Action Alert: Call Congress and Save GEAR UP
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(Click on call script above to enlarge and download.)
As you know, the environment in Washington is quite heated with the Administration and Congress negotiating how to pare down the federal deficit. A number of rumors are swirling around town and the only thing that is certain is that all non-security programs – including GEAR UP -are at risk of being severely reduced or cut altogether. In the coming days the GEAR UP community is organizing advocacy measures directed at the House of Reps, Senate, and the White House. Here is the schedule:
- Wednesday, July 13 – U.S. House of Representatives
- Thursday, July 14 – U.S. Senate
- Tuesday, July 19 – White House
Here is how:
- Search who your legislators are here.
- Call your House Representative via the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121.
- Deliver the message (from script above): “Tell [LEGISLATOR NAME] not to cut GEAR UP in FY 2012!”
- Find five other people to do the same!
Here is how to call the White House:
- Call the White House @ (202) 456-1111 and let President Obama know he “MUST protect TRIO and GEAR UP in the debt ceiling and FY12 negotiations. There is no college success, without college access.” Also, e-mail (click) the President and repeat your messsage!
PLEASE NOTE: White House switchboard shuts down @ 5:00 PM (ET) and the lines are often busy. Please call early and insist until you deliver your message!
We know our programs work. We know they make a tremendous difference in the lives of all of the students we touch. Many on Capitol Hill know this as well, but the nature of the current debate is so serious that we cannot sit idly by in hopes of being spared. Now is the time to act!
