NCL Members, For those of you here in D.C., I wanted to alert you to a CEF event tomorrow that you might be interested in attending. Sorry for the late notice. CEF 101 and Budget/Appropriations 101: CEF will be holding this special briefing TOMORROW, Tuesday, December 15 from 9 AM to Noon-ish at NEA, 1210 16th Street, NW in the News Conference room (first floor). Please RSVP using this form <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1qtezy6kO1lYpKPfkagr3nkBdYLz2DRk1u_EW7rPSs8Y/viewform>. For folks outside of town, unfortunately you will not be able to participate by conference call. (Perhaps we can do this as a webinar in the future.) However, Joel will send out the PowerPoint presentations and other materials after the meeting. CEF 101/Budget and Appropriations 101 December 15, 2015 NEA 1201 16th St, NW News Conference Room Thanks to NEA for hosting Agenda 9:00 - 9:30 AM: Breakfast and Social Time 9:30 – 10 AM: CEF 101 – Stephanie Giesecke (NAICU) and Noelle Ellerson (AASA) 10:00 – 11:30 AM: Budget/Appropriations 101 Budget 101: Jennifer Castagna, EducationCounsel and former staff, Senate Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittee Appropriations 101: Erik Fatemi, Cornerstone Government Affairs and former Clerk, Senate Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittee 11:30: Questions and wrap-up Again, sorry about the late notice. Let me know if you have any questions. Jeff Jeff Carter — President, National Coalition for Literacy http://national-coalition-literacy.org General Contact Info — jcarter@literacypolicy.org or jeffcrtr@gmail.org Personal Twitter: @jeffcrtr | literacypolicy.org Cell: (202) 374-4387