by Massachusetts History Alliance | Dec 22, 2020 | News, Publick Occurences
PUBLICK OCCURRENCES — December 22, 2020 ADVOCACY ALERT Support the “Educating for Democracy Act” An appreciation for our local, state, and National history starts in our schools. Familiarity with facts and exposure to compelling stories that illustrate the depth...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Nov 19, 2020 | News, Publick Occurences
PUBLICK OCCURRENCES — November 19, 2020 ADVOCACY ALERT Fellow Massachusetts History Lovers, As you read this, the Massachusetts legislature is negotiating a budget for state arts funding for next year. Last week, the House Ways and Means Committee proposed...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Nov 12, 2020 | News, Publick Occurences
The Massachusetts history community is in peril. On top of a long-standing lack of resources available to this sector and a decline in public interest in history, the COVID-19 epidemic has forced the closure of many organizations across the Commonwealth. As we head...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Nov 5, 2020 | News, Publick Occurences
PUBLICK OCCURRENCES — November 5, 2020 Conversations on the Commons invites you to: History Funding from Local Cultural Councils: Talking through and workshopping LCC grant applications November 6, 2020, 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. A Conversation with Ymelda...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Oct 5, 2020 | Publick Occurences
PUBLICK OCCURRENCES — October 5, 2020 Conversations on the Commons invites you to: Archiving Your Gigabytes: Preserving COVID-19 and other digital collections October 9, 2020, 1:00pm – 2:30pm A Conversation with Veronica Martzahl, Digital Records Archivist at...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Sep 2, 2020 | Conversations on the Commons Archive, Publick Occurences
Women’s Suffrage, the Census, Black Lives Matter, the Election: How do you engage the question of politics in your organization? Engaging audiences without being partisan? How do board members feel about these issues? Where do we draw the line between history...