Donna Shalala 225-3931 GA 6 Lucy McBath 225-4501 HI 1 Ed Case 225-2726 IA 1 Abby Finkenauer 225-2911 IA 3 Cindy Axne 225-5476 ID 1 Russell Fulcher 225-6611 IL 4 Jesus Garcia 225-8203 IL 6 Sean Casten 225-4561 IL 14 Lauren Underwood 225-2976 IN 4 James Baird 225-5037 IN 6 Gregory Pence 225-3021 KS 2 Steve Watkins 225-6601 KS 3 Sharice Davids 225-2865 MA 3 Lori Trahan 225-3411 MA 7 Ayanna Pressley 225-5111 ME 2 Jared Golden 225-6306 MI 8 Elissa Slotkin 225-4872 MI 9 Andy Levin 225-4961 MI 11 Haley Stevens 225-8171 MI 13 Rashida Tlaib 225-5126 MN 1 Jim Hagedorn 225-2472 MN 2 Angela Craig 225-2271 MN 3 Dean Phillips 225-2871 MN 5 Ilhan Omar 225-4755 MN 8 Pete Stauber 225-6211 MS 3 Michael Guest 225-5031 ND At Large Kelly Armstrong 225-2611 NJ 2 Jeff Van Drew 225-6572 NJ 3 Andrew Kim 225-4765 NJ 7 Tom Malinowski 225-5361 NJ 11 Rebecca Sherrill 225-5034 NM 1 Debra Haaland 225-6316 NM 2 Xochitl Torres Small 225-2365 NV 3 Susie Lee 225-3252 NY 11 Max Rose 225-3371 NY 14 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez 225-3965 NY 19 Antonio Delgado 225-5614 NY 22 Brindisi Anthony 225-3665 OH 16 Anthony Gonzalez 225-3876 OK 5 Kendra Horn 225-2132 PA 4 Madeleine Dean 225-4731 PA 6 Christina Houlahan 225-4315 PA 9 Daniel Meuser 225-6511 PA 13 John Joyce 225-2431 PA 14 Guy Reschenthaler 225-2065 SC 1 Joe Cunningham 225-3176 SC 4 William Timmons 225-6030 SD At Large Dustin Johnson 225-2801 TN 2 Tim Burchett 225-5435 TN 6 John Rose 225-4231 TN 7 Mark Green 225-2811 TX 2 Daniel Crenshaw 225-6565 TX 3 Nicholas "Van" Taylor 225-4201 TX 5 Lance Gooden 225-3484 TX 6 Ron Wright 225-2002 TX 7 Elizabeth Fletcher 225-2571 TX 16 Veronica Escobar 225-4831 TX 21 Chip Roy 225-4236 TX 29 Sylvia Garcia 225-1688 TX 32 Colin Allred 225-2231 VA 2 Elaine Luria 225-4215 VA 5 Denver Riggleman 225-4711 VA 6 Benjamin Cline 225-5431 VA 7 Abigail Spanberger 225-2815 VA 10 Jennifer Wexton 225-5136 WA 8 Kim Schrier 225-7761 WI 1 Bryan Steil 225-3031 WV 3 Carol Miller 225-3452 PA 5 Mary Scanlon 225-5121 PA 7 Susan Wild 225-2011 NV 4 Steven Horsford 225-9894 Thank you, Marci Marci Merola, Director Office for Library Advocacy American Library Association 50 E. 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