Check out https://savingsweetbriar.com for official and weekly updates. Alumnae, faculty, staff, families and students continue to fight for our beloved Sweet Briar as the President and the Board of Directors persist to fight for it's abrupt closure. So, what can you do as an individual to keep our momentum going? • Continue to spread the word about the importance of Sweet Briar College. If you are Twitter savy, then use the trending hashtags #SavingSweetBriar and #ThinkIsForGirls. Follow others, retweet and favorite our comments! • Write an op-ed to your local newspaper or any news outlet that has run a story about Sweet Briar. If you see an article online, then post a well constructed comment! We recently were front and center in the New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/23/education/sweet-briars-imminent-closing-stirs-small-uprising-in-a-college-idyll.html?_r=0 • Convert your pledge into a donation. Saving Sweet Briar needs to have the financial backing of this group of alumnae to show the legal entities looking at this case that we have the ability to actually save the college. • If you like to shop, then visit http://www.shopforsweetbriar.com This event was created by our neighboring men’s school, Hampden Sydney College and is designed to raise money for our efforts, while giving shoppers a 10% discount! • Share your reasons to keep Sweet Briar College open for future Vixens, and write to a Virginia Politician…. Governor Terry McAuliffe 1111 East Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23219. 804-786-2211 https://governor.virginia.gov/…/communicating-with-the-gove… Virginia Attorney General The Honorable Mr. Mark Herring Office of the Attorney General 900 East Main Street Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 786-2071 http://www.ag.virginia.gov/ContactUsForm/ContactForm.aspx US Senators: Senator Tim Kaine 388 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 Phone: (202) 224-4024 https://www.kaine.senate.gov/contact Senator Mark Warner 475 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Phone: 202-224-2023 http://www.warner.senate.gov/public//index.cfm?p=ContactPage US Congressman representing Amherst County: Congressman Bob Goodlatte 2309 Rayburn HOB Washington, D.C. 20515 Phone: (202) 225-5431 http://goodlatte.house.gov/contacts/new State Senator representing Amherst County: Senator Thomas Garrett, Jr. Senate of Virginia P.O. Box 396 Richmond, VA 23218 Email: district22@senate.virginia.gov Phone: (804) 698-7522 State Delegate for Sweet Briar Delegate Benjamin L. Cline P.O. Box 1405, Amherst, VA 24521 Amherst, VA 24521 Office: 434-946-9908 DelBCline@house.virginia.gov Sincerely, Samantha Clark '08