Center for Plain Language

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Join the Center

You can become an advocate for plain language by joining the Center. Your tax-deductible contribution will support the organization as we seek to increase the usefulness and efficiency of government, legal, and business documents, so that the people who use those documents can quickly and easily:

  • Find what they need
  • Understand what they find
  • Act on that understanding

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What You Can Do

You can show your advocacy by getting others to join. Collectively we can share the message that clear content benefits us all.

Your contribution will improve infrastructure, support research into plain language, and provide recognition to those who champion plain language.

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Center Programs

The center is developing programs in support of our four primary goals. We need your help as a volunteer to chart the future course of our advocacy.

Membership Levels and Benefits

All memberships:
Subscription period: 1 year, on: January 1st
Automatic renewal: no

Advocate Membership $100.00 (USD)

  • Receive e-mailings about Center events and Center news

Friend $250.00 (USD)

As a Friend you may choose to be on our referral list of plain language trainers and consultants.
  • Receive e-mailings about Center events and Center news
  • Have your name on our referral list of plain language trainers and consultants

Partner $500.00 (USD)

As a Partner you may choose to be on our referral list of plain language trainers and consultants. We will also put your name on the Center's website, unless you ask to be anonymous.
  • Receive e-mailings about Center events and Center news
  • Have your name on our referral list of plain language trainers and consultants
  • Have your name in our list of Partners on our web site (unless you ask to be anonymous)

Patron $1,000.00 (USD)

As a Patron you may choose to be on our referral list of plain language trainers and consultants. We will also put your name and a link to your website on the Center's website, unless you ask to be anonymous.
  • Receive e-mailings about Center events and Center news
  • Have your name on our referral list of plain language trainers and consultants
  • Have your name and a link to your web site in our list of Patrons on our web site (unless you ask to be anonymous)

Student/Retiree Membership $35.00 (USD)

  • Receive e-mailings about Center events and Center news

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    • || Center for Plain Language · Mailing Address: 3936 Rickover Road • Silver Spring, MD 20902