Announcement — NCAL ENews #20 (Feb. 27, 2017) – This issue features an article on Speaking Out for Immigrants and Refugees, in which the outpouring of protests against President Trump’s immigrant and refugee ban are discussed, giving illustrative highlights from statements of nine organizations and a variety of other information. VALUE USA is recognized for its student leadership development work. News in Brief and Events & Other Resources present nearly three dozen other news stories, on such topics as the Library of Congress 2017 Literacy Awards, the importance of libraries, federal budgetary matters, comments by Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, and juvenile justice reform. For this newsletter go to: www.ncalamerica.org/NCALENews20Feb27.pdf <http://www.ncalamerica.org/NCALENews20Feb27.pdf> . To review the listing of newsletters in general go to: www.ncalamerica.org/enews.html <http://www.ncalamerica.org/enews.html> . Gail Spangenberg President National Council for Adult Learning 440 East 23rd St - Ste 11c New York, NY 10010