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  • Preserving Intellectual Disability History: The Elwyn Archives and Museum

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    […] finding aid, a steering group with members from Elwyn, the PMPA, local universities, and self-advocates began processing the large collection. Elwyn’s supported employment program and the self- advocacy group Speaking For Ourselves recruited project staff with intellectual disabilities who worked alongside interns from West Chester University and Millersville University to inventory and organize the […]

  • Perspectives on a Changing Field: Part II

    […] view this statistic without sensing that appreciation for history and its role in liberal democracies is at a low ebb. The task force strongly believes that greater advocacy for history—with the public, with politicians, and within the academy—should be a priority for all historians, regardless of specialization or employment status. Disregard for history and […]

  • A response to the election

    […] violence directed toward immigrants or any other vulnerable population. Humanizing immigrants’ experiences and sharing their narratives with broad audiences continues to be essential. At the same time, advocacy around policy and human rights cannot be ignored. Promoting education and dialogue will likely not be enough to ensure that human rights are respected. Public history […]

  • Never let a (humanities) crisis go to waste

    […] examine the history of the justifications that have been made for federal investment in the humanities. Crisis narratives and global politics have a long tradition in humanities advocacy, playing a prominent role in the 1965 legislation which established the National Endowment for the Humanities and National Endowment for the Arts. Indeed, just as STEM […]

  • Around the Field – June 17, 2026

    […] Archivists will host its annual meeting, “Preserve, Adapt, Endure: Building Resilient and Territorial Archives,” in Columbia, South Carolina, this September; the American Historical Association is offering an Advocacy 101 Training Workshop on engaging policymakers and staff in federal advocacy; and the Journal of Texas History has published new research examining the history and legacy […]

  • History on the menu

    […] campaign against bottled water if I were guaranteed that the local water source was not contaminated with lead. I’m not against historic sites as being places of advocacy, nor am I against the local foods movement (did I mention how good the restaurant was!), but I encourage curators to continue to back up their […]

  • New tools, old tactics deployed to save a historic Atlanta Building

    […] starting. “Even with this success (or partial success, as it is too soon to know if the Trio can be saved), we need a stronger framework for advocacy,” Lawrence noted. Atlanta, like every other American city, has had its preservation wins and losses. Preservationists in the 1970s successfully saved downtown’s Fox Theatre and anti-road […]

  • Origins of the Pennhurst Memorial and Preservation Alliance

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    […] by the Pennhurst Memorial & Preservation Alliance (PMPA) at the site of one such institution in Pennsylvania. This is the first of four essays that highlights the advocacy and preservation work of the PMPA in creating this memorial. PMPA began in 2008 as an outgrowth of public historian Christian Cadwalader’s thorough historical documentation of Pennhurst, […]

  • #DismantlePreservation Part II

    […] or educational intensive pursued),[1] but people of all educational backgrounds are encouraged to submit an idea. In addition, the #DismantlePreservation initiatives will continue to be intertwined with my advocacy efforts to help preservation practitioners develop labor equity to ensure people want to enter the field, grow as practitioners, and have fulfilling careers. In 2020, those […]

  • A call for resources on sexual harassment and gender discrimination in public history

    […] me. Together, we approach this task from a range of experiences that includes education, leadership and management, small and large organizational work, and nonprofit work on survivor advocacy and sexual violence prevention and response. It is a difficult task that requires a fine-tooth comb to sift through available resources. As we evaluate potential offerings, […]