Government Relations
CAPITAL FRATERNAL CAUCUS
The Capital Fraternal Caucus (CFC) represents fraternity and sorority national organizations in Washington, DC. It is the voice of the Greek-letter community in our nation’s capital. Below are two important CFC-supported legislative efforts affecting undergraduate Kappa Alpha Order members.
Kappa Alpha Order is asking all undergraduates and alumni to write Congress in support of the Collegiate Housing and Infrastructure Act of 2007 (H.R. 643/S.638). The Act would erase a long-standing disparity in the law and allow educational foundations like ours to use tax-deductible charitable contributions to make grants to our local house corporations for the purpose of improving existing not-for-profit student housing or building new housing. Passage of the Act would be a major benefit for all fraternity housing nationwide, as it would make it easier to fundraise for needed critical life safety enhancements and other infrastructure improvements needed to sustain Greek housing.
The more sponsors we have for this legislation the more likely we are to pass the Collegiate Housing and Infrastructure Act. Senators and Representatives often sign onto legislation because their constituents contact them and ask for their support - your letters are key to our efforts.
Here's how you participate in the campaign:
1. Log onto www.fraternalcaucus.org
or copy and paste the following link:
http://www.fraternalcaucus.org/
Locate the "Get Involved" Tab at the Top and click on "Register with the CFC." It will take about two minutes for you to provide the campaign with some basic information Greek leaders can use later in our grassroots program to target certain demographic groups for additional contacts.
2. After registering, go to the Tab marked "Legislation" and click on the "Write Your Legislators"
3. Simply complete all the boxes and steps from there to automatically send an e-mail communication to both your Senators and Member of Congress. If you have a connection to other Members of Congress or Senators, you can write them as well.
The Greek world is closely tracking the number of letters sent by members of each organization and we want to be well-represented in this campaign.
Thanks for participating in this grassroots letter-writing campaign! The more Greeks who contact Congress about this bill in 2007, the more likely we are to see this bill become law. Your participation and the involvement of others is very important to our success.
