Raising Public Awareness of the Value of History

History museums and historic sites are consistently perceived as trusted places in society, but they don't always know how to sing their own praises. This webinar features presentations from Ember Farber, Former Director of Advocacy at the American Alliance of Museums, John Dichtl, President of the American Association for State and Local History, and Sara Cureton, Executive Director of the New Jersey Historical Commission, and was co-sponsored by the League of Historical Societies of New Jersey.
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Review the research from Made By Us about engaging Gen Z in the 250th at bit.ly/MadeByUS-GenZ.
Create a lead 250th commission or committee in your state or connect to an existing one: aaslh.org/programs/250th/.
Urge your members of Congress to join the Congressional America250 Caucus to support the 250th anniversary. Learn more at aaslh.org/america250-caucus.
Map your 250th programming onto the US Department of Education and NEH’s “Educating for American Democracy” inquiry-based education framework for building civic knowledge and action at educatingforamericandemocracy.org.
Learn more about “America’s Invitation” at america250.org.
Download the Reframing History toolkit to understand how Americans think about history and how our field can more effectively explain history’s value: aaslh.org/reframing-history.
Use one or more of the five 250th themes in AASLH’s Field Guide: aaslh.org/programs/250th.
Getting to Know Your Legislators: www.aam-us.org...
Museums as Economic Engines: www.aam-us.org...
Museums and Public Opinion: www.aam-us.org...
Advocate from Anywhere: www.aam-us.org...
Alliance Advocacy Alerts: www.aam-us.org...
Public Policy Issues: www.aam-us.org...
Economic Impact Statement: www.aam-us.org...
Educational Impact Statement: www.aam-us.org...
Communicating with Legislators: www.aam-us.org...
Visit bit.ly/AAMAdvocacyResources to access all of AAM’s advocacy resources, including tools and ideas for year-round advocacy and engaging your trustees in advocacy.