E-News 4.27.11

BOOK DRIVE

for CSA'S Books Behind Bars

ATU Local 689 will partner with the Community Services Agency to coordinate a book drive to help overcome budget cuts to area prison libraries and prepare inmates for re-entry into the community. Please bring your gently used books to the ATU Local 689 Union Meetings on May 3 and May 4 or drop them off at the Union Hall before Friday May 6.

PLEASE DONATE :

recent reference materials (no older than 2 years)
current non-fiction
New York Times/Washington Post bestsellers
books by popular authors such as Grisham, Ludlum, Patterson, Stephen King, Alice Walker, Patricia Cornwell, Grafton, etc.
mysteries, horror, romance
books by African-American writers
book on landscaping, building, roofing, plumbing

PLEASE DO NOT GIVE:

old magazines
old law books or textbooks
old classics
damaged materials, including books that are brown with age
any material that “compromises security” (such as materials on building bombs, making weapons, martial arts, attack strategies, pornography, etc.)

To volunteer to help with sorting or delivering books, please email kmckirch@dclabor.org or call 202-974-8221.

UNION MEETINGS

Tuesday, MAY 3 at 8pm

Wednesday, MAY 4 at 10am

*Don't forget to bring your books for the CSA Bookdrive

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COMING EVENTS

MAY 5- BENEVOLENT MTG 11am

MAY 6- AC BUS TRIP 5:30pm

MAY 14- WOMENS CAUCUS 10am

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