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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:windowtext">Forwarded</span></i><i> in my role as SOA rep to the
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="color:windowtext"> Cathy Miller via Society of American Archivists <Mail@ConnectedCommunity.org>
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<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, March 27, 2021 10:24 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Carleton, Janet <carleton@ohio.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [SAA raac] : Build America's Libraries Act support<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:.75pt"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dear RAAC members, In another advocacy related vein, please share the below post originally from SAA headquarters with your regional...
-posted to the "Regional Archival Associations Consortium (RAAC)" community<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Mar 27, 2021 9:24 AM
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<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The "Build America's Libraries Act" would provide $5 billion to libraries and archives for infrastructure improvements. Now that the bill has been introduced in both the Senate (<a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/127/text?r=3&s=1" title="https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/127/text?r=3&s=1">S.
127</a>) and the House (<a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1581?r=21&s=2" title="https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1581?r=21&s=2">H.R. 1581</a>), it's time to build support for the legislation in Congress.
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<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">You can help! Visit the American Library Association's #BuildLibraries <a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ala.org%2Fadvocacy%2Fbuildlibraries&data=04%7C01%7Ccarleton%40ohio.edu%7Caedc51f5b61e4fbe3a4408d8f12c0520%7Cf3308007477c4a70888934611817c55a%7C0%7C0%7C637524518657664874%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=txKoWIRQ0karIpldnVHtnzS7pt%2F%2BzrtYtzanKOwMBnM%3D&reserved=0" title="http://www.ala.org/advocacy/buildlibraries">site</a> for
more information about the effort, including a list of Senators and Representatives who have signed on as co-sponsors of the bill. And take action now by urging your legislators to support the bill. For those who work in publicly funded facilities, the ALA
asks you to <a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fairtable.com%2Fshr1rd5DvGk0piD7T&data=04%7C01%7Ccarleton%40ohio.edu%7Caedc51f5b61e4fbe3a4408d8f12c0520%7Cf3308007477c4a70888934611817c55a%7C0%7C0%7C637524518657664874%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=dVM6CP9Ja7JuWA%2BVc3xkMbF%2Bfzo8MLEPPEAg9qZSDB4%3D&reserved=0" title="https://airtable.com/shr1rd5DvGk0piD7T">share</a> your
stories (failures or successes) and data that it can use to illustrate the critical importance of this funding.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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SAA Headquarters<br>
Society of American Archivists<br>
Chicago IL<br>
<a href="mailto:saahq@archivists.org" title="mailto:saahq@archivists.org">saahq@archivists.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Cathy Miller<br>
Chair, RAAC Advocacy Committee<br>
Society of Georgia Archivists RAAC Liaison<br>
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