All of your advocacy added up to bipartisan support for
@NEHgov
and another round of remarkable grants! Congratulations to the grantees and thanks for your continued support!
In a huge victory for humanities advocates, the NEH’s funding was increased by $3 million in the FY18 omnibus spending bill that Congress released late last night. Read more about the funding increases here:
Today we're launching Humanities for All, a new website that documents the landscape of publicly engaged humanities work in U.S. higher education. Check it out at !
#humanitiesforall
Great news! The Senate Appropriations Committee has released it's draft bill that level-funds the NEH at $149.8 million! This is nearly $5 million higher than the House's funding level and a very strong rejection of the administration's budget proposal.
We are so sorry to hear about this incredible loss to our friends
@mocanyc
—and to anyone who cares about our history. While working w/ them last year to document an
@nehgov
funded program, we got to see how cherished these collections are to the community.
It's Humanities Advocacy Day! Nearly 200 humanities advocates are on the Hill today, making the case for federal funding for the humanities. Join them by sending a message to your Members of Congress today!
#HAD18
Thanks to an
@NEHgov
grant, Tuskegee University will introduce an African American studies minor this fall that will focus on the city of Tuskegee’s architectural history, blending studies in architecture, education and philosophy. Read more here:
This morning the president released his Presidential Budget Request, which again calls for the elimination of the NEH and other federally funded humanities programs. Read our take here and then let your Members of Congress know you support the NEH!
Celebrate National Arts and Humanities Month with us by sharing what you love about the
#humanities
for a chance to win a
#StudytheHumanities
sticker! Check out the contest rules below!
Good news, humanities advocates: Senate subcommittee joined House counterpart in approving a $2 million increase for the NEH. Now on to the full committee. Read more here
We are so pleased to see $135 million dollars for
@NEHgov
in the American Recovery Plan! This funding will assist cultural institutions in maintaining humanities jobs and weathering the economic challenges posed by the pandemic.
Why are the humanities a key component of the therapeutic process for many veterans? We have some answers (and more coming) thanks to our
#NEHforAll
initiative. Read about it here:
The House is considering an amendment TODAY that would decrease NEH funding by 15%. Contact your Representative and let them you know oppose this amendment! Take action here:
Great news - the House Interior Subcommittee released a funding bill earlier today that includes $167.5 million for the NEH which, if enacted, would be a $12.5 million increase! Read more here:
Last evening, the House Interior Subcommittee released a draft bill that includes $155 million in funding for both the NEH and NEA for FY 2019! This $2 million increase comes on the heels of the increases in each of the past three years. Read more here:
Today we are excited to launch “Publishing and the Publicly Engaged Humanities,” a free access
#humanitiesforall
collection of recently published
#publichumanities
articles in partnership with Routledge, Taylor & Francis
Today is Humanities Advocacy Day! Nearly 200 advocates are on the Hill today to make the case for federally funded humanities programs! Take a look at the types of programs they are advocating for!
#HAD19
We are excited to launch the
#HumanitiesforAll
blog! This new space features original contributions from writers exploring publicly engaged humanities initiatives. Learn more about the blog and how to contribute:
Breaking news: The draft appropriations bill for FY 2020 was just released, and it includes a $7.25 million increase for the NEH! If enacted, this would be the largest increase in years, bringing the NEH’s budget to $162.25 million!
We've developed a new resource to help recent grantees engage with the press! We have tip sheets, examples, and a case study all designed to help you/your organization garner media coverage. Check it out here:
Today is Humanities Advocacy Day! Write your Members of Congress to let them know that
@nehgov
supports communities around the country. Take action here:
#HAD20
Urge ICE to reverse the
#studentban
decision issued on July 6th that would threaten the ability of international students to stay in the United States if their universities have shifted to online instruction in the Fall. Take action here:
Look at what just came in! We'll be talking about the humanities' many public impacts at our annual meeting next month—and our new Impact Survey Toolkit will be making its debut.
It's National Arts and Humanities Month! Celebrate with us by sharing what you love about the
#humanities
for a chance to win a
#StudytheHumanities
sticker! Check out the contest rules below!
Congratulations to the Humanities Indicators! This is a great tool to locate potential partners for engaged scholarship and to better understand the place of the
#humanities
in your community.
Read how Dr. Anthony Fauci’s robust humanities education, rich in philosophy, classics, and foreign languages, prepared him for his career as a researcher and public servant in this oral history interview:
Each October, we celebrate National Arts and Humanities Month by calling attention to the many ways humanities research, teaching, and programs serve students and communities across the country.
