[ISLMA-Share] From AASL: The Clock is Ticking and the Challenge is On!

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>From AASL President--

Monday morning greetings!

Please, if you have not done so yet, *invite your Representative and/or one
(or both!) of your Senators* to visit your school library during their
spring recess.  Our federal legislators will be at home in their
districts *during
the weeks of April 10 and April 17*. Now, more than ever, our
Congressmen/women need to understand the critical role that school
libraries and school librarians play in student learning!

Thus far, we know that Representatives and Senators have received
invitations in the following *nine* states:
Connecticut
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kentucky
North Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
Washington

*Don’t know how to locate *contact information* for your
Representative/Senator?  Don’t know *what to say*?  Take a look at the
March 17 KQ blog post (http://knowledgequest.aasl.
org/invite-legislator-library/) for step-by-step instructions, sample
messages, etc.

*If your state is *not on the list* above, please send an invitation (or
more than one) today!

*If your state is *on the list* above, you are not off the hook.  If
Representatives and Senators receive multiple invitations, all the better!

*And, once you’ve issued that invitation, *let AASL know* by completing the
brief form linked here http://www.emailmeform.com/
builder/emf/aasl/legislator

*Finally, share on social media using #Leg2SchLibrary.

Let’s invite 500+ federal legislators to visit school libraries during
April, School Library Month, because *School Libraries Empower Students*!

Thanks for all that you do every day for school libraries and for the
students we serve.    Have a great day!

Audrey

********************************
Audrey P. Church, Ph.D.
Professor and Coordinator, School Librarianship
President, American Association of School Librarians, 2016-2017
Author, *Tapping into the Skills of 21st-Century School Librarians*
<https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781475818895/Tapping-into-the-Skills-of-21st-Century-School-Librarians-A-Concise-Handbook-for-Administrators>,
Rowman & Littlefield, 2016

Department of Education and Special Education
Longwood University
201 High Street, Hull 232
Farmville, VA  23909
Phone:  434-395-2682 <(434)%20395-2682>
Email:  <churchap at longwood.edu>churchap at longwood.edu
*******************************

It would be awesome if all Congress members (US Senators and Reps) got
multiple invites!!

Lou Ann Jacobs
ISLMA Legislation Chair
louajcbs at gmail.com
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