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CAA has signed on to the National Humanities Alliance (NHA) statement on threats to the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), released in response to the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) targeting the NEH. DOGE aims to reduce staff, cut grant programs, and rescind grants that have already been awarded. CAA stands with NHA in supporting the NEH mission and appealing to members of Congress to intervene and ensure the NEH fulfills its Congressional mandate. Along with NHA and several other societies, CAA fervently believes the NEH “…has a positive impact on every congressional district,” and “…cutting NEH funding directly harms communities in every state and contributes to the destruction of our shared cultural heritage.” 

Read the full statement here. We strongly urge the CAA community to act by contacting Congress in support of the NEH. You can do so in a matter of moments via this easy form!

OTHER LEARNED SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS WHO HAVE SIGNED ON TO THE NHA STATEMENT

American Academy of Religion 
American Antiquarian Society 
American Association for Italian Studies 
American Association for State and Local History 
American Historical Association 
American Musicological Society (AMS) 
American Oriental Society 
American Philosophical Association 
American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies 
American Sociological Association 
Association for Asian Studies 
Association of Research Libraries 
Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies 
Association of University Presses 
Coalition of State Museum Associations (COSMA) 
German Studies Association 
Linguistic Society of America 
Modern Language Association 
National Council on Public History 
National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) 
North American Conference on British Studies 
Organization of American Historians 
The Phi Beta Kappa Society 
Renaissance Society of America 
Society of American Archivists 
Society of Biblical Literature 
University of Connecticut Humanities Institute (UCHI)