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What a lovely thing to ask. I wish I knew the answer. But just knowing you want to help is a huge boost.</div>
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Dear Francis, dear colleagues,</p>
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What's the best thing for linguists outside the USA to do?</p>
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All the best from the UK--</p>
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Damien Hall</p>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: blue;"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/staff/profile/damien.hall__;!!IBzWLUs!QHOqp2sVH21v12vSq_UQD5HdOtEJOzExsDLEMWYGUUCqOx0IFoVMjD3uc0KMUf9tnCFlEVhDCarovqONBoNTZRnD$" data-outlook-id="52885d06-14e1-4468-b13d-002839ba09b5" style="color: blue; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><u>Damien
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Newcastle University (UK)</span></p>
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Date: Mon, 4 May 2026 08:11:04 -0400</p>
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From: "Francis M. Hult" <<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="mailto:fmhult@umbc.edu" data-outlook-id="86ea861a-b04f-432c-bbb9-d64d03eaa4d0" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">fmhult@umbc.edu</a></span>></p>
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To: Educational Linguistics List <<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="mailto:edling@lists.mail.umbc.edu" data-outlook-id="05ca2885-44e3-40f1-829e-465c3160a086" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">edling@lists.mail.umbc.edu</a></span>></p>
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Subject: [Edling] Proposal to Eliminate Linguistics and Endangered</p>
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Languages from NSF</p>
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Message-ID:</p>
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<<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="mailto:CAEs-vYGci53uGCa+wOAJQ6xgtsktr8rmFx=pTqFbmtU3=i6MJA@mail.gmail.com" data-outlook-id="a4fb4895-9de5-43c0-aac2-e4b1dc66cf14" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">CAEs-vYGci53uGCa+wOAJQ6xgtsktr8rmFx=pTqFbmtU3=i6MJA@mail.gmail.com</a></span>></p>
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Dear colleagues,</p>
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I share below with the permission of the president of the Linguistics Society of America (LSA), Prof. Alicia Beckford Wassink an excerpt from the April LSA newsletter that is likely to be of particular interest to list members. Every voice matters in communicating
the value of research on language and linguistics, whether direct communication with your senators and representatives or government officials, public communication, or sharing the information with colleagues.</p>
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Best,</p>
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Francis</p>
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The proposed federal budget would slash NSF funding by more than half.</p>
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NSF's appointed leadership is not waiting for Congress to pass a budget.</p>
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Multiple sources have told us that behind closed doors, they are rapidly moving to eliminate the entire the entire Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences, including both the Linguistics Program <<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/linguistics?mc_cid=3db4ae2210&mc_eid=f1cc3b3b6a__;!!IBzWLUs!QHOqp2sVH21v12vSq_UQD5HdOtEJOzExsDLEMWYGUUCqOx0IFoVMjD3uc0KMUf9tnCFlEVhDCarovqONBkrpt6K9$" data-outlook-id="93c8327d-3d46-407f-a42d-6e1c7ef9956e" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nsf.gov%2Ffunding%2Fopportunities%2Flinguistics%3Fmc_cid%3D3db4ae2210%26mc_eid%3Df1cc3b3b6a&data=05%7C02%7Cdamien.hall%40newcastle.ac.uk%7C3d4fc79d8c7244b81f3108deb0feaffe%7C9c5012c9b61644c2a91766814fbe3e87%7C1%7C0%7C639142805119434321%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=BfUPYHLlBSb2xgwBuOHY5JZ8QUmsTcP21rsp0%2FhLr0o%3D&reserved=0</a></span>></p>
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As officers of the LSA, we are asking you to take three actions:</p>
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1. Write to the NSF Linguistics Program staff. Ask questions and express your concern. Send your email to Wilson de Lima Silva (<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="mailto:widelima@nsf.org" data-outlook-id="141bec1d-3584-4047-939a-b559b9b85410" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">widelima@nsf.org</a></span>)
and Kenyatta Johnson (<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="mailto:kenjohns@nsf.gov" data-outlook-id="fa5d7acc-66a3-4cf0-8f2d-8b8a49823e59" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">kenjohns@nsf.gov</a></span>).</p>
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2. Make your voice heard in Congress through the COSSA Action Alert below <<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://cossa.org/action-center/take-action/?mc_cid=3db4ae2210&mc_eid=f1cc3b3b6a**A58__;Iy8!!IBzWLUs!QHOqp2sVH21v12vSq_UQD5HdOtEJOzExsDLEMWYGUUCqOx0IFoVMjD3uc0KMUf9tnCFlEVhDCarovqONBmD5oF9S$" data-outlook-id="5a635f1e-e1d7-4646-a91d-8c376716ffc3" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcossa.org%2Faction-center%2Ftake-action%2F%3Fmc_cid%3D3db4ae2210%26mc_eid%3Df1cc3b3b6a%23%2F58&data=05%7C02%7Cdamien.hall%40newcastle.ac.uk%7C3d4fc79d8c7244b81f3108deb0feaffe%7C9c5012c9b61644c2a91766814fbe3e87%7C1%7C0%7C639142805119473842%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=3YnHnP6UqtL%2BaVPdy9CqsGX8wPaidLph4oZ2BrZ%2FqcI%3D&reserved=0</a></span>>.</p>
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We need to tell Congress to save the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Directorate and the programs within it.</p>
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3. Help us flood the internet with positive stories that show why the world needs linguists. The LSA is participating in a campaign <<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.acls.org/TalkAboutHumanities/?mc_cid=3db4ae2210&mc_eid=f1cc3b3b6a__;!!IBzWLUs!QHOqp2sVH21v12vSq_UQD5HdOtEJOzExsDLEMWYGUUCqOx0IFoVMjD3uc0KMUf9tnCFlEVhDCarovqONBrmm3s5E$" data-outlook-id="e62c14c0-5119-45d7-a33e-3660f16e409d" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.acls.org%2FTalkAboutHumanities%2F%3Fmc_cid%3D3db4ae2210%26mc_eid%3Df1cc3b3b6a&data=05%7C02%7Cdamien.hall%40newcastle.ac.uk%7C3d4fc79d8c7244b81f3108deb0feaffe%7C9c5012c9b61644c2a91766814fbe3e87%7C1%7C0%7C639142805119535617%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=D%2F75QYbfbvti2BxGtFFimxPT4ZNIfcWNlup3J5RERlY%3D&reserved=0</a></span>></p>
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organized by the ACLS [American Council of Learned Societies].</p>
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*Francis M. Hult, PhD, FRGS* | Professor Department of Education University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)</p>
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