Thank you to all who contacted their Members of Congress in response to COABE alerts on this issue. We did it! Your contacts made a difference.
The resolution passed the House on a vote of 369-0 under suspension. Congressman Conyers-Michigan, Guthrie-Kentucky and Loebsack-Iowa also spoke in favor of the resolution during the floor debate last night.
Special thanks to advocates in Colorado for their advocacy work with Congressman Polis. Congratulations to advocates in New York, Arizona, Texas, California, Maryland, Kentucky, Michigan, Georgia, North Carolina, Maine, DC, Minnesota, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Arkansas, Tennessee and the Northern Mariana Islands who cinched commitments from House members to co-sponsor the Resolution (H. Res. 1472).
If your House Member co-sponsored, now is a good time to follow up with a note of thanks.
More information on National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week will be posted in the NCL Advocacy Blog in the coming days: http://blog.ncladvocacy.org . Resources will be made available to you soon to help you plan celebration activities. They will be posted at: www.ncladvocacy.org .
So Please share the good news, and mark your calendars for September 13 - 17, 2010!
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