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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" style="font-size: 11pt;"><strong>From:</strong> Cecily Hill <chill@nhalliance.org><br>
<strong>Sent:</strong> Tuesday, April 1, 2025 7:50:25 PM<br>
<strong>To:</strong> Graber, Kathryn E. <graberk@indiana.edu><br>
<strong>Subject:</strong> URGENT: Help save the NEH!<br>
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am reaching out from the National Humanities Alliance to give you an important update on the NEH. On Monday, March 31, 2025 we learned that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is targeting the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) with the
aim of substantially reducing its staff, cutting the agency’s grant programs, and rescinding grants that have already been awarded. You can read our full statement and see resources
</span><a href="https://nhalliance.org/federal-funding/savetheneh/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">on
our website</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">.</span></p>
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we have seen with similar actions, including the recent attack on IMLS, these actions have the potential to devastate the agency and, of course, the humanities community that relies on these government funds.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">As
an NEH grantee, you have a role to play in this moment</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">.
Here are actions you can take:</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Contact your Members of Congress—</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">urging
them to speak up for the NEH and ensure that the agency is able to fulfill its congressional mandate. Take a moment to mention that you are an NEH grantee and, if possible, spend a sentence or two on the impact of that grant. You can use our action alert to
reach out: </span><a href="https://p2a.co/DdtlGIT" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">https://p2a.co/DdtlGIT</span></a></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Share this action alert with others—</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">with
your board members, partners, donors, subgrantees, teachers, participants, and constituents. It is imperative that policymakers understand the broad impact of NEH funding.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Reach out to your local press</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">—pitch
a local reporter, or write an opinion piece or letter to the editor. NHA will be hosting office hours for the next two weeks to support this outreach. Sign up below:</span></p>
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<a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/fE3ar67IT7KzISPEqLvEyg" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Wednesday,
April 2 & 9 - 10:00 a.m. ET</span></a></p>
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<a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/6os6rrNWRVeOaES27HhfPQ" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Thursday,
April 3 & 10 - 2:00 p.m. ET</span></a></p>
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<a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/AtRpdUnbQKW7BjsdFJxVYg" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Friday,
April 4 & 11 - 11:00 a.m. ET</span></a></p>
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<a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/nCv_1FFlTOagWTsfCU-fPg" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Monday,
April 7 - 12:00 p.m. ET</span></a></p>
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<a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/ckmKTYolQsaFEGRpqfZK4g" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Tuesday,
April 8 - 12:00 p.m. ET</span></a></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Especially if you are based at a museum, historical society, or other independent
humanities organization, </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">consider contacting your
local policymakers </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">and informing them of the potential consequences
of losing NEH funding. Note that you are an NEH grantee, and make sure to include a note about the impact of this funding. You can use this action alert to reach out:
</span><a href="https://p2a.co/HJwNkhW" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">https://p2a.co/HJwNkhW</span></a></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Tell us about the impact of your NEH grants and NEH staff using
</span><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf5et0sDZaQQNaaCvoerItU5s-XFWhWTS9CxeeWQRL0fc84fg/viewform" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">this
form.</span></a></p>
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your grant is impacted in any way, it is imperative that you let your Members of Congress know. Let me know if you need help with staffer contact information.</span></p>
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Please forgive any overlap or duplication of emails—things are moving quickly and we are too.</span></p>
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