||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Progressive News & Views (since 1982) ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Seems our boy Souder has lost a big chunk of his only claim to (in)fame! Skywolf. _____ From: DRCNet [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 3:24 PM To: Neal Smith Subject: ANNOUNCEMENT: DRCNet Releases First Major Report
<http://stopthedrugwar.org/wrapper.html> StoptheDrugWar.org: the Drug Reform Coordination Network Dear friend of DRCNet, I am pleased to announce the release of our first major report, " <http://www.raiseyourvoice.com/statereport/fallingthrough.pdf> Falling Through the Cracks: Loss of State-Based Financial Aid Eligibility for Students Affected by the Federal Higher Education Act Drug Provision," published under the auspices of the Coalition for Higher Education Act Reform (CHEAR), a group DRCNet founded and has coordinated since April 1999. "Falling Through the Cracks" comes out at the same time as Congress approves a rare rollback of a federal drug law, the restricting of the HEA drug provision to people who were already in school at the time they commited their offenses, as we reported in Drug War Chronicle <http://ga0.org/ct/Zp14_RY1BmpL/> this week. The report shines a light on a previously unreported consequence of the federal Higher Education Act drug provision, the loss of state financial aid as well to students losing federal aid because of drug convictions even though the legislatures of their states have never voted on that policy. Click <http://www.raiseyourvoice.com/statereport/fallingthrough.pdf> here or on the link in the first paragraph above to read it! Press coverage so far has included a really nice piece in yesterday's USA <http://ga0.org/ct/Vd14_RY1BmpA/> Today, as well as a mention in an Associated Press story, radio coverage by the show Democracy Now, and more on the way. The AP article features Clarkson Reed, a DRCNet supporter who got in touch with us when we held our Perry <http://ga0.org/ct/Z714_RY1BmpS/> Fund reception in Seattle last June and offered to tell his story. This report is the first step in an expansion of DRCNet's scope as we make our way through 2006. Along with taking HEA to the state level, we plan to use our coalition approach to organizing around other federal and state drug laws too. More on this to come in future bulletins. Please <http://ga0.org/ct/V114_RY1Bmp_/> make a donation today to support this and other work of our organization -- grants are only part of our funding, donations from members are extremely important too -- we can't do it without you. Donations to DRCNet Foundation to support our educational work are tax-deductible, and can made online or sent to: DRCNet, P.O. Box 18402, Washington, DC 20036. Donations to support our lobbying work can be made to Drug Reform Coordination Network, and are not deductible. Contact us if you would like instructions on donating stock. Thank you for being a part of our organization. Please feel free to send a note and let us know what you think about our report or any other aspect of our work -- I hope to hear from you. Sincerely, <http://img.getactivehub.com/act2/custom_images/drcnet/signature-small.gif> David Borden, Executive Director Drug Reform Coordination Network Washington, DC http://stopthedrugwar.org <http://stopthedrugwar.org/> _____ Visit the web address below to tell your friends about this. <http://ga0.org/join-forward.html?domain=drcnet&r=P114_RY1AzCZ> Tell-a-friend! If you received this message from a friend, you can sign up for DRCNet <http://ga0.org/drcnet/join.html?r=P114_RY1AzCZE> . This message was sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit your subscription <http://ga0.org/drcnet/smp.tcl?nkey=wswx874v5k7mki&;> management page to modify your email communication preferences or update your personal profile. Click here <http://ga0.org/drcnet/remove-domain-direct.tcl?ctx=center&nkey=wswx874v5k7m ki&> (or reply via email with "remove" in the subject line) to remove yourself from ALL email lists maintained by DRCNet Rapid Response Team. <http://www.getactivesoftware.com> <http://ga0.org/nlor/wswx874v5k7mki> ----- / o o \ ====OO=====OO========================= Hank Roth's Place - http://pnews.org/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] (on the InterNUT since 1982) ============================================ Fightback - notification news and views list Subscribe/Unsub at: http://pnews.org/dada/ ================================================ Fightback - (pnews "progressive news and views") OPEN discussion - subscribe or unsubscribe in subject line: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ================================================
