Support the Education for All Act
Mike Kinman
Christ's peace,
Mike+
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Education is the one sure ticket out of poverty for millions of children around the world. Yet today, 72 million children globally do not have access to quality schooling.
That's why ONE is joining forces with the Global Campaign for Education to demand action.
Right now, 66 representatives in the House have cosponsored the Education for All Act. But, 66 representatives are not enough. If ensuring that millions of children receive the education they need to get themselves out of the depths of poverty is important to you, then we need your help to increase the number of members of Congress supporting this critical bill—and we need it right now.
By clicking the link below, you'll send the following petition to your member of Congress asking him or her to co-sponsor the Education for All Act.
I am a constituent and ONE member, and I am writing you today to ask you to please co-sponsor the Education for All Act (H.R. 2092).
Around the world, 72 million school-age children are not in school. The Education for All Act would commit the United States to investing in a comprehensive strategy to help these children get access to basic education, and break devastating cycles of poverty in the developing world.
I turn to you and ask for your leadership on this important bill.
The Education for All Act is a bipartisan bill that would require the U.S. to scale up our investment in basic education dramatically, and develop a comprehensive strategy to help put every child in school.
On April 23, American students in 48 states joined the Global Campaign for Education in trying to set the World Record for largest simultaneous lesson, when thousands of children around the took part in a lesson about the importance of education and the barriers that young people face in accessing a quality education.
Now we need to take all the good will and support generated by this incredible event and turn it into action. We've got to use all of that energy to help our representatives find the will to give all children access to the education that will lift them out of poverty, and put an end to the vicious cycle of poverty, hunger, and disease.
Click the link below, and we'll send a signed petition to your member of Congress asking for his or her support for the Education for All Act.
Right now, you can help to pass this vital piece of legislation.
Thank you for your voice,
Josh Peck, ONE.org
-- The Rev. Mike Kinman Executive Director, Episcopalians for Global Reconciliation MKi...@gmail.com + 314.348.6453 http://www.e4gr.org + http://www.e4gr.blogspot.com