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I'm forwarding you a link which will help you email our congressional delegation about the federal budget that was released today. 

I am in DC right now and will be meeting with congresspeople tomorrow. 

It would be SO HELPFUL if you could email, tweet, and/or tag them on other social media to request library funding ahead of my meetings tomorrow. 

Also, if any of you have any patron/ user services/ programming stories you'd like for me to share with them, please email me, and I'll give them a mention. 

Thanks so much! 

From: ALA Public Policy & Advocacy Office <[log in to unmask]>
Date: February 10, 2020 at 2:20:32 PM EST
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Subject: ALA Advocacy Alert: It happened again. Library funding is at stake.
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Advocacy Alert: Library funding is at stake Dear Sharon,  It happened again.  Today, the White House released its FY2021 budget proposal and - for a fourth time in a row - it intends to eliminate the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), including all funds from Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). The administration's new budget not only strips funding from IMLS, it brushes aside funding for other library-eligible education programs. Will you stand with us by urging Congress to #FundLibraries? As advocates, it is our responsibility to remind elected leaders that communities rely on library services to grow and thrive. As ALA President Wanda Brown said this morning: ALA takes the White House proposal seriously. We are counting on you to send this message to Congress. Can you take a moment to tweet at your members of Congress about why we must continue to #FundLibraries? The coming 8 weeks are critical in the fight for library funding. Visit the #FundLibraries campaign page for regular updates and look out for action alerts as we continue to monitor the budget negotiations. Thank you for your efforts and support, ALA's Public Policy & Advocacy Team PS - Easier to copy and paste a tweet? Use the language below and tag your members of Congress: My congressional district depends on our libraries, and our libraries depend on federal library funding. Please support the @US_IMLS and #FundLibraries in FY21! http://www.ala.org/advocacy/contact-congress  Contact Us ALA Public Policy & Advocacy Office 1615 New Hampshire Ave NW, 1st Floor Washington, D.C. 20009-2520 Phone: (202) 628-8410 Subscribe Ready to take action? Subscribe to our Action Center. Please unsubscribe below if you no longer wish to receive emails from the ALA Public Policy & Advocacy Office.

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