[Educationforall] Fw: Fwd: "Berkeley Students Against the Cuts" sent you a message on Facebook...

[Luis Arteaga]

Hope you have time to read this, and please pass it on.
 Companero,
Luis Arteaga
larteaga75 at yahoo.com.





----- Forwarded Message ----
From: "Carlos Munoz, Jr." <cmjr at berkeley.edu>
Sent: Thu, March 11, 2010 12:08:01 PM
Subject: Fwd: "Berkeley Students Against the Cuts" sent you a message on Facebook...

> Ricardo Bearcardo Gomez sent a message to the members of Berkeley Students Against the Cuts.
> 
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> Subject: IMPORTANT: Pell Grants at risk!
> 
> PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY!
> 
> A lot has been going on with Student Aid Reform in the last couple of hours and ACTION is needed ASAP!
> 
> Just minutes ago Chair Harkin (of the Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee) & Chair Miller (of the House of Representatives Committee on Education & Labor) had a press conference on the hill urging for student aid reform to be included in budget reconciliation.
> It is very very likely it is going to be decided TODAY (like, in the next couple of hours) if student aid reform is going to be included in reconciliation or not.If student aid reform is not included it would mean:
> 
> -The Pell grant program is in jeopardy of being drastically cut from maximum award of $5,550 to $2,100
> -500,000 students will lose Pell Grants
> -8,000,000 students will see their awards cut by 60%
> *Just to name a few!
> 
> Student aid reform is only going to pass if it's included in budget reconciliation. The ask right now is to make CALLs to your senators to let them know that you support student aid reform being included as part of the reconciliation bill. COME SEE US ON SPROUL TO MAKE YOUR PHONE CALL to Senator Feinstein! IF YOU CANNOT, KEEP READING TO SEE WHAT YOU CAN DO!
> 
> We need to urge Senator Diane Feinstien to support this!
> Directions for calling your Senator:
>  Step 1: Call 1-888-254-5087
> Step 2: Ask for your Senator
> Step 3: Use the script
> 
> Hello?
> Hi, my name is ______________ .
>  I am calling today to urge Senator ______________ to support students by putting Student Aid Reform in the Budget Reconciliation process.
>  If student aid reform is not included, the maximum Pell Grant will be cut by thousands of dollars.  500,000 students will lose Pell Grants and 8,000,000 students will see their awards cut by 60%. This is UNACCEPTABLE.
> Will Senator______________ support students by including student aid reform in the Budget Reconciliation process?
>  Thank you for supporting students. Have a good day.
> 
> For the students,
> Gregory
> 
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> Gregory A. Cendana
> President | United States Student Association
> 1211 Connecticut Ave. NW, Suite 406 | Washington, DC 20036
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> Email: gregory.cendana at gmail.com | pres at usstudents.org
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