[SOA] Contact Your Senators about History and Civics Education Bill

[Carleton, Janet]

>From today's SAA weekly newsletter

Contact Your Senators about History and Civics Education Bill
Senators Chris Coons (D-DE) and John Cornyn (R-TX) have introduced the "Educating for Democracy Act of 2020." (Read a summary of the bill<https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Farchivists.us3.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3D56c4cfbec1ee5b2a284e7e9d6%26id%3Da54199a907%26e%3D399b52cd06&data=04%7C01%7Ccarleton%40ohio.edu%7C016cd492e79a4129e79b08d8a1c4ba25%7Cf3308007477c4a70888934611817c55a%7C0%7C0%7C637437213612326461%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=qmkkvC1%2FqFSHSm02tF0cwRZX%2F3%2BoQkX4gmF9PZIIDEo%3D&reserved=0>.) It is a companion bill to one introduced in September by Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and Congressman Tom Cole (R-OK). The National Coalition for History has a legislative alert posted on the National Humanities Alliance's legislative advocacy website<https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Farchivists.us3.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3D56c4cfbec1ee5b2a284e7e9d6%26id%3D5a4f976038%26e%3D399b52cd06&data=04%7C01%7Ccarleton%40ohio.edu%7C016cd492e79a4129e79b08d8a1c4ba25%7Cf3308007477c4a70888934611817c55a%7C0%7C0%7C637437213612326461%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=JIfvPnqCXv95Re7dRfoJZTu4VPFuDyZgVQEVoZW1N%2F0%3D&reserved=0> that allows you to personalize a pre-written letter and send it to your two US Senators. While legislation won't be considered this year, your contact can lay the groundwork for next year's advocacy efforts. Contact your senators today!

---
Janet Carleton | Working from home | https://www.ohio.edu/library/coronavirus
Digital Initiatives Coordinator | Preservation and Digital Initiatives | OHIO University Libraries | 1 Ohio University | Alden 333 | Athens, Ohio | 740.597.2527 | carleton at ohio.edu<mailto:carleton at ohio.edu> | @jcarletonoh<https://twitter.com/jcarletonoh> | https://media.library.ohio.edu<https://media.library.ohio.edu/> | Pronouns: she, her, hers.
Visit our Social Media
https://www.instagram.com/aldenlibrary/ | http://pinterest.com/OhioDigiArchive/ | https://bit.ly/ou-uaSpotify | https://www.tumblr.com/blog/ohiou-digital-collections | Twitter @AldenLibDigital | http://bit.ly/YouTube-OU-hist-films & http://bit.ly/ou-di-youtube


-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.oplin.org/pipermail/ohioarchivists/attachments/20201216/7321f96a/attachment.htm>