SAVE PELL DAY

July 25, 2011 is Save Pell Day, an online day of action to tell Washington that America can't afford to balance the federal budget on the backs of college students . If you agree that no student who is eligible for college should be denied access on the basis of financial need, please support the national campaign to save the Pell Grant program.

Pell Grants have been helping students for more than 30 years. In 2012, nearly 10 million students are expected to receive financial aid through the federal Pell Grant program. If policymakers cut the program, every one of these students will be affected, and 1.5 million will lose their Pell Grants altogether.

But we can do something about it. Check out this video: http://youtu.be/kNg_bzRT69k

And then visit this page to do your part to Save Pell: http://action.edtrust.org/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=7720

This is a great opportunity for the CLE network to exercise collective action around an issue that means so much to the communities we serve. Once you do your part, please share this message with your friends, relatives, and colleagues.

Let's make some noise!