Thank you for your previous support of AFS-USA and intercultural exchange programs!
The Senate Appropriations Committee plans to mark up their State-Foreign Operations (SFOPS) bill this Thursday, July 25, which includes funding for Department of State educational and cultural exchange programs. After the House passed bill cut exchanges funding by 2.7%, we need your help to raise the Senate funding number as high as possible.
Will you write to your Senator today to request a strong appropriation for ECE programs? It will take less than one minute to send a letter using this letter-generator tool created by the Alliance for International Exchange.
It is especially important to send a letter if you live in the states represented by Senators on the SFOPS subcommittee:
- Sen. John Boozman (Arkansas)
- Sen. Chris Murphy (Connecticut)
- Sen. Chris Coons (Delaware)
- Sen. Marco Rubio (Florida)
- Sen. Richard Durbin (Illinois)
- Sen. Jerry Moran (Kansas)
- Sen. Mitch McConnell (Kentucky)
- Sen. Chris Van Hollen (Maryland)
- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (New Hampshire)
- Sen. Jeff Merkley (Oregon)
- Sen. Bill Hagerty (Tennessee)
- Sen. Lindsay Graham (South Carolina)
Thank you for your continued support. Please reach out to afsusa@afsusa.org with any questions.