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Student Lobby Trip to Washington DC April 3-4

Columbia/Barnard & Cornell Annual Student Lobby Day in Washington D.C. will be Wednesday, April 4. Participants will take a bus to Washington for a day of meetings with members of Congress or their staff. The trip includes a breakfast briefing with guest speakers who are recent Columbia and Cornell alumni working on Capitol Hill. This is a great opportunity to support the state student aid programs and learn about the legislative process.

A bus will depart from 116th Street & Broadway at 5 P.M. on Tuesday, April 3. Students will stay overnight and depart Washington DC at 4:30 P.M. on Wednesday, April 4. All meals and lodging are provided.

To sign up, email SL758@columbia.edu or call Susan Long at 854-1116. Your message should include:

  • your name
  • your school
  • your graduation year
  • phone number
  • your hometown/permanent address (We need your permanent address in order to try to arrange meetings with the offices of your hometown representatives)

Columbia University's Office of Government Affairs and the Office of the General Counsel at Barnard College coordinate lobbying efforts to help support funding for student aid programs. We would like to offer you this opportunity to assist in this effort.

Tentative Schedule:

Tuesday, April 3rd
5:00 pmMeet at 116th & Broadway, SW corner, to board bus Dinner on the bus
We will stay at the Days Inn in Washington DC
Wednesday, April 4th
7:30 amCheck out and board bus to go to Capitol Hill
8:00 amBus leaves
8:30-10:00 amBreakfast and Policy Briefing
La Colline
400 N. Capitol Street, NW

Guest Speakers:
Michael Robinson, Cornell Graduate (invited)
Legislative Aid
Office of Congressman Ralph Regula (R-OH)

Jeff Cohen, Columbia Graduate- '99 CC (invited)
Legislative Aide
Office of Congresswoman Ellen Tauscher (D-CA)
10:30 – 12:00 pmSenate Office Visits
11:30am-1:30 pmLunch
1:00 - 4:00 pmHouse Office Visits
4:30 pmMeet on the House-side steps of the Capitol.
Discussion and photograph with
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (invited)

Published: Mar 19, 2001
Last modified: Sep 18, 2002


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