URGENT ACTION: Tell The GOP that Pell Grants Are NOT Welfare

AEM has been reporting about the threat to Pell Grants since mid-May. It is on the chopping block, and some members of the GOP have described the program as being akin to welfare. Pell has helped many low-income and minority students pay for college. In the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, politicians have no business trying to slash such an important program. With the wealth gap between whites and minorities at its worst in decades, this is not a smart move. It's un-American. Tell your representatives, the ones who wish to cut Pell, that they are being anti-American. And while you're at it, tell them that if they don't raise the damned debt ceiling, that they are acting like economic terrorists and inflicting  pain upon their own consitutents. It's time to boot these folks out of office and get DC back in working order. The level of dysfunction is straight from an Onion article!

Take action immediately! Sign the petition here to help save Pell. You can also send out tweets to your representatives, and tell them to stay away from Pell (use the hashtag #SavePell) or support saving it!

Related Links

"More Threats To Pell," AEM (July 20, 2011)

"Save Pell!" AEM (July 16, 2011)

"Point/Counterpoint: Pell Grants," AEM (May 25, 2011)