JeNnaH
@jnaholiday.bsky.social
Higher ed humanities professional trying to adjust to today's "career readiness" uni without all that pesky liberal learning.
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“Extensive changes were made to multiple NPS pages about the UGRR, and a landing page directing children to educational materials about it has been offline since last month. Since 1998, the NPS has been required by federal law to recognize the UGRR and to produce educational materials about it.”
Amid anti-DEI push, National Park Service rewrites history of Underground Railroad
Since Trump took office, the park service, an agency charged with preserving American history, has changed how its website describes key moments from slavery to Jim Crow
www.washingtonpost.com
April 6, 2025 at 4:31 PM
“Extensive changes were made to multiple NPS pages about the UGRR, and a landing page directing children to educational materials about it has been offline since last month. Since 1998, the NPS has been required by federal law to recognize the UGRR and to produce educational materials about it.”
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Among the grants canceled was one helping fund a documentary about the Underground Railroad in southern Ohio. Defunding NEH is a devastating blow to local history societies, museums, colleges, and universities. Our cultural heritage is being sacrificed to provide tax cuts for American oligarchs.
Ohio Humanities receives notice its federal grant funds are 'terminated'
State humanities councils were established by Congress about 50 years ago to make sure National Endowment for Humanities funds made it to smaller communities and organizations.
www.wosu.org
April 3, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Among the grants canceled was one helping fund a documentary about the Underground Railroad in southern Ohio. Defunding NEH is a devastating blow to local history societies, museums, colleges, and universities. Our cultural heritage is being sacrificed to provide tax cuts for American oligarchs.