Lift Every Voice & Be Heard!!
Tuesday, April 16th, 2013
U.S. Capitol - West Front Grounds
Washington, D.C.
Join HBCU & PBI students from across the Nation along with:
National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO)
Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF)
United Negro College Fund (UNCF)
Reverend Jesse L. Jackson & Rainbow PUSH Coalition
Reverend Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis
Reverend Dr. Darlene Young (Blacks in Government (BIG)
Reverend Lennox Yearwood, Jr. (Hip Hop Caucus)
Jarrett Carter, Sr.,(HBCU Digest)
Nicholas M. Perkins (Perkins Management Services Company)
and many other student and executive leaders in the HBCU & PBI
communities, their stakeholders and allies
in Washington, D.C. on the west grounds of the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, April 16th as we PUSH Back against draconian cuts in funding and other congressional and administrative assaults on HBCUs, MSIs, their students and the pipeline of programs that prepare, inspire, and connect students to colleges and opportunity. Programs at risk include: WIC, Healthy Start, Head Start, SNAP, Early Childhood Education, TRIO Program, GEAR UP, the Pell Grant Program, other need-based financial aid programs, Work Study, Student Loan Interest Rate Hikes, Parent Plus Loan Program Constrictions of “Creditworthiness,” MSI Technology, MSI housing partnership program and assaults on other student early start, preparation, information, inspiration, persistence and graduation initiatives. Join leaders and supporters of HBCUs in PUSHING for a balanced and equitable approach to investing in higher education, and investing in students and families to make the nation strong and the workforce diverse, competent, competitive, and compassionate.
We Need the Full Force of HBCU, PBI, and MSI Family and Friends!
SHOW UP! SHOUT OUT! PUSH BACK! SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS! SAVE OUR SCHOOLS!
For more information contact NAFEO at 202.552.3300
Posted By: Reginald Culpepper
Tuesday, April 2nd 2013 at 6:03PM
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