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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Oregon Heritage News 2020-05-19<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">In this issue:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Important Oregon Heritage News Listserv announcement!<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Incentives for historic property preservation survey<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Restore Oregon preservation related events and awards announcement<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">NAO resources and upcoming webinars<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Oregon Humanities hosts “Connect In Place” virtual series of conversations<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Some resources regarding event guidance and information
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Remote project ideas featured on AAM’s blog<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">NEDCC preservation training opportunities and new preservation leaflets<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Special Message from National Trust for Historic Preservation: A New Era of Justice<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">*Be sure to visit the
<a href="https://www.oregon.gov/oprd/OH/Pages/COVID-19-Resources.aspx">Oregon Heritage COVID-19 Resources</a> page to find upcoming webinars and resources, especially related to reopening and recovery.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Important Oregon Heritage News Listserv announcement!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">To address an urgent security issue affecting the Oregon Mailing List Service, we must use a new address in the “To” field of all new listserv email, effective 6 p.m., Wednesday, May 20. Our
new address will be: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">
<a href="mailto:heritage@omls.oregon.gov">heritage@omls.oregon.gov</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">In addition to using our new address in new email threads, we also can respond to email threads originated before 6 p.m., May 20, by inserting our new list address in the To field.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Users who send to the old domain (after 6 p.m., May 20) will get an “undeliverable” reply.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Once this change takes effect, I encourage you to delete the old address from your email client’s auto-fill feature, and file the new address in your Contacts. Thank you.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Incentives for historic property preservation survey<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">If you own a property listed in the National Register of Historic Places, the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) wants to hear from YOU! We are brainstorming ways to assist
owners with the preservation of their properties, and we want to better understand what you need for your property and what you need from the state. Ideas under consideration include grants, low-interest loans, and tax incentives. If you own a listed property,
please take our <a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SHPOsurvey">survey</a> to let us know how you take care of your National Register property now, and which resources you would use if they were available. The survey only takes 3-5 minutes and will be
open until June 15. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Restore Oregon preservation awards open for applications<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Apply Today for the 2020 DeMuro Awards!
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="https://restoreoregon.org/demuro-awards/" target="_blank">The DeMuro Award</a> is one of Oregon’s highest prizes for historic preservation, honoring the best in restoration and reuse
of our historic places. It celebrates historic rehabilitation and compatible infill projects that demonstrate how historic preservation can create affordable housing, incubate new businesses, and combat climate change through reusing existing resources.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Past recipients range from a historic theater in Corvallis to a 1912 firehouse in the heart of NW Portland, a Pioneer-Era home in Forest Grove to a former auto dealership in Medford. They included
transformations of a saloon into affordable housing, a former U.S Customs House into adaptive office space, and a roller rink into light manufacturing.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Awards are presented at Restore Oregon’s Restoration Celebration on October 2nd and are published in our FieldNotes magazine and on our website.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Learn more and apply online at
<a href="https://restoreoregon.org/demuro-awards/2020-demuro-award-nomination-application/" target="_blank">
restoreoregon.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Application deadline is June 12th!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">NAO resources and upcoming webinars<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">* taken from NAO’s COVID-19 Update e-news dated 5/18/20<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Governor Brown has slowly loosened the stay-at-home order and many counties in Oregon entered Phase I this past Friday. With these loosened
restrictions, more of us are venturing out (carefully!) to test the possibilities of bringing our staff and volunteers back to work on site. As you consider your options, please make use of the curated materials we have put together on how to protect your
team, program participants and workplaces. You can find those materials </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001yyNvGJL1rXeYmNVVtCy6lKiV5mw7BuSbPU1SfY0rq4jdpZM-LR4uP_1BXAzOg7OnQSSPcxO4-ozCL0Fd0xvoqo0x2ZRQZSjSYVY-XuA6X7RXRIvBKeQ-SNfVNto9fa_ya-5zpZ77RYwa3Lczj57C2xcURwWqwJIk3_6wXrG8dVxyUbiSWxOYzlDPtgpLoqFw9JQe74BcTsdxlKyh1cOxYQ==&c=U486wiIoj3l5FF5szTs-G-5NFQDcYs5fuX6FFdIuA8LZ1Uuvq3akTg==&ch=JrPUbLNliy7FVFAM8NYC65Q1PurGrv2ycaFUCXpkywUDkHSK5a9bUw==">here</a><span style="color:black">.
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Also, be sure to sign up for our session:</span><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Ask
the Experts </span></b><b><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">–</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"> Legal and Practical Realities of Reopening the Workplace</span></b><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">on
Tuesday, May 26. Register for the session</span><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001yyNvGJL1rXeYmNVVtCy6lKiV5mw7BuSbPU1SfY0rq4jdpZM-LR4uP_1BXAzOg7OnzNquwrsunGA9mTddbR2TeDO5kTVPgEiqVVB_72GFj9ShJ-Mc2GR-eaXxXYk5yRw0BqW5yk6iE2mCh0qfYHiSt13ED_3tHfG54Xg-UdqF7ktO9oeGlzqVaHB90oHOfd-Gp-YUxL2Eg3OkHJl6mSrWSzQ7rMQh-kmG&c=U486wiIoj3l5FF5szTs-G-5NFQDcYs5fuX6FFdIuA8LZ1Uuvq3akTg==&ch=JrPUbLNliy7FVFAM8NYC65Q1PurGrv2ycaFUCXpkywUDkHSK5a9bUw==">here</a><span style="color:black">.
