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PAACE member, adult and continuing education staff, student, and partner support is needed to ensure quality education programs continue and grow. Click on the links below to learn more about the issues and how you can be involved.
Appropriations - Your action is needed now!
Advocacy Resources
- Find your elected officials
- Pennsylvania Appropriations and Leadership Committees
- PAACE Legislative Documents
- Successful advocacy efforts
- National Coalition for Literacy Online Advocacy Toolkit
PAACE Legislative Committee Documents
PAACE Fact Sheet (facts at your fingertips about PAACE and adult education, for use in your advocacy efforts)
Stand Up and Be Counted (Legislative Committee's "how to" advocacy manual, updated 2004)
Tips on How to Advocate Effectively
Find your Elected Officials
Below are links to help you identify your elected officials:
State (PA) Elected Officials
Click on the link above to locate your state Representatives and
Senators. Once the page opens, enter your zip code or county in the
upper right-hand corner of the page to locate your state
Representatives and Senators.
Federal (US) Elected officials
Click
on the link above to locate your United States federal elected
officials. This page has links for contacting the President, US
Senators ,and US Representatives.
Pennsylvania Appropriations and Leadership Committee Lists
PAACE Western Region Representative Alex Down has compiled a list of Pennsylvania Appropriation Committee members and Leadership Committee members. Elected officials on this list are often critical to our advocacy efforts. Check this list to see if your local elected official is on this list. If he or she is not, it is still important for you to educate him or her on the importance of adult and continuing education services. If you notice any errors, please email: adow@gplc.org.
Pennsylvania Appropriations and Leadership Committee Lists
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National Coalition for Literacy Launches Online Advocacy Toolkit
The National Coalition for Literacy (NCL) has launched its new online Advocacy Clearinghouse and Toolkit (www.ncladvocacy.org).
Developed with an aim to change the conversation about adult education
in the U.S., the Toolkit provides adult education and literacy
advocates with the tools and knowledge to raise awareness and speak for
the needs of 30+ million Americans with limited literacy and the 11+
million who cannot communicate in English.
Containing
dozens of resources, facts and reports provided by member organizations
of the NCL, the Advocacy Clearinghouse and Toolkit is a “one-stop shop”
for all advocates interested in improving adult education. This project
has been generously supported by the Dollar General Literacy
Foundation, which invests millions of dollars each year in literacy
programs that help individuals reach their full potential.
The NCL is a national adult education leadership organization comprised of member organizations and adult education professionals, committed to promoting adult education and literacy, family literacy and English language development in the US. For more information about the Toolkit, contact Jennifer Maloney, NCL Director, at: jennifer.maloney@ncldc.net or Jackie Taylor, website developer at Jackie@jataylor.net.
This page was last updated on April 5, 2009