#NAHM20
President Trump has proposed the elimination of
@NEHgov
for the third year in a row. Members of Congress are currently circulating letters calling for INCREASED funding. Ask your your Members of Congress to sign on to those letters today!
Today on the
#HumanitiesforAll
blog, we’re publishing four posts from projects that are collecting and archiving the public experience of the pandemic from four distinct points of view. Access the new posts on our features page:
We are in the
#AHA19
exhibit hall with
@thecliodotcom
ready to talk about the publicly engaged humanities and humanities advocacy more generally. Come visit us at Booth 111! Buttons and stickers galore!
We are thrilled to announce that last night the U.S. Senate confirmed Shelly C. Lowe as the next Chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Please join us in congratulating
#NEHChairLowe
!
Wondering if the fight against the
#GradStudentTax
is one we can win?
It is. One House republican leader wants the tax removed from the final bill: Keep writing and calling! .
The
@NMAAHC
has introduced a new web-based initiative, “Talking About Race,” that explores inequality and racial division, as well as provides resources for further engagement and navigating difficult conversations. Learn more:
Big win for humanities advocates in today's omnibus bill: NEH gets a $5.25 million bump in FY 2021. Bill expected to pass and be signed into law. Thanks to all of our advocates and Hill allies!
National Arts and Humanities Month begins today! Join us throughout the month as we celebrate the wonderful work being done across the country by humanities organizations and institutions.
#NAHM
Big news for
#humanities
advocates yesterday: Rep. David Price (D-NC) and Rep. Don Young (R-AK) announced the creation of the bipartisan Congressional Caucus on America's Languages to support world language learning and international education. More here:
Through the
@NEHgov
-
@NSF
Documenting Endangered Languages initiative,
@HearstMuseum
is preserving about 100 hours of songs and spoken-word recordings in 78 indigenous languages, many of which no longer have living speakers. Read more here
#NEHforAll
With
@NEHgov
funding,
@HHValley
has been telling the story of slavery in the colonial North for more than 20 years. Now the documentary website 'People Not Property' is making that history more broadly accessible. Learn more from
@WNYC
:
Interested in learning about the five overarching goals of the publicly engaged humanities that emerged while building the
#HumanitiesforAll
database? Read our blog post here:
We are excited to introduce What Are You Going to Do with That?, a podcast which explores everyday folks’ decisions to study the humanities as undergraduates and their pathways to fulfilling careers:
Yesterday,
@NEHgov
announced a new grant line, Infrastructure and Capacity-Building Challenge Grants, designed to help organizations create and sustain humanities infrastructure. Learn more here and apply by March 18th:
Late last night, the House began consideration of the Grothman amendment, which would cut the budget of the NEH by 15% or nearly $23 million. A recorded vote will take place later today! There is still time to contact your representative! Take action here:
Continuing our partnership with Routledge, Taylor & Francis on a free-access article collection that focuses on publicly engaged humanities work, we have again added more content with new publications from a wide range of humanities disciplines. Read more:
Today is Humanities Advocacy Day! Advocates around the country are virtually meeting with their Members of Congress. Bolster their efforts by letting your Members of Congress know you support
@nehgov
here:
#HAD21
We’re on Capitol Hill today showcasing how the humanities serve our nation’s veterans during our Dialogues on the Experience of War briefing.
#NEHforAll
We’re joined by
@BackStoryRadio
hosts Brian Balogh, Joanne Freeman, and Ed Ayers today on the Hill to talk about the ways we have been divided throughout our nation’s history and what those divisions can tell us.
#HREBackStory
#NEHforAll
The Humanities for All homepage has new featured projects! We are highlighting profiled projects in our database that are engaging community partners doing social, racial, and environmental justice work.
#NAHM20
Explore the projects here:
The Trump administration has proposed major cuts to the National Archives and the elimination of the NHPRC. The House will be considering funding for these programs in the coming days. Now's the time to take action:
Thrilled to kick off the NHA Annual Meeting and Humanities Advocacy Day with a conversation between Shelly Lowe, the newly confirmed chair of
@NEHgov
, and
@JimGrossmanAHA
, NHA president and
@AHAhistorians
executive director!
#HAD22
Earlier this week, Congress released its spending deal for FY20, which included a $7.25 million increase for the NEH, the largest increase we have seen in a decade! Other humanities funding streams did similarly well. Read more about these victories here:
Have you participated in our National Arts and Humanities Month contest yet? Tell us what you love about the humanities for the chance to win a
#StudytheHumanities
sticker! We will draw three new winners on Friday!