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RAISE
YOUR
VOICE:
Action
Needed
Against
Higher
Education
Act
Drug
Provision
5/12/00
Hundreds of thousands of
students are potentially affected, and thousands already known to have
been affected, by a provision of the Higher Education Act (HEA) passed
in 1998 that delays or denies federal financial aid to any drug offender,
a law going into effect July 1. Several things are needed to help
get this destructive law repealed:
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We urgently need to hear from
students who have been affected by this law, especially students who are
willing to go public.
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Educators are needed to endorse
our sign-on letter to Congress. If you teach or are otherwise involved
in education, or are in a position to talk to educators, please write to
us at [email protected] to
request a copy of our educators letter and accompanying activist packet
-- available by US mail or by e-mail.
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We need students at more campuses
to take the reform resolution to their student governments. Campuses
recently endorsing it include University of Michigan, Yale University,
University of Maryland, University of Kansas, the Association of Big Ten
Schools, Douglass College at Rutgers University and many more. Visit
http://www.u-net.org for information
on the student campaign and how to get involved.
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All US voters are asked to visit
http://www.RaiseYourVoice.com
to send a letter to Congress supporting H.R. 1053, a bill to repeal the
HEA drug provision. Tell your friends and other like-minded people
to visit this web site. Follow up your e-mail and faxes with phone
calls; our system will provide you with the phone numbers to reach your
US Representative and your two US Senators.
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Please contact us if you are
involved with organizations that have mainstream credibility that might
endorse a similar organizational sign-on letter -- organizations endorsing
already include the NAACP, American Public Health Association, ACLU, United
States Student Association, NOW, and a range of social, religious and other
groups.
Visit http://www.RaiseYourVoice.com
and make your voice heard!
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Issue #137, 5/12/00
New York Assembly Legalizes Over the Counter Sale of Syringes | Woman Whose Daughter Turned Her In Gets One Year | Justice Department Reports Seventy Percent of Jail Inmates Drug-Involved | Mexico City Police Commissioner Calls for Dutch Approach to Drug Policy | Q and A on Dutch Drug Policy | Report Calls on the UN Biodiversity Convention to Stop Dangerous US Fungus Experiments | Student Senate Overturns Presidential Veto of HEA Reform Resolution | Green Harvest Eradication Program Denied Funding in Hawaii | No Helicopters to Colombia: Act Now Before May 16th Vote | Stop "Smoke a Joint, Lose Your License" -- Action Update | RAISE YOUR VOICE: Action Needed Against Higher Education Act Drug Provision | MORE AlertS: New York and Washington State | EVENTS: District of Columbia, Toronto, New York, San Francisco | Editorial: Family Devalued
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