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<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Congress may be on recess until after Labor Day, but there are still ways you can stay involved in advocacy during the month of August!</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Telling the FCC to Save Net Neutrality</span></strong></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">There's still time to submit a comment to the FCC in support of

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net neutrality</a>! The deadline to submit a comment is August 16, 2017.</span></span></p>

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<p><span style="font-size:16px"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Urging Congress to vote yes on library funding</span></strong></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">We expect to see both the House and the Senate vote on their respective

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spending bills</a> this fall. Give your representative and senators a call at their district offices during August and remind them how important federal library funding is to you and your community.</span></span></p>

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<p><span style="font-size:16px"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Asking your representative to sponsor the Congressional App Challenge</span></strong></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The

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2017 Congressional App Challenge</a> is an annual competition that aims to engage student creativity and encourage participation in STEM and computer science education. This nationwide event allows high school students from across the country to compete against

 their peers by creating and exhibiting their own original app. Students can't enter the competition unless their representative agrees to participate in the challenge. Ask your representative to sign up!</span></span></p>

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<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Looking for other ways to advocate for libraries? Consider writing a short

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letter to the editor</a> of your local paper, <a href="http://cqrcengage.com/ala/app/thru?ep=AAAAC2Flc0NpcGhlcjAxjhO8_EHm4vsSFbtLVvP_fyqC_x2poVLt_GwRhA3fi74FHGqAdOTBc-llDWHMJUaI55yXyvExEDYPAbchJKyMO-vinTwqGf0JqXPlr2AUT_092ChqxslbRiSox5yD_xCJtClz5hOUO-nyE_ByhZ_Y6z-6uhH4s9pOpVNRdqALffs&lp=0">

scheduling a meeting</a> with your elected officials, or starting a <a href="http://cqrcengage.com/ala/app/thru?ep=AAAAC2Flc0NpcGhlcjAxdoXsEt71nD3ClDHWHrFoy2ijIPj3umLyqQu16a3DPTP3cAAkA8z69denykg9pq3V86tegB3mFgjKNE0Pr_uFF4d-khWw3eIMjakLU-C91VrIVea3huD-rzE3X3nSZw0VqL7Qmx-L2EzRoCULTOwm_sQDxfaTeTGUkLPhOLCALR3duv9DUWBdr0BBqgjui5ruYFFVLEFj5REypeTpbrFTtg&lp=0">

creative campaign</a> in your library!</span></span></p>

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