[Heritage] Oregon Heritage News 2018-07-19

[INFO Heritage * OPRD]

In this issue:
1. Call for public comment on 2020 Suffrage Value Statement
2. Stipends available for 2018 Oregon Museums Assoc. Conference
3. Have you checked out NAO's nonprofit toolkit resource page?

CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON 2020 SUFFRAGE VALUE STATEMENT

The AASLH Women's History Affinity Group is developing a 2020 Suffrage Value Statement, with best practices and principles for the upcoming Centennial Commemoration of the 19th Amendment. The group is surveying the field for comments to help develop the statement. Deadline to submit comments: August 15, 2018. You can participate at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/8ZW7LM9<https://aaslh.site-ym.com/link.asp?e=katie.henry@oregon.gov&job=3434342&ymlink=261736082&finalurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Esurveymonkey%2Ecom%2Fr%2F8ZW7LM9>

STIPENDS AVAILABLE FOR 2018 OREGON MUSEUMS ASSOC. CONFERENCE

OMA 2018 Annual Conference<https://oregonmuseums.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9d5d7b4e30096d57c2174bdeb&id=8d0a613d02&e=3d4bfe5d52>
Resilience: Responding to Change
September 9, 10 and 11, 2018
Hood River, OR

OMA is pleased to offer $250 conference stipends for students and first-time attendees from the OMA community.

  *   Students must be enrolled in a museum studies, free-choice learning, history, public history, or other related program.
  *   First-time attendees must be working/volunteering in the museum profession and be a first-time attendee to the OMA Annual Conference.
Stipend includes conference registration, an annual OMA membership (if the applicant is not already a member) and $250 for travel expenses.

Applicants should submit a letter of application with the following information:

  *   Institution/academic program and position
  *   Explanation of how attending the conference will benefit their professional development.
Successful applicants will be required to write a first-person account of their experience attending the conference and what they learned from the workshops/events they attended. Their articles will be published in a 2018 OMA e-newsletter.

Application deadline August 1, 2018.  Successful applicants will be notified by August 5, 2018.

Email or mail to:
Oregon Museums Association
PO Box 8604
Portland, OR 97207
connect at oregonmuseums.org<mailto:connect at oregonmuseums.org>

HAVE YOU CHECKED OUT NAO'S NONPROFIT TOOLKIT RESOURCE PAGE?

Resource topics include: Legal Compliance, Governance, Financial Oversight, Resource Development, Public Affairs, Leadership & Culture, and Operations and Human Resources

Take a few minutes and see if your organization might benefit from checking out some of the resources:   https://nonprofitoregon.org/helpline_resources/tools_information/nonprofittoolkit






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Oregon Heritage News is a service of Oregon Heritage, a division of the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. The news editor can be contacted at heritage.info at oregon.gov<mailto:heritage.info at oregon.gov>.

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