We need you to take three quick actions!
With big support in the House of Representatives for a $450 million appropriation for the Peace Corps, the challenge remains in the U.S. Senate where a key critical vote is a day or two away.
Action is needed NOW
by all who support a bigger, better and bolder Peace Corps:
Action 1:
Call the office of Senator Patrick Leahy (202-224-4242), chair of the all-important Appropriations Subcommittee for State/Foreign Operations. Say you support the House action to provide $450 million for Peace Corps in Fiscal Year 2010, and ask him to champion this effort in the Senate. Follow this link and take similar action if one of your Senators is a member of the subcommittee.
Action 2:
Support the RPCVs of Hawaii in advance of their meeting with staff of Senator Daniel Inouye, Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee. Sign and send a message about the importance of Peace Corps via the group’s online petition.
Action 3:
Contact your Senators and ask them to co-sponsor Senate Bill 1382 the Peace Corps Improvement and Expansion Act, introduced by RPCV Senator Chris Dodd (Note: Senators Kennedy of Massachusetts and Durbin of Illinois are the first two co-sponsors of this legislation).
Thank you!
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