The big event is Sept. 22, when the coalition hopes that thousands of teachers, parents and community leaders get together at house parties across the country to talk about the issues and organize to meet with lawmakers, register voters and otherwise mobilize to make public education a national priority.
The coalition includes the National Education Association, MoveOn.org, Campaign for America's Future, ACORN, the U.S. Hispanic Leadership Institute and the NAACP National Voter Fund.
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Although some of the groups are critics of President Bush's No Child Left Behind initiative and some are supporters of Democratic presidential candidate John F. Kerry, members said the mobilization is nonpartisan.
"The success of this mobilization depends on it being issue-based," said Toby Chaudhuri of Campaign for America's Future.
The group will not endorse candidates, he said, but will "pressure officials at every level of government to make education a priority."
Leaping Lobbyists
Patrick Lehman, previously manager of government relations for Bayer CropScience, has joined the Grocery Manufacturers of America as director of federal affairs. He will focus on food safety, appropriations, the security of the food supply and commodity programs, and other issues.
"We believe his experience and knowledge about the regulatory process from seed to table will bring a new dimension to GMA's work with Congress," GMA chief executive C. Manly Molpus said in a statement.
The American Health Care Association has signed on James B. Smith Jr. as senior vice president for policy and government relations. Smith most recently served as vice president of federal government relations at the Advanced Medical Technology Association and earlier lobbied for the American Medical Association
Mary E. Arnold, most recently vice president of congressional and federal government affairs for AT&T, has moved over to SAP America Inc. to oversee the lobbying efforts and issues management of the business software solutions provider. Earlier, she worked for Lucent Technologies and Sen. Paula Hawkins (R-Fla.).
