Education is the one sure ticket out of poverty for
millions of children around
the world. Yet today, 72 million children globally do not have access
to quality
schooling.
That's why ONE is joining forces with the Global
Campaign for Education to demand
action.
Right now, 66 representatives in the House have
cosponsored the Education for
All Act. But, 66 representatives are not enough. If ensuring that
millions of
children receive the education they need to get themselves out of the
depths of poverty
is important to you, then we need your help to increase the number
of members
of Congress supporting this critical bill—and we need it right now.
By clicking the link below, you'll send the following
petition to your member
of Congress asking him or her to co-sponsor the Education for All Act.
http://www.one.org/edforall/?rc=hctaf
I am a constituent and ONE member, and I am writing
you today to ask you to please
co-sponsor the Education for All Act (H.R. 2092).
Around the world, 72 million school-age children are
not in school. The Education
for All Act would commit the United States to investing in a
comprehensive strategy
to help these children get access to basic education, and break
devastating cycles
of poverty in the developing world.
I turn to you and ask for your leadership on this
important bill.
The Education for All Act is a bipartisan bill that
would require the U.S. to
scale up our investment in basic education dramatically, and develop a
comprehensive
strategy to help put every child in school.
On April 23, American students in 48 states joined the
Global Campaign for Education
in trying to set the World Record for largest simultaneous lesson, when
thousands
of children around the took part in a lesson about the importance of
education and
the barriers that young people face in accessing a quality education.
Now we need to take all the good will and support
generated by this incredible
event and turn it into action. We've got to use all of that energy to
help our representatives
find the will to give all children access to the education that will
lift them out
of poverty, and put an end to the vicious cycle of poverty, hunger, and
disease.
Click the link below, and we'll send a signed
petition to your member of Congress
asking for his or her support for the Education for All Act.
http://www.one.org/edforall/?rc=hctaf
Right now, you can help to pass this vital piece of
legislation.
Thank you for your voice,
Josh Peck, ONE.org
