Hello NCL members and friends, Michele Bellso from ProLiteracy (and the initial drafter of our survey) found the Change.org site has an initiative to promote positions for the candidates. She has entered the survey on the site and we have sent the link (see below) to our members. It is dependent on a who votes for these positions so if you can further disseminate it to your networks that would be terrific. We will continue to look for ways to send this out. Thanks for your help and don’t forget the policy call meeting next Wednesday. Agenda and details to follow this week. Peter PETER A. WAITE | Executive Vice President ________________________________ ProLiteracy<http://www.proliteracy.org/> | 104 Marcellus Street | Syracuse, NY 13204 p 315.214-2460 | f 315.422.6369 | pwaite@proliteracy.org<mailto:pwaite@proliteracy.org> Find us and follow us on Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/pages/ProLiteracy/59618669707> and Twitter<http://twitter.com/#!/_ProLiteracy_>. Help ProLiteracy advance the cause of adult literacy.<http://www.proliteracy.org/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=971> [http://www.proliteracy.org/images2/E-Mail/2014-ProLit-email-logo.png]<https://netcommunity.proliteracy.org/page.redir?target=http%3a%2f%2fwww.proliteracy.org&srcid=15794&srctid=1&erid=4866984&trid=9c1bbf8c-1a03-4e20-8915-c07484dac447> Dear Members and Advocates, ProLiteracy, in partnership with the National Coalition for Literacy (NCL)<https://netcommunity.proliteracy.org/page.redir?target=http%3a%2f%2fnational-coalition-literacy.org%2f&srcid=15794&srctid=1&erid=4866984&trid=9c1bbf8c-1a03-4e20-8915-c07484dac447>, recently sent a survey on adult education to the 2016 Presidential candidates, highlighting and bringing awareness to the critical relationship between adult education issues and our nation’s economic and social well‑being. We have also posted the questions on adult education issues to a new platform called ChangePolitics.org. This website empowers voters to make informed decisions on election day. The top questions and details on the issues will be sent directly to candidates and we will be notified when they respond. But ONLY the questions that receive the most votes will be sent to the candidates. We need you to go to ChangePolitics.org and vote for our questions this week. Vote Now<https://netcommunity.proliteracy.org/page.redir?target=https%3a%2f%2fwww.changepolitics.org%2fprofile%2ff4c14c8c-6e17-4984-b4b6-76a2a6fece16&srcid=15794&srctid=1&erid=4866984&trid=9c1bbf8c-1a03-4e20-8915-c07484dac447> Click on the button and fill out the simple registration form. Vote for all 12 of our questions (six questions each for the Republican and the Democratic candidates). Please share this link<https://netcommunity.proliteracy.org/page.redir?target=http%3a%2f%2fwww.facebook.com%2fsharer%2fsharer.php%3fu%3dhttps%253A%2f%2fwww.changepolitics.org%2fprofile%2ff4c14c8c-6e17-4984-b4b6-76a2a6fece16&srcid=15794&srctid=1&erid=4866984&trid=9c1bbf8c-1a03-4e20-8915-c07484dac447> with your advocates! We all need to work together to raise awareness of adult literacy, as there are 36 million American adults with below basic skills in reading, writing, and math. This literacy skills gap costs our nation billions of dollars annually in lost revenue and in increased costs for health care, corrections, welfare, and unemployment. Thank you! Michele Diecuch Director of Programs Michele Bellso Director of Marketing and Communications [ProLiteracy on Facebook]<https://netcommunity.proliteracy.org/page.redir?target=http%3a%2f%2fwww.facebook.com%2fProLitWorld&srcid=15794&srctid=1&erid=4866984&trid=9c1bbf8c-1a03-4e20-8915-c07484dac447> [ProLiteracy on Twitter]<https://netcommunity.proliteracy.org/page.redir?target=http%3a%2f%2ftwitter.com%2fProLitWorld&srcid=15794&srctid=1&erid=4866984&trid=9c1bbf8c-1a03-4e20-8915-c07484dac447> Every Adult Has a Right to Literacy Help ProLiteracy advance the cause of adult literacy ProLiteracy.org<https://netcommunity.proliteracy.org/page.redir?target=http%3a%2f%2fwww.ProLiteracy.org&srcid=15794&srctid=1&erid=4866984&trid=9c1bbf8c-1a03-4e20-8915-c07484dac447> | NewReadersPress.com<https://netcommunity.proliteracy.org/page.redir?target=http%3a%2f%2fwww.NewReadersPress.com%2f&srcid=15794&srctid=1&erid=4866984&trid=9c1bbf8c-1a03-4e20-8915-c07484dac447> Privacy Policy<https://netcommunity.proliteracy.org/page.aspx?pid=333&srctid=1&erid=4866984&trid=9c1bbf8c-1a03-4e20-8915-c07484dac447> | Email Preferences<https://netcommunity.proliteracy.org/page.aspx?pid=207&srctid=1&erid=4866984&trid=9c1bbf8c-1a03-4e20-8915-c07484dac447> [https://netcommunity.proliteracy.org/smtp.mailopen?id=4866984]