Advocacy Alert

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August Advocacy Alert: Take Action to Support IMLS, NEA, and NEH, and other updates

By American Alliance of Museums

Advocacy Alert – August 8, 2025 In this Alliance Advocacy Alert: Take Action: Tell Congress to Protect Museum Funding Congress has been moving forward on FY26 funding for the federal government. In July, the Senate released its …
July Advocacy Alert: Advocacy Webinar, Legislative Updates and more

By American Alliance of Museums

Advocacy Alert – July 7, 2025 In this Alliance Advocacy Alert: Free Upcoming Advocacy Webinar Year-Round Advocacy: Being an Effective Advocate July 24 at 2 pm ET Effective advocacy is not a “one and done” activity. It is a continuous …
June Advocacy Alert: Invite Congress, Policy Updates, and More

By American Alliance of Museums

Advocacy Alert – June 13, 2025 In this Alliance Advocacy Alert: Invite Congress: Show Congress Firsthand the Value of Your Museum Members of Congress are in their home districts the entire month of August, visiting local businesses …
Latest on IMLS Court Cases

By American Alliance of Museums

Advocacy Alert: June 10, 2025 ALA v. Sonderling On June 6, 2025, in the case ALA v. Sonderling filed by Democracy Forward on behalf of the American Library Association and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Workers, the …
May Advocacy Alert: IMLS Lawsuit, Take Action on Federal Funding, and more

By American Alliance of Museums

May 15, 2025 In this Alliance Advocacy Alert: IMLS Lawsuit Updates On May 13, the Judge in the 21 states’ attorneys general case issued a ruling to halt the dismantling of IMLS and ordered the agency to revert back to pre-executive …
Updates on IMLS and the President’s Budget

By American Alliance of Museums

Advocacy Alert – May 2, 2025 In this Alliance Advocacy Alert: Lawsuit Updates IMLS Lawsuit: Yesterday, a judge granted a Temporary Restraining Order to prevent the Trump Administration from further dismantling the Institute of Museum …
April Alert: Advocacy Activities, Updates on Federal Funding and IMLS

By American Alliance of Museums

Advocacy Alert – April 28, 2025 In this Alliance Advocacy Alert: Upcoming Advocacy Activities Are you attending the 2025 AAM Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo? Learn about and connect on advocacy and policy issues at: AAM Advocacy …
Grant Terminations, Appeals and Other Activities

By American Alliance of Museums

Grant Terminations: IMLS Appeals This week, federal agencies, including IMLS and NEH, have continued to send large numbers of grant termination letters to awardees. If you received an IMLS termination letter, AAM is encouraging museums to …
IMLS, NEH Grant Terminations

By American Alliance of Museums

Grant Termination As noted in previous alerts, the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has had its staff put on administrative leave with a lack of clarity on the status of already committed grants. In the last few days, news …
Latest on IMLS as of 3/31

By American Alliance of Museums

Latest on IMLS as of 3/31 On March 31, the entire Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) staff was placed on administrative leave as a follow up to the executive order from March 14. Read AAM’s statement. Placing the entire staff …