They are putting themselves on the line. We need to support them. Please
read the Women Work alert below, and call your congress person. A fax
would be even better. Important information for them to know is
-The Mink Morella amendment does not add to the cost of the bill
-what will happen to your programs if there is no sex equity in
voc ed
-the need for such programs to reduce welfare dependency and
prevent future generations of females from needing welfare
Thursday's vote will be very important.
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Barbara Tavares
University of Hawaii
808/956-6194
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Date: Tue, 15 Jul 1997 02:56:06 -1000
From: owner-women_work-outgoing@newmedium.com
To: women_work@newmedium.com
Subject: WW: ALERT!
ALERT! ALERT! ALERT!
The House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on H.R. 1853, the
reauthorization of the Perkins Vocational-Technical Education Act on
Thursday, July 17. Please call or write your Representative ASAP and ask
him/her to vote in favor of the bi-partisan amendment that will be offered
by Rep. Patsy Mink(D-HI) and Rep. Connie Morella (R-MD) to maintain funding
for displaced homemaker/single parent/non-traditional training programs.
The Mink-Morella amendment will not add any cost to the bill. Please take
2 steps right away:
1- call your Representative today at Capitol Switchboard 202/224-3121; and
2- get as many others as possible in your community and state to do the same
ASAP
For more information, call Rubie Coles or Liz Dumbaugh at 202/467-6346.
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