SUPPORT THE REFORM OF NATIVE EDUCATION: DONATE TO NIEA

Dear NIEA Members and Advocates:

Thanks to your support, NIEA has made tremendous accomplishments in 2012 to improve the education for our American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian children.

Thanks to our advocacy, President Barack Obama signed Executive Order 13592, which commits all agencies of the federal government to improving Native education. NIEA's advocacy also led to the launch of the State-Tribal Education Partnership (STEP) Pilot Program, which has provided $2 million in grants so far to help tribal education departments build the their capacity.

Through our research, NIEA teamed up with Harvard University Graduate School of Education to publish Charter Schools Serving Native Students: An Exploration of Best Practices, which provided new insight into how Native communities can use flexible school structures to provide our students with high-quality culturally based education.

NIEA is also helping tribal governments and school districts support Native student success. This includes a subcontract with the South Central Comprehensive Center to provide technical assistance to districts on how to improve student achievement. We are also showing educators how they can incorporate Native language and culture into Common Core reading and math standards.

Your NIEA is planning on doing even more in 2013 - from advocating for the passage of the Native CLASS Act, to working on preserving federal funding from Fiscal Cliff-related budget cuts. But your continued support is essential to our work. Please invest in NIEA's Annual Fund to help us carry on this important work.

Each year-end contribution you make is one that helps our Native students become leaders of our tribes, communities, and the nation. If each member and advocate donates $25 this year, NIEA can raise more than $117,000 for ongoing advocacy, research, and capacity-building for our Native students. Go to NIEA.org today and learn more about what we do each and every day for our children - and feel free to share this message with your colleagues.

Thank you for being part of NIEA. And thank you for supporting the most-important mission of all: Building brighter futures for our Native students. Wado.

Ahniwake Rose

Executive Director

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Download and mail your donation to NIEA at 110 Maryland Avenue, NE, Suite 104, Washington, DC 20002 or fax your donation to (202) 544-7293.

OTHER WAYS TO DONATE

Designate your local United Way annual campaign contribution to NIEA as part of your annual giving . Cash, check, and one-time credit card donations to United Ways are usually passed to your designated nonprofit within 60 days. Payroll deduction donations are paid by United Way to your designated nonprofit as they are received. Some United Ways require a minimum $100 donation to make a designation and some charge a 5-15% processing fee. Check with your local United Way for details.

Shop online . GoodShop is an Internet shopping portal that donates a percentage of almost every purchase from over 2,500 stores to a nonprofit of your choice. GoodShop also offers over 100,000 coupons so you can save money while you are earning money for NIEA. 

Redeem credit card points . Donate your unused credit card points to NIEA. Both American Express and Citi Card offer this program. Many other credit card companies offer prepaid credit cards, charitable gifts, or cash rewards which you may also donate to NIEA. 

Search the Internet . GoodSearch is a Yahoo!-powered search engine that donates about a penny per search to your nonprofit. You use it exactly as you would any other search engine, but each time you do so, a donation is made. 

Donate airline and hotel miles . Although airlines and hotels do not have specific programs that allow flyers to donate miles to an organization, most airlines allow people to use their frequent flyer miles to buy tickets or office items for other people. Consider using your miles to buy tickets or office items for NIEA.