NEXT SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13!
Join historian and author John Marks for a compelling talk exploring how Americans have remembered and debated George Washington’s ties to slavery, and what that means for our understanding of freedom today.
https://t.co/LqjgxN7c5d
ONLY HOURS LEFT TO BE HEARD!
PEF jobs at the State Education Dept. may be on the line if the NYS Senate doesn’t pass a bill to increase the county clerk fee used to fund programs at the NYS Museum, State Library, and Archives. The fee hasn’t been increased in 23 years!! Call the NYS Senate at 518-455-2800 or click to send a letter today!
https://t.co/fx9iFJOkyE
Advocacy Alert 🚨
Members , friends, family, and union siblings, our members in the Office of Cultural Ed. need our help. If you are a NYS Resident, please contact Sen. Andrea Stewart-Cousins and ask that she put S.1490-A on the floor before session ends TOMORROW NIGHT!
🚨 IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUIRED! 🚨 PEF jobs at the State Education Dept. may be on the line if the NYS Senate doesn’t act by Midnight on Thursday to increase the county clerk fee used to fund programs at the NYS Museum, State Library, and Archives. The fee hasn’t been increased in 23 years, forcing the Office of Cultural Education to run at a deficit. Email or call your lawmaker TODAY and urge them to pass the bill to make sure New York history is preserved and public libraries receive critical funding to keep serving New Yorkers! Call the NYS Senate Switchboard at 518-455-2800 or click to send a letter today!
https://t.co/fx9iFJOkyE
If you are a NYS Resident, please write your legislators to encourage them to vote for funding the NYS Museum, Library, and Archives.
https://t.co/VWAViLhCwv
The Capital Region is a union town. Federal workers are real people with families doing real work to uplift our communities, seniors, farmers, and veterans.
They are not expendable because an unelected billionaire or King decided so.
Join Dr. Jeremy J. Kirchman, Curator of Birds and Mammals at the @nysmuseum, for an evening of science at The Hollow Bar + Kitchen on Feb 20. ✨
Free to attend! Food and drink are not included but are available for purchase. 🥂
https://t.co/X1oOvnTdJm
PEF leaders and members turned out today in Albany with the Federal Unionists Network for a #SaveOurServices rally -- standing united with all civil service employees in New York and around the country who provide vital services to all Americans.
NYS friends, please consider writing a letter to your legislators to support badly needed funding for the New York State Office of Cultural Education, which includes the State Museum, Library, and Archives.
https://t.co/VWAViLh4GX
All PEF members are invited to come and enjoy light refreshments on Sunday, 2/16, from 11:00am to 1:30pm while exploring our shared vision for productive and inclusive workplaces at the Hilton Albany (40 Lodge Street, Albany, NY 12207)!
https://t.co/U7Ls0Do34E
The NYSM remembers former President Jimmy Carter, a leader whose legacy of service and compassion touched countless lives. Our collection includes these artifacts from his 1976 Presidential Campaign, and the @nysarchives preserves a photograph of Carter with Walter Mondale.
Attention Division 194 members: please check the website for information about our upcoming members meetings.
Come hear updates from Division leaders and have an opportunity to ask questions. Lunch will be provided.
https://t.co/U7Ls0Do34E
The 2025 Annual Conference Call for Proposals is now open. Next year's AASLH Annual Conference, with the theme "The American Experiment," will be in Cincinnati, Ohio, on Sept. 10 – 13, 2025. You can now begin preparing session proposals. Learn more at https://t.co/9Fj8OXFN0m