Advocacy
This page contains tools and resources to help you engage with policymakers and advocate for doubling the Pell Grant maxium award. You will also find messages from students, links to campus websites, existing legislative text and letters that have been written to legislators on this topic for your reference. Use the links below to navigate the resources:
Please share with NAICU the actions you've taken to reach out to Congress and the public in support of the #DoublePell initiative.
- Contact Congress: Find your Representative and Senators
- Sample Letter to Member of Congress from Leader of Private, Nonprofit Institution
- The Case for Doubling the Pell Grant
- Talking Points
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Pell Grants: Providing Opportunity, Success & Mobility - NAICU policy brief
- NAICU's Federal Student Aid Data Sheets, which include Pell Grant information by state and congressional district
- History of the Pell Grant - NAICU issue brief
- Op-Ed Templates
- Social Media Tools
- Pell Grant Preservation & Expansion Act of 2021
- NAICU President's Statement on the Pell Grant Preservation & Expansion Act of 2021
- Justin Fantroy, Saint Louis University, MO
- Deliana Gomez, Mercy College, NY
- Andrea Hudson, Greenville University, IL
- Jennifer Griffiths, Ph.D., New York Institute of Technology
- Tori Buckler, Northwestern College, IA
- Vivian Ewart, Southern Wesleyan University, SC
- Ethan Billman, Paul Smith's College, NY
- Lesley Najera, North Park University, IL
- Courtney Taylor, Campbellsville University, KY
- Yuriy Holiyat, Fordham University, NY
- Trinity Stryer, Guilford College, NC
- Jeanette Toledo, St. Francis College, NY
- Brianna Temby, Southern Nazarene University, OK
- Colton Maybee, Heritage University, WA
- Jennifer Griffiths, Ph.D., New York Institute of Technology
- Rachelle Reichlin, D'Youville College, NY
- Gonzaga University, WA: Gonzaga University Advocates to #DoublePell
- Loyola University Chicago: Double the Pell Grant (Features video with Sr. Jean)
- Community Letter to Members of Congress (February 3, 2022)
- Community Letter to Members of Congress (March 25, 2021)
- Association of Independent California Colleges & Universities
- Association of Independent Colleges & Universities in Massachusetts
- Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Rhode Island
- Association of Vermont Independent Colleges
- Connecticut Conference of Independent Colleges
- Independent Colleges of Indiana
- Independent Colleges of Washington
- Independent Colleges & Universities of Missouri
- Independent Higher Education of Colorado
- Iowa Association of Independent Colleges and Universities
- Maryland Independent College & University Association
- Michigan Independent Colleges & Universities
- Minnesota Private College Council
- North Carolina Independent Colleges & Universities
- Oregon Alliance of Independent Colleges and Universities
- Tennessee Independent Colleges and Universities
- The Commission on Independent Colleges & Universities of New York
- The New England Council
To view the website developed by the higher education community, see www.doublepell.org:
