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- From: Beth-Anne Vieira <>
- To: "NEHEN-L " <>, "bacchus " <>, "shs " <>, "Prevent-Connect " <>, , "sapc " <>, ,
- Cc: Tracy Downs <>
- Subject: Fwd: Request from the Higher Education Center: Please Advocate for Campus Prevention
- Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2012 08:47:31 -0400 (EDT)
Title: Request from the Higher Education Center: Please Advocate for Campus Prevention
(Please excuse the cross-postings.)
Dear Colleagues:
Below, please find some guidance on how we can help save the Higher Ed Center. Please share widely and encourage action.
Be well,
Beth-Anne
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Dear Colleagues:
Below, please find some guidance on how we can help save the Higher Ed Center. Please share widely and encourage action.
Be well,
Beth-Anne
From: "Tracy Downs" <>
Cc: "Tracy Downs" <>
Sent: Thursday, August 2, 2012 7:00:59 AM
Subject: Request from the Higher Education Center: Please Advocate for Campus Prevention
Dear Friends:
As you know, the Higher Education Center for Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Violence Prevention (HEC) was recently notified by the U.S. Department of Education (ED) that it would not exercise the next year of its 4-year contract due to reduced funding availability for the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools. Many of you have asked if you can protest to anyone about the Center’s closing, and the answer is yes, we’d greatly appreciate your help in advocating for campus prevention.
Attached is a sample letter that can be used as is or personalized in any way you like. We especially encourage you to add a paragraph briefly describing the Center services you’ve received and specific ways these services have benefitted your institution/organization and helped you to be more effective. You are also welcome to create your letter, of course.
Please feel free to forward this request to others, keeping in mind that some electronic mailing lists do not allow attachments. If you do forward this message and/or send a letter, I’d appreciate it if you could copy me at .
Who to Contact:
Please send a letter by email to as many of the following individuals as you have time to reach. If you only have time to send two messages, please send one to Secretary Arne Duncan and the other to an individual outside the Department of Education.
U.S. Department of Education
Arne Duncan, U.S. Secretary of Education
Deborah Delisle, Assistant Secretary
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
U.S. Department of Education
David Esquith, Director
Office of Safe and Healthy Students
U.S. Department of Education
The White House
Vice President Joe Biden
The White House
Lynn Rosenthal
White House Advisor on Violence Against Women
Members of the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies
This subcommittee is involved in decision-making about these topics. If you live in any of the states (for Senators) or congressional districts (for House members) of these committee members, we’d appreciate it if you could write to them. On the attached document, Senate members and House members are listed alphabetically by state along with contact information for their offices.
If no email address is listed, you can submit the text of the letter via a web form on their website. These are generally easy to find on the home page (e.g., “email the Senator,” “share your thoughts” or similar.) Please indicate in the letter that you are a constituent.
Other influential individuals
You might also want to contact other U.S. Senators and Representative or others who you think might make a difference in advocating for funding support to help colleges and universities to design and deliver effective prevention programs for alcohol, drug abuse, and violence-related problems.
For two decades, HEC has helped institutions of higher education address the harmful effects that alcohol, substance abuse, and violence have on students and communities. We hope these advocacy efforts will signal to our elected officials that these services are needed and valued in our campus communities.
Please let me know if you have any questions. We truly thank you for your support.
Tracy Downs
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Tracy T. Downs, Ed.D.
Associate Center Director
The U.S. Department of Education’s
Higher Education Center for Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Violence Prevention
43 Foundry Avenue, Waltham, MA 02453
800-676-1730 ext. 2607
http://higheredcenter.ed.gov
Cc: "Tracy Downs" <>
Sent: Thursday, August 2, 2012 7:00:59 AM
Subject: Request from the Higher Education Center: Please Advocate for Campus Prevention
Dear Friends:
As you know, the Higher Education Center for Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Violence Prevention (HEC) was recently notified by the U.S. Department of Education (ED) that it would not exercise the next year of its 4-year contract due to reduced funding availability for the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools. Many of you have asked if you can protest to anyone about the Center’s closing, and the answer is yes, we’d greatly appreciate your help in advocating for campus prevention.
Attached is a sample letter that can be used as is or personalized in any way you like. We especially encourage you to add a paragraph briefly describing the Center services you’ve received and specific ways these services have benefitted your institution/organization and helped you to be more effective. You are also welcome to create your letter, of course.
Please feel free to forward this request to others, keeping in mind that some electronic mailing lists do not allow attachments. If you do forward this message and/or send a letter, I’d appreciate it if you could copy me at .
Who to Contact:
Please send a letter by email to as many of the following individuals as you have time to reach. If you only have time to send two messages, please send one to Secretary Arne Duncan and the other to an individual outside the Department of Education.
U.S. Department of Education
Arne Duncan, U.S. Secretary of Education
Deborah Delisle, Assistant Secretary
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
U.S. Department of Education
David Esquith, Director
Office of Safe and Healthy Students
U.S. Department of Education
The White House
Vice President Joe Biden
The White House
Lynn Rosenthal
White House Advisor on Violence Against Women
Members of the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies
This subcommittee is involved in decision-making about these topics. If you live in any of the states (for Senators) or congressional districts (for House members) of these committee members, we’d appreciate it if you could write to them. On the attached document, Senate members and House members are listed alphabetically by state along with contact information for their offices.
If no email address is listed, you can submit the text of the letter via a web form on their website. These are generally easy to find on the home page (e.g., “email the Senator,” “share your thoughts” or similar.) Please indicate in the letter that you are a constituent.
Other influential individuals
You might also want to contact other U.S. Senators and Representative or others who you think might make a difference in advocating for funding support to help colleges and universities to design and deliver effective prevention programs for alcohol, drug abuse, and violence-related problems.
For two decades, HEC has helped institutions of higher education address the harmful effects that alcohol, substance abuse, and violence have on students and communities. We hope these advocacy efforts will signal to our elected officials that these services are needed and valued in our campus communities.
Please let me know if you have any questions. We truly thank you for your support.
Tracy Downs
--
Tracy T. Downs, Ed.D.
Associate Center Director
The U.S. Department of Education’s
Higher Education Center for Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Violence Prevention
43 Foundry Avenue, Waltham, MA 02453
800-676-1730 ext. 2607
http://higheredcenter.ed.gov
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Beth-Anne Vieira, MPH
Assistant Director of Health Services, Health Education & Promotion
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
508.910.6965
508.910.6962 (fax)
http://www.umassd.edu/livewell (LiveWell: The Office of Health Education, Promotion, & Wellness)
http://www.umassd.edu/phe (UMass Dartmouth Peer Health Educators)
Read Student Health 101, the monthly health and wellness newsletter for UMass Dartmouth students: http://readsh101.com/umassd.html
Please consider the environment before printing this email.
Assistant Director of Health Services, Health Education & Promotion
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
508.910.6965
508.910.6962 (fax)
http://www.umassd.edu/livewell (LiveWell: The Office of Health Education, Promotion, & Wellness)
http://www.umassd.edu/phe (UMass Dartmouth Peer Health Educators)
Read Student Health 101, the monthly health and wellness newsletter for UMass Dartmouth students: http://readsh101.com/umassd.html
Please consider the environment before printing this email.
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Higher Education Center advocacy letter.docx
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Subcommittee members contact list.xlsx
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