Global Action Week for Education has arrived!
Global Action Week for Education has arrived! Please join us by being a hero to a child in need!
April 22th to April 28th is the week to highlight the actions that you take to promote global education & encourage others to take action to address the urgent need for universal quality education. Please join us in taking action to support global education.
Those who take action by contacting their Members of Congress through our Global Action Week for Education campaign by the end of April 2018 will be eligible to win a $50 gift card.
There are 260 million children waiting to go to school. Many children currently face barriers, including poverty, discrimination and emergencies. These children tell us that the #1 thing they want more than anything is to be able to attend school and learn.
For children who live in emergency settings, the barriers that they face are tenfold. 75 million out-of-school children must contend with persecution, inequality, war, famine, conflict and emergencies daily.
We must urge Congress to protect children worldwide by ensuring access to quality education. Please join the Global Campaign for Education-US this Global Action Week for Education and urge Congress to fund global education!
Invite others to get involved too! Please act now and share this video with your networks. Children are waiting for you and policymakers are listening.
Children want to attend school & learn. YOU can help ensure that children around the world can access quality education. Please join @GCE_US for Global Action Week for Education & urge Congress to fund global #education! http://bit.ly/GAWE2018 #GAWE2018
Why Your Advocacy Matters:
Thanks to the advocacy efforts of citizens like you, on March 23, 2018, Congress passed a spending bill for Fiscal Year 2018 (FY18), which funds the U.S government through September 30, 2018, and increases Global Partnership for Education funding by $12.5 million. This is very encouraging news. Thank you for being an amazing advocate, and making this possible. We can accomplish even more by advocating together!
The passage of the FY18 spending bill shows that there is bipartisan support for global education in Congress. However, in February, the Administration proposed a 30% budget decrease to the Fiscal Year 2019 (FY 2019) International Affairs budget. This budget decrease would undercut global education initiatives and programs worldwide, causing harm to children and youth. We need your help to ensure that children and youth around the world can access quality education in 2019 and for the years to come!
Please act today & urge Congress to fund global education. Please take action here.
Those who take action by contacting their Members of Congress through our Global Action Week for Education campaign by the end of April 2018 will be eligible to win a $50 gift card.
Let’s work to fund global education and education in emergencies for the next year. Please make your voice heard by urging Congress to fund global education.
Together, we can ensure that no more children are excluded from school!
Other actions you can take:
1. Create a photo or video petition and tweet it to your Members of Congress. You can take a symbolic walk to represent the millions of children who cannot access school, take a photo or video and tweet it to your Members of Congress. You can also share the photo or video on the GCE-US Facebook page.
2. Join GCE-US for our twitter chats from April 23 to April 27, 2018.
3. Join GCE-US for a webinar about global education, youth advocacy & understanding Congress on April 26, 2018! Please register here: http://bit.ly/GAWE18CHATS
4. Please give today to support quality education for children around the world:
http://bit.ly/donategceus
About Global Action Week for Education (April 22 to April 28, 2018):
Global Action Week for Education takes place from April 22nd to April 28th to highlight the actions that you take to promote global education & encourage others to take action to address the urgent need for universal quality education. This year, we’re focusing on citizen participation and accountability for Sustainable Development Goal 4, which is “ensuring equitable and quality education and promoting lifelong learning opportunities for all.”
Learn more here:
http://campaignforeducationusa.org/global-action-week
