Advocacy Email - October 4, 2004
Subject: Invitation to International Education
Summit 10/27/2004
To: International Education Advocates
UPDATE:
Recently a team from the Washington State Coalition for International
Education went to Olympia and hand delivered Summit flyers and schedules
with a cover letter to all of the members of the House of Representatives
and the Senate. This was followed up by general emails from the Coalition
to the members of key committees, such as the House and Senate Education
and Higher Education committees, as well as Trade and Economic
Development. Now it is time for them to hear from their constituents.
ACTION:
Requested by October 15, 2004
Please invite the legislators from your own district to attend
the 2004 Summit.
How:
- To find out what legislative district you're in, go to this
Legislature page:
http://www.leg.wa.gov/DistrictFinder/ and type in your address.
A page will return listing your legislators with links to their web
pages.
- Click the link for each legislator and find their email link. Click
that link and you'll get an email form where you can enter your name,
address, phone, and email, plus your message.
- Complete the email form. Write a brief message inviting the
legislator to attend the Summit. You can tailor the text in the box
below (copy and paste it into your message).
| Honorable [Representative or
Senator], I would like to invite you to
attend this upcoming event sponsored by the Washington State
Coalition for International Education.
Preschool-Graduate School International Education Summit
Red Lion Hotel in Olympia
October 27, 2004
10 am - 5 pm, with a special "Washington in the World" Reception
from 5 - 7 pm
in conjunction with the NAFSA (Association of International
Educators) Regional Conference
The theme this year is "Building Global Relationships." As
you well know, relationships are key to success in school and in
life.
For more information about the Summit, see:
http://internationaledwa.org/summit.htm.
For the detailed schedule with breakout
session descriptions, see:
http://internationaledwa.org/summit/2004/schedule.htm.
[Say something about why international education is important to
you as a constituent in this legislator's district.]
Sincerely,
[your name] |
- Let us know which legislators you have contacted by
sending an email to
action@internationaledwa.org.
Note: Even though your legislators may not be able to attend in
person, they may send staff members. In any case, it won't be "news" to
them when they hear about International Education during the legislative
session.
Get Involved
To build strong grassroots advocacy for internationalizing education
K-12 (K-20 even!), please invite your friends and colleagues to sign on to
the
advocacy@internationaledwa.org listserv. To subscribe to the listserv,
they can complete the Get Involved Form:
http://internationaledwa.org/forms/get_involved.htm.
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Washington State Coalition for International Education
http://internationaledwa.org
http://internationaledwa.org/involved/advocacy.htm
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action@internationaledwa.org
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