FSPAC

Ρ ΣΤ Υ Φ Π ΝΞ Ο New Independent Expenditure Account Increases FSPAC Fundraising Abilities Ω ΑΒΓ ΖΗΘΙΚ ΔΕ ΧΨ ΛΜ Political Action Committee U Why I Support the FSPAC Helen Gordon I believe in the Greek experience. Fraternities and sororities teach us about leadership, value of community, and hard work. My sorority served me well as a collegian and being a Greek continues to shape my life. I support issues that impact fraternities and sororities. Serving on a regional Panhellenic team for many years, I became familiar with issues that Greeks address. One major commonality is that Greeks are leading efforts to build and maintain new student houses nationwide. Working in tandem with FSPAC, we are teaching Greek collegians lobbying skills. These future leaders meet annually in D.C. to engage in national politics with members of Congress. The senators and representatives want to hear the perspectives of students who are facing student housing problems. These students will be directly affected by CHIA. Today's decisions will make a profound future impact. By financially and personally supporting FSPAC, I am seeing progress in attaining our mutual goal. ntil recently, the FSPAC was limited to accepting $5,000 contributions per person per year, could only make direct candidate contributions of $5,000 per election, and could not accept corporate contributions. We have had many of the house corporations and other corporations express an interest in making a contribution to our efforts as they have come to understand and value the importance of our work on the Hill for the fraternal community. Unfortunately we were unable to accept these contributions. A recent change in federal election law allows the FSPAC to operate a separate independent expenditure account (IEA) that can accept unlimited personal contributions and unlimited corporate contributions. The only limitation is that those funds may not be used to make direct contributions in support of a candidate. Some examples of where this money can be distributed: • Indirect support of select Greek Senate and House candidates • Indirect support of Greek Senate and House primary candidates • Engage in direct grassroots advocacy campaigns • Fund for events and operations Now house corporations, businesses that market to the fraternal community, and other corporations can make a contribution to the FSPAC to support our advocacy of issues that are important to the community. Should you like more details on this added dimension to the FSPAC, visit www.fspac.org. Fraternity & Sorority Political Action Committee Mission Statement The Fraternity & Sorority Political Action Committee is a bipartisan organization that supports the election of federal candidates interested in preserving the fraternity and sorority experience for future generations of student leaders. It advocates for public policy objectives that will allow students and alumni/alumnae to benefit from the academic, community and leadership development opportunities made available through the fraternity and sorority community. Several 2013 FSPAC Dinner attendees from Atlanta greeted Senator Johnny Isakson (R-GA/SAE). I am proud of the work of the FSPAC in building awareness around the issues important to our community. It is critical that we have bipartisan Congressional allies in order to achieve our purpose. I look forward to continued FSPAC successes. Helen graduated from Purdue University and has served Delta Gamma in various roles. She spearheaded fundraising for the $100,000 endowment for the Delta Gamma Lectureship in Values & Ethics for Purdue and was awarded Delta Gamma's Cable Award. future generations of student leaders 3

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