Advocacy Resources 

Contact Your Member of Congress

For Trustees

• Use ACCT's "Contact Your Legislators" portal to contact the elected officials of your Community Colleges and to prepare Letters and E-mails to your Legislators.
• Sample letter from a trustee (link to ACCT site)
• Sample letter from a trustee 

For Community College Presidents

• Link to AACC’s CongressPlus page for information on how to connect with your Congressional delegation.
• Sample letter from a community college president

For Students

• Sample letter from a student

Generate Media Attention

• Tips for Writing Op-Eds 
• Sample Op-Ed on the Importance of Pell Grants

Sample Board Resolution

• Encourage your community college board to support the Pell Grant program by adopting this resolution

Engage Your Students

• Sample letter from a student

AACC-ACCT Letters

• AACC and ACCT sent letters to the U.S. House and Senate appropriators expressing concerns about House-proposed changes to Pell Grant eligibility as well as cuts to workforce training and institutional aid programs in the FY 2012 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee bill.