CSCS: Council of Senior Centers and Services of NYC, Inc.

Action Alert

ACTION ALERT
FEBRUARY 26, 2004

LETTERS NEEDED TO RESTORE ESL FUNDING
IMMEDIATELY

• CSCS is working with the NY Immigration Coalition to win back the ESL funding that was cut. We sent a copy of our ESL survey you participated in to you. A copy is on our website - www.cscs-ny.org
• $1 million budget request - We are asking for a $750,000 restoration which was the highest amount ESL was funded at. Additionally, we are asking for another $250,000 to expand the program to other senior centers.
• We are stipulating that the 38 senior centers that were receiving ESL money get the funds if money is restored.

What you can do:

• Use the attached model letter and get ESL students to write their own letters.
• Have them write one letter to Mayor Bloomberg and one letter to Speaker Gifford Miller.
• Send the letters to CSCS in two manila envelopes: one with the letters to Bloomberg and one with the letters to Miller. We will deliver these letters with other advocates at a press conference on March 23rd at City Hall. Please do not send us individual letters. Mail them to us in bulk as we can't handle the volume of individual letters. Thank you.
• Join us at a press conference at City Hall on March 23rd - time to follow.

For further information, please call Bobbie Sackman, (212) 398-6565, ext. 226

CSCS - ADVOCATING FOR YOUR NEEDS EVERYDAY!

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City Hall
New York, New York 10007

Mayor Michael Bloomberg
City Hall
New York, New York 10007


Dear Speaker Miller/ Mayor Bloomberg,

My name is _________________________________________ and I am an ESOL student at _____________________________________________ in _____________________________. 

I am taking English class because_____________________________________
______________________________________________________________

When I improve my English I will be able to _________________________
__________________________________________________________

Please restore the funding to the Department for the Aging for ESL classes at senior centers.

 

Sincerely,

______________________________________
name and address