Colleagues, another post from another list, Suzanne Quigley
 
>The National Assembly of Local Arts Agencies (NALAA), in conjunction
>with 57 other national arts and humanities agencies, has created a
>special 800 Number Call-In Campaign to advocate for federal funding of
>the arts and humanities.
>
>These groups have committed to a united message and a collaborative
>effort to inform all members of Congress that the NEA, NEH, and IMS are
>vital to the arts and humanities in America and that federal funding has
>a strong role in maintaining these agencies.
>
>The call-in effort works in the following way:
>
>    1. A person calls 800-651-1575.
>    2. The call is answered by a live operator.  The operator describes
>       the message and tells the caller that for $9.50, three Western
>       Union telegrams will be hand-delivered the next day to the
>       caller's Congressional Representative and two Senators.
>    3. If the caller agrees, the above process takes place and is
>       billed to the caller's home phone.  The caller leaves her/his
>       name, address and zip code which is then matched with the
>       corresponding congressional distric to assure that the correct
>       elected officials receive the mailgrams.
>
>You are urged to use this number in any or all of the following ways:
>
>    *  Call the number yourself
>    *  As your family and friends to call the number
>    *  Re-distribute/Forward this message to others
>
>Please do not wait!  NALAA and its affiliated agencies are working to
>create additional tools to help promote this number and other advocay
>efforts.