[ISLMA-Share] Contact Sen. Duckworth and Sen. Durbin!

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I followed Beth's instructions which were very easy to do, and contacted
both Senators Durbin and Duckworth on Friday. I agree with Lou Ann that it
it important that you take action now!

Kay Maynard

On Sun, May 7, 2017 at 1:07 PM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> As of this morning, neither Senator from Illinois has signed the two
> funding letters. Please, contact senators Duckworth and Durbin now.  Beth's
> message has the details.
>
> Lou Ann Jacobs
> ISLMA Legislation Chair
> louajcbs at gmail.com
>
> On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 11:55 AM, Email list for the Illinois School
> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
>> *Illinois folks--contact your senators now! *
>>
>>
>>
>> *-------------------------*
>>
>>
>> *All federal funding for libraries will disappear if Congress accepts
>> Trump’s proposed FY18 budget*.  Congress is working on their own
>> version, and we need them to put back in the federal funds for libraries.
>> Here’s how you can help:
>>
>>    1. Just 20 U.S. Senators have already signed on to letters of support
>>    for federal funding for libraries.  Please *find out if your Senator
>>    has supported libraries* by checking this sortable online tracker
>>    <https://airtable.com/shrbwBqmeYMWSYu2f/tblibE5jSCHVLvFmx/viw6jssU5hI83m3jY>
>>    2. *If they have signed on to both FY18 letters, send them a brief
>>    thanks.  If they have not, then please call, email, write, fax or Tweet* the
>>    office of your U.S. Senators. Ready to use messages are here:
>>    http://cqrcengage.com/ala/?0 <http://cqrcengage.com/ala/?0>  but you
>>    will be asking them to:
>>       1. Sign on to the Dear Appropriator letter that Sens. Reed and
>>       Collins are circulating, which calls for $186.6 million in funding for the
>>       Library Services Technology Act (LSTA).
>>       2. Sign on to the Dear Appropriator letter that Sens. Reed,
>>       Grassley and Stabenow are circulating in support of $27 million for
>>       Innovative Approaches to Literacy (IAL).
>>    3. Check out these other ways
>>    <http://yalsa.ala.org/blog/2017/03/16/how-you-can-save-federal-funding-for-libraries-help-teens/> you
>>    can take action to support libraries
>>    4. Encourage family, friends, patrons, contractors, vendors,
>>    coworkers, etc. to do the same!
>>
>>
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> -Beth
>>
>> P.S. if you call your Senator’s office and the line is busy, use
>> Resistbot instead  It’s easy! https://resistbot.io/
>>
>>
>>
>> Beth Yoke, CAE
>>
>> Executive Director
>>
>> Young Adult Library Services Association
>>
>> 50 E. Huron St. Chicago, IL 60611
>>
>> 1.800.545.2433 x4391 <(800)%20545-2433>
>>
>> fax: 312.280.5276 <(312)%20280-5276>
>>
>> byoke at ala.org
>>
>> @yalsa_director
>>
>>
>>
>> *Take action to support funding for teens and
>> libraries: http://bit.ly/2oaiVZD <http://bit.ly/2oaiVZD>*
>> Sarah Hill, Information Services Librarian
>> Lake Land College, Mattoon, Illinois
>> Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) President, 2016-2017
>> Twitter @glibrarian
>> Work Phone: 217.234.5440 <(217)%20234-5440>
>>
>>
>> *Take action to support funding
>> <http://yalsa.ala.org/blog/2017/05/04/what-we-learned-from-a-visit-to-washington-dc-how-you-can-help/>
>> for teens and libraries*
>>
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