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 [log in to unmask] with Rep. Raul Grijalva or Truman Reed at [log in to unmask] with Rep. Don Young
o For IAL: Nawaid Ladak at [log in to unmask] with Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson or Truman Reed at[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. Huron Street, Chicago, IL, 60611
312.280.2431; 800.545.2433, x2431
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