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Visit http://bit.ly/savepellnow to stand up for students. When you’re done, please reblog this graphic to spread the word.
The text from the site!!
Before Thanksgiving, a bipartisan panel of congressional leaders has to cut the federal deficit by $1.5 trillion. These lawmakers will decide whether to cut or protect Pell. We don’t have a moment to waste. Speak up for the 10 million hard-working, low-income students who depend on Pell grants to earn their way into the middle class.
In just a couple of minutes, you can make a huge difference for low-income students.
1. HERE’S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU CAN DO: Send a message to your elected officials in Washington, D.C., by entering your ZIP code at the bottom of the page.
2. Spread the word on Twitter by clicking on the tweet button.
3. Leverage your Facebook account by posting the graphic below to your profile and those of the supercommittee members.Pell Grants are once again on the chopping block — we don’t have a moment to waste in speaking up for this critical program that helps nearly 10 million students attend college and earn their way into the middle class.
Without the scholarship to college I have… who the hell knows WHERE I would be right now… lets not make upward mobility EVEN MORE difficult for the disadvantaged poor…
