The SCS is a member of the National Humanities Alliance (NHA), a coalition dedicated to the advancement of humanities education, research, preservation, and public programs. Today is Humanities Advocacy Day (#humanitiesadvocacy16) on Capitol Hill, an annual event organized by NHA. Humanities advocates from around the country will be meeting with their Members of Congress to make the case for humanities funding. In addition to scheduling these meetings, the NHA has provided mechanisms for those who could not travel to Washington to show their support for humanities funding by email and Twitter.
Even if you are not in Washington, you can participate in this activity by clicking here to send messages to your Members of Congress asking them to support the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Department of Education’s international education programs.
In recent years, the House Budget Committee has sought to eliminate funding for the National Endowment for the Humanities. Messages from advocates have helped not only to defeat these proposals but also to secure a modest increase for NEH. Advocacy has also helped us fight off major cuts to the Department of Education’s international education programs (Title VI and Fulbright-Hays). Such support is especially important now given that President Obama has proposed a 69.3% cut to the Fulbright-Hays program.
For a more comprehensive overview of these programs and their funding status, click here.
Finally, you can follow the activities of Humanities Advocacy Day on Twitter by following #Humanitiesadvocacy16!