NEH & NEA support (fwd)

[John J. Ronald]

The National Assembly of Local Arts Agencies (NALAA), in conjunction
with 57 other national arts and humanities agencies, has created a
special 800 Number Call-In Campaign to advocate for federal funding of
the arts and humanities.

These groups have committed to a united message and a collaborative
effort to inform all members of Congress that the NEA, NEH, and IMS are
vital to the arts and humanities in America and that federal funding has
a strong role in maintaining these agencies.

The call-in effort works in the following way:

    1. A person calls 800-651-1575.
    2. The call is answered by a live operator.  The operator describes
       the message and tells the caller that for $9.50, three Western
       Union telegrams will be hand-delivered the next day to the
       caller's Congressional Representative and two Senators.
    3. If the caller agrees, the above process takes place and is
       billed to the caller's home phone.  The caller leaves her/his
       name, address and zip code which is then matched with the
       corresponding congressional distric to assure that the correct
       elected officials receive the mailgrams.

You are urged to use this number in any or all of the following ways:

    *  Call the number yourself
    *  As your family and friends to call the number
    *  Re-distribute/Forward this message to others

Please do not wait!  NALAA and its affiliated agencies are working to
create additional tools to help promote this number and other advocay
efforts.


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Cynthia Wimmer
cm74 at umail.umd.edu