Dear Colleagues, In the next few days, Representative Jared Polis (D-CO) will introduce, for the eighth year in a row, a House resolution designating the week of September 26, 2016 as National Adult Education and Family Literacy (AEFL) Week. In addition, for the sixth year in a row, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) and Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN) will introduce a Senate resolution that also recognizes this important honorary week. In past years, states and communities have followed this national leadership, establishing state and local resolutions to honor the importance and impact of adult education. It ultimately serves to leverage local partnerships, resources, and funding for adult education and family literacy nationwide. It’s important to show strong, bipartisan support for our field by having Representatives and Senators stand behind the commemoration of this week. I am writing to ask you to ask your Representative in the House to co-sponsor the House resolution. Action: Call or email your Representative. Use this link to find your Representative: http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/ <http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/> Message: Please sponsor the resolution for National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week 2016! (You may want to suggest that they refer to the Dear Colleague letter circulated earlier this week by Representative Polis’ office.) Request for Action: To support the resolution, they should contact Bo Morris (Bo.Morris@mail.house.gov <mailto:Bo.Morris@mail.house.gov>) in Representative Polis’ office to sign on in support. You may also want to reference the NCL information on AEFL Week at <http://national-coalition-literacy.org/adult-education-and-family-literacy-week/>http://national-coalition- <http://national-coalition-literacy.org/adult-education-and-family-literacy-week/>literacy.org <http://national-coalition-literacy.org/adult-education-and-family-literacy-week/>/adult-education-and-family-literacy-week/ Thank you for your prompt attention to this! Cordially, Deborah Kennedy Vice President, National Coalition for Literacy national-coalition-literacy.org Principal, Key Words key-words.us office: 202-364-1964 mobile: 202-363-3684