Advocacy Email - April 27, 2004 pmAdvocacy Alert from NAFSAHere is a quick update on the number of letters that have been written regarding Senate Resolution 313, "People-to-People Engagement in World Affairs," which was introduced back on March 9, 2004 by Senator Russ Feingold of Wisconsin. On April 12, NAFSA launched an advocacy alert campaign in order to generate additional Senate cosponsors for the bill, and to initiate interest in the House to introduce a companion initiative. As of April 26, here is a listing of the number letters from your state that have been generated via NAFSA's "Take Action!" web page (look for your state below): Arizona: 0 Senate; 0 House Since March 9, 8 additional senators have signed on as co-sponsors (to see the latest list, access: http://www.nafsa.org/content/publicpolicy/NAFSAontheIssues/Feingold.htm.) The alert is still active, so please continue to encourage your fellow NAFSAns to write. To access the alert, go to http://econstituent.votenet.com/nafsa. ____________________________________ Washington State Coalition for International Education http://internationaledwa.org/involved/advocacy.htm For questions or to unsubscribe, contact: action@internationaledwa.org |