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May 1, 2007
To Members of the
and others in CT who
care about preparing the next generation of parents:
The Connecticut
Coalition for Child Development Education and Prepare Tomorrow's Parents (PTP)
NEED you now to help us with this year's Prepare Tomorrow's Parents Month
campaign in Connecticut. The
coalition is being aided by Prepare Tomorrow's Parents, a nonprofit
national organization dedicated, as we are, to promoting and facilitating child
development/ parenting education for all children and teens in schools and
youth programs. Our purpose is to prepare all young people for the most
important job most of them will hold - raising the next generation of children.
I serve as a member of the board of directors for PTP.
Now in its 6th year, PTP Month is an annual public education campaign from
Mother's Day to Father's Day. For this campaign, PTP develops and distributes
materials for educators and advocates throughout the
I am asking each of you as soon as possible to send a letter or email to the
following:
- CT Governor Jodi Rell (click for sample letter);
- CT Commissioner of Education Dr. Mark
McQuillan (click for sample letter);
- The co-chairmen, vice-chairmen and
ranking members of the Education Committee (click for sample letter)
- Your local newspaper (click for sample letters and for press contacts); and
- Two friends or colleagues (feel free to
adapt this letter)
Governor Jodi Rell's address is:
Dr. Mark McQuillan's address is: Commissioner of Education Mark
McQuillan,
The Education Committee's address is Education Committee, Legislative Office
Building Hartford, CT 06106. The names and email addresses of the Education
Committee leaders are as follows: Senator Thomas Gaffey, co-chairman,
gaffey@senatedems.ct.gov; Andrew Fleischman, co-chairman,
andrew.fleischman@cga.ct.gov; Sen. John Sonsora, vice-chairman,
john.sonsora@cga.ct.gov; Rep. Henry Genga, vice-chairman,
Henry.Genga@cga.ct.gov; Sen. Thomas Hurlihy, ranking member,
thomas.hurlihy@cga.ct.gov; Rep. Debralee Hovey, ranking member,
debralee.hovey@cga.ct.gov.
Please also send your letter
to at least some of the other Education Committee members, especially if they
represent your district. The email address is the same for all: first name.lastname@cga.ct.gov. Other Education Committee members are: Sen.
Bill Finch, Sen. Andrew McDonald, Rep. Jason Bartlett, Rep Antonietta boucher,
Rep. Ron Burns, Rep Bess Bye, Rep. Pal Davis; Rep. Kim Fawcett; Rep Art
Feltman; Rep Gail Hamm, Rep. Debra Heinrich, Rep Karen Jaromoc; Rep. Robert
Keeley, Rep Themis Klarides, Rep Deavid Laborla, Rep. Douglas McClory, Rep.
Steven Mikutel, Rep Sanday Nofis, Rep. Tim O'Brien, Rep. Felipe Reinoso, Rep.
Tom Reynolds, Rep. Annie Ruwet, Rep. Pamela Sawyer, Rep. Linda Schofield, Rep.
Jim Shapiro, Rep. Kevin Witkos.
It is very important
this year for people to write to or email the members of the legislature's
Education Committee, especially the chairmen and ranking members. They are the
ones who have been blocking, or not even raising the proposed child
development/ parenting bills the coalition has submitted, including a bill
submitted this year. If you have email, you can write just one letter, or
copy the one provided, then copy the email addresses given and send
the letter to all the committee members. It should take only a few
minutes. We would also like you to resend your letter to the Education
Committee in December, just before the start of the next legislative session.
If you write your own letters
explain why it is essential that education in child safety, child development
and parenting skills be taught to all children in the CT schools. If you
prefer not to write your own letters, you can visit the special CT PTP Month section of the Prepare
Tomorrow's Parents website for sample letters, and you will also
find helpful material to use if you compose your own letter. You can copy
and paste any of these into your own email and just send them, or print and
mail them out. When you write to your friends ask them to do the same thing
(and enclose the list of reasons) so that we can get a letter tree going. It is
important that as many people as possible take the time to do this, so together
we can have a real impact.
If you want your letter or op ed in the
newspaper published on Mother's Day or Father's Day, get it in ahead and ask
that it be run then, if possible.
Many additional
resources including downloadable poster, reading list and bookmark, sample
letters, press releases and op-eds may be found on the National PTP Month section of Prepare Tomorrow's Parents website.
We would appreciate
it if you would call or email me
and/or PTP
when you send your letters, so we can keep track of them, and send us copies of
articles published to us.
Parenting is the most important job most of us do in our lifetime, yet most
people get no training for it. It's time they did! If we all work
together, we can make a difference in the lives of children and in the quality
of our society.
Joan Barbuto,
Coordinator
joanbstone@aol.com
Phone: 203/269-1946
The Connecticut Coalition for Child Development
Education, formerly the
Nine years of coalition experience with the legislature and Commissioners of
Education indicate the need for a groundswell of public support to bring about
action. For more information and to get involved, contact Joan Barbuto, Coordinator
of the Coalition, at joanbstone@aol.com or 203/269-1946.
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