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----- Original Message ----- 
From: Lucy 
Melvin<mailto:>
 

Sent: Monday, June 26, 2006 4:07 PM
Subject: [action] Action Alert: Tell Your Representative to Vote "Yes" for 
Funding New VAWA Programs!


ACTION ALERT- Monday, June 26, 2006

Please Forward Widely

 

TELL YOUR REPRESENTATIVE TO VOTE "YES" FOR FUNDING NEW VAWA PROGRAMS! 

 

Tomorrow (Tuesday June 27, 2006) the House of Representatives will vote on 
the Science, State, Justice and Commerce (SSJC) Appropriations bill, which 
funds important VAWA programs at the Department of Justice.  

 

Call your Representative today and urge them to vote for the 
Inslee/Brown-Waite amendment, to fund critical VAWA programs for children and 
youth, and other amendments that will increase funding for new VAWA programs!

 

What is happening now?




Right now, this bill includes important increases to both STOP (Services, 
Training, Officers, Prosecutors) and Legal Assistance for Victims funding.  
However, this bill does not include funding for any new programs created in 
VAWA 2005. 

 

Several amendments will be offered on the floor of the House of 
Representatives tomorrow to fund new VAWA programs and we need your help! The 
Inslee/Brown-Waite Amendment [offered by Congressman Inslee (D-WA) and 
Congresswoman Brown-Waite (R-FL)], will propose new funding for programs to 
serve children and youth, both those who have witnessed domestic and sexual 
violence and those who have experienced it in their own relationships.  In 
addition, other amendments may be offered to support other critical resources 
and services for victims of domestic and sexual violence.  

 

This is a VERY EXCITING opportunity to increase funding for desperately 
needed services for children in shelters, teens experiencing dating violence, 
and other CORE SERVICES for children and youth!!

 

But none of this will happen without your help! Your member of Congress needs 
to hear from you that these programs are important for your community.  

 

What can you do?




Call your Representative today and ask them to vote "YES" on the 
Inslee/Brown-Waite Amendment!  

Tell them: 

  a.. Your name and the city and state you live in. 
  b.. "Please VOTE "YES" for the Inslee/Brown-Waite Amendment any other 
amendments that fund new VAWA programs." 
  c.. Tell them how your programs are being hurt or how you cannot serve 
victims (especially children and youth) in your communities because you need 
more resources. 
Never called your Representative before? Don't worry, it's easy!

 

When you call your Representative, your call will be answered by a 
receptionist. Tell him or her that you want to leave a message for the 
Representative. The receptionist will take down your message.  

 

If you're not sure who your Representative is, you can find out at 
www.house.gov<http://www.house.gov/>.

 

For more information, contact Lucy Melvin at 
<mailto:>
 or 202-543-5566.



Lucy Melvin
Public Policy Specialist
National Network to End Domestic Violence
660 Pennsylvania Ave, SE, Suite 303
Washington, DC 20003
phone: 202-543-5566
fax: 202-543-5626
www.nnedv.org<http://www.nnedv.org/>

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