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Action Alert! For more than twenty years, National Peace Corps Association and its advocates have mobilized to support an annual “Dear Colleague” letter that lawmakers in the House of Representatives are asked to sign, requesting strong funding for the Peace Corps. The latest letter is now circulating.
Ever since 1961, often amid uncertainty, division, and conflict, the nearly 250,000 citizens who have served in the Peace Corps have consistently represented fellow citizens around the world and here at home with a standard that is emblematic of the very best that our nation has to offer.
Because of this, RPCV Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA) and Delegate Amata Radewagen (R-American Samoa) are urging their colleagues to sign a letter to leaders of the House Appropriations Committee, requesting $479 million for the Peace Corps in Fiscal Year 2027. This would reverse a funding cut from $430 million to $410 million imposed during the current fiscal year and renew a similar funding level requested in last year’s House letter.
Representatives Garamendi and Radewagen need our help, and we only have a few days to respond.
Visit the National Peace Corps Action Center right now for a quick, three-minute action which includes asking your representative to sign this letter (or thanking them if they have already signed). We want to surpass last year’s mark, when 126 members of the House signed a similar letter.
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