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TRIO and GEAR UP Advocacy Campaign

In light of possible budget cuts to TRIO and GEAR UP that would impact thousands of low-income, first-generation college potential and disabled individuals, NEOA has collaborated with the Council for Opportunity in Education (COE) and several organizations to launch an advocacy campaign to protect funding for TRIO and GEAR UP. This page contains a summary of our efforts.

To view letters of support for TRIO and GEAR UP, please visit the Advocacy and State Initiatives page.

July 7, 2011

Please visit http://www.change.org/coe and sign and sign an important petition asking Congress and the White House to preserve funding for TRIO and GEAR UP, and ask all of your contacts within your state to do the same. Once you have signed the petition, your congressional delegation (including both Senators and your Representative) will be contacted by change.org to let them know of your support. This is a very easy way to support your students and programs while also getting attention for TRIO and GEAR UP in Washington, DC. Our goal is to get 5000 signatures by July 22, 2011.