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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"> SAA Headquarters via Society of American Archivists <<a href="mailto:Mail@ConnectedCommunity.org"><span style="color:#333333">Mail@ConnectedCommunity.org</span></a>>
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 13, 2025 11:54 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Carleton, Janet (she/her) <<a href="mailto:carleton@ohio.edu"><span style="color:#333333">carleton@ohio.edu</span></a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [SAA announcements] : SAA Response to AOTUS Removal Urges Advocacy<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">The leadership of the Society of American Archivists (SAA) is alarmed by the dismissal of the Archivist of the United States on February
7, 2025.... -posted to the "Announcements" community<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="https://connect.archivists.org/network/members/profile?UserKey=7c405220-2e02-4c09-8ca5-34a8a2c1e5ec"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#428BCA"><img border="0" width="75" height="75" style="width:.7833in;height:.7833in" id="_x0000_i1026" src="https://d132x6oi8ychic.cloudfront.net/higherlogic/directory/imagedisplay/7b65ea50-51f4-4b8b-8075-356c4e23c488/ed1fcb44-f589-47d5-b0bf-a4ae60ff0988/200/200/636615466171530000" alt="SAA Headquarters"></span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Feb 13, 2025 10:54 AM
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://connect.archivists.org/network/members/profile?UserKey=7c405220-2e02-4c09-8ca5-34a8a2c1e5ec"><u><span style="color:black">SAA Headquarters</span></u></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The leadership of the Society of American Archivists (SAA) is alarmed by the dismissal of the Archivist of the United States on February
7, 2025. We believe the removal of AOTUS with no stated cause does harm to our nation and its people. The Society wants to reassure our colleagues across the profession that we continue to support the mission of the National Archives and Records Administration
(NARA) to preserve and provide access to the essential records of the federal government.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">As archivists, we adhere to a set of core values that champion accountability and social responsibility and promote preservation, access,
and use. Protecting the integrity of the federal record and affirming the work of those who care for it aligns with our professional codes and responsibilities.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">SAA will continue to monitor the situation at NARA and will actively work to support NARA workers and archivists across the United States.
In the meantime, we want to remind you that <b>your voice matters</b>; please take a few minutes to contact your legislators today.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Find your legislator:
<a href="https://www.usa.gov/elected-officials/" title="https://www.usa.gov/elected-officials/">
<u><span style="color:black">https://www.usa.gov/elected-officials/</span></u></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">It's all in the details.</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> When advocating, use statistics
and facts to help support your claims. </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Tell your representatives and senators why the safekeeping of government archives is essential to a free and healthy democracy. Call or write to them to share how national
archives change lives. Some examples include: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">preserving and promoting our nation's foundational documents,<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">giving veterans access to their personnel records to secure benefits,<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">connecting with your family's history,<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">teaching students about the history of the United States, and<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">studying and understanding the human experience.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">SAA will continue to support our NARA colleagues by contacting policy makers directly about the importance of government archives and
records management. We appreciate the voices of the many SAA members who have reached out to us over the past few days and stand with you as partners in advocacy.<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"><u><span style="color:black">saahq@archivists.org</span></u></a><br>
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