House Dear Colleague Deadline Tomorrow!

We have 26 signatures on the House Dear Colleague letter, and just two days left! OUR DEADLINE IS TOMORROW, MARCH 12. Please call your representatives now and urge them to support NWP and to recognize its invaluable contribution to teachers and students across the country by signing on to this letter.

You do a tremendous job educating Congress about the importance of writing project programs. Thank you all for your powerful email messages and persuasive phone calls, and most important, your follow-up. While we have no control over the timeline for this process, we do have the power of an extraordinary network of leaders––YOU!

Now is the time to follow up with all members who have committed support for NWP. If your representatives signed the House Dear Colleague letter in 2009, please thank them for their past support and urge them to sign the letter again.

Your representatives can sign the Dear Colleague letter by contacting Alexandria (Ria) Ruiz in Representative Miller's office at 202-225-3725. ONLY REPRESENTATIVES OR THEIR AIDES, NOT NWP SITE LEADERS, SHOULD CONTACT ALEXANDRIA.

If your representative is not on the list below, please call the DC office and ask to speak to the education aide. If the aide has not seen the letter, please email or fax it to him or her. The letter can be found here: http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/doc/extranet/supportingthenwp.

House Dear Colleague Cosigners
Last Updated: March 11
Deadline: March 12

1. George Miller (D-CA)
2. Shelley Berkley (D-NV)
3. Leonard Boswell (D-IA)
4. Lois Capps (D-CA)
5. Russ Carnahan (D-MO)
6. Bill Delahunt (D-MA)
7. John Dingell (D-MI)
8. Sam Graves (R-MO)
9. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ)
10. John Hall (D-NY)
11. Maurice D. Hinchey (D-NY)
12. Mazie Hirono (D-HI)
13. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)
14. Rush Holt (D-NJ)
15. Dale Kildee (D-MI)
16. Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM)
17. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY)
18. Doris O. Matsui (D-CA)
19. Jerry McNerney (D-CA)
20. James Oberstar (D-MN)
21. Nick J. Rahall (D-WV)
22. Mike Ross (D-AR)
23. Joe Sestak (D-PA)
24. Paul Tonko (D-NY)
25. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
26. David Wu (D-OR)

Please send questions and updates to publicaffairs@nwp.org. Thank you!