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| Date: From: Subject: | 2/7/2005 3:42:46 PM Home School Legal Defense Association Maryland--Final Reminder - |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== February 7, 2005 Maryland--Final Reminder - "Shine on the State House Day" is Tomorrow Dear HSLDA members and friends: HSLDA encourages all Maryland homeschoolers to come to Annapolis tomorrow, February 8, to meet their state legislators and build bridges to protect freedom. Christian Home Educator's Network (CHEN) is organizing the "Shine on the State House Day" event. CHEN made a slight schedule change shortly after we sent our first message. After meeting in the Lawyers Mall at the Thurgood Marshall statute at 9:30 am, we will go into the state house. Once inside the state house, we will fill the available seats in the House and Senate galleries. After those seats are filled, the rest of us will gather in the main hallway between the Senate chamber and the House of Delegates." After the House and Senate conclude their business for the morning--probably around 11:00 am--we will return to the Lawyers Mall and CHEN representatives will give you literature and directions to the offices of your Senator and Delegate. You will have an opportunity to be a good will ambassador for homeschooling by giving lawmakers the following message, "Thank you for protecting homeschool freedom. Please continue to protect it." The relationships you form during your conversations could be crucial in legislative battles we face in the future. If your Senator or Delegate is unavailable attempt to speak with one his aides instead. Schedule for "Shine on the State House Day" Arrive in the parking lot of the U.S. Naval Academy stadium between 9:00 and 9:15 am. It will cost about $5.00 to park there. We will take the free trolley to the state house area and arrive at the Lawyer's Mall, by the statue of Thurgood Marshall, at 9:30, then go into the state house, as described above. Bring a driver's license for identification and be prepared to go through metal detectors. Consider bringing a home-baked item as a gift for your Delegate or Senator with a note saying, "Good things are made at home, including education." To find the name of your Delegate or Senator, go to our legislative toolbox at http://www.hslda.org/toolbox . If your Delegate or Senator can meet with you, they will be happy to speak with you briefly and may ask your children questions such as, "how do you like being homeschooled?" Help your children think through questions they might be asked and answers they might give that help express why homeschooling is worth protecting. If you are asked a question to which you do not know the answer, don't guess; just tell them you will get back with an answer shortly and contact HSLDA or a CHEN representative for guidance. Legislators sometimes ask what they can do to help homeschoolers. 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