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Another big conundrum hanging over our heads as we emerge from quarantine is how to realign our nonprofit to this new reality. Many of us
are wondering what comes next, as we try to imagine what the future may hold and how to guide our organizations with so many unknowns. Last Thursday, we held the first of a three-part series on <b>Rethinking your Strategy: Planning Recovery for COVID-19</b></span><b><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">with
Steve Patty and Jessamyn Luiz from</span><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001yyNvGJL1rXeYmNVVtCy6lKiV5mw7BuSbPU1SfY0rq4jdpZM-LR4uP_1BXAzOg7OnEHubBGrCrpbFovpqHkQjhopzjAxDV5TqszSxbuGvCZT89KOlYeC5O61UcZXZS-jAadIN-l9VfpC1iCh4xpPLMP2aa7-hs9CJ&c=U486wiIoj3l5FF5szTs-G-5NFQDcYs5fuX6FFdIuA8LZ1Uuvq3akTg==&ch=JrPUbLNliy7FVFAM8NYC65Q1PurGrv2ycaFUCXpkywUDkHSK5a9bUw==">Dialogues
In Action</a><span style="color:black">. If you missed the first session, don’t fret! You can view the first session: Opportunity of a Crisis </span><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001yyNvGJL1rXeYmNVVtCy6lKiV5mw7BuSbPU1SfY0rq4jdpZM-LR4uP_1BXAzOg7OnpGRgZl39FE99CVcRQ_iFklzd6m5vrTZ0kgVItv3ICMtmO8Cqh27fNExU-sHCh4bHCecxe1TM5R1IRnY7DnBl7Zq6GUjYY9-dE6HpLr2Hl6GXlDTbky2UL6ep2G61NOt6AAT7lv8Gmg8ismep1q6GWP7S-sfJdk9F4nNH65ZIZa0=&c=U486wiIoj3l5FF5szTs-G-5NFQDcYs5fuX6FFdIuA8LZ1Uuvq3akTg==&ch=JrPUbLNliy7FVFAM8NYC65Q1PurGrv2ycaFUCXpkywUDkHSK5a9bUw==">recording</a></span><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">and</span><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001yyNvGJL1rXeYmNVVtCy6lKiV5mw7BuSbPU1SfY0rq4jdpZM-LR4uP_1BXAzOg7OnG0a67FKs3aop3V2I2N5MHDNCcnkZSA5tdlrftCecSTNri_Uokb65QohRHmc77a6RqlqJB3VAHFMfzzvgFEFJJCRWxWyWqHm86DvTvNosxbuaXfrB3J-eJ7aaOIKccM0JoOKvciFeYxHZO7qd5GYSug==&c=U486wiIoj3l5FF5szTs-G-5NFQDcYs5fuX6FFdIuA8LZ1Uuvq3akTg==&ch=JrPUbLNliy7FVFAM8NYC65Q1PurGrv2ycaFUCXpkywUDkHSK5a9bUw==">slides</a><span style="color:black">,
as well as</span></span><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001yyNvGJL1rXeYmNVVtCy6lKiV5mw7BuSbPU1SfY0rq4jdpZM-LR4uP6X5rDn7x_GbEq2JMnc7MSj2DmjqMDy6ImgqK0JafYybtqsuQtyX0yWawo8GprtdBagpz16tLQvq5DXw7DDe_f4pi-80cHO_gMfl95zOiR14ZET_0wgL0qb6DfmITJ1LTEgtV8q2RLYDHPz6q-sVH0L2XzaQEU5LaZ9ky1v2AliQ&c=U486wiIoj3l5FF5szTs-G-5NFQDcYs5fuX6FFdIuA8LZ1Uuvq3akTg==&ch=JrPUbLNliy7FVFAM8NYC65Q1PurGrv2ycaFUCXpkywUDkHSK5a9bUw==">register</a></span><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">for
the second and third sessions on Thursday, May 21 and Thursday, May 28 respectively. As with all of NAO</span><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">’</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">s
COVID-19 programming right now, this three-part series is free for Oregon nonprofits, thanks to the gracious support of foundations and sponsors.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Oregon Humanities hosts “Connect In Place” virtual series of conversations<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Oregon Humanities is hosting a series of weekly virtual conversations and we're calling it “<a href="http://oregonhumanities.org/programs/what-is-cp/connect-in-place/">Connect in Place</a>.” Our
aim is to create spaces in this physically separated moment for Oregonians to gather, connect, reflect, and talk with one another. <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">May 26: This Place Now</span></b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">6:30 to 8:30 p.m. PDT</span></i><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">.
<a href="https://www.tfaforms.com/4823080">Click here to RSVP.</a> Registration is required. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">In this time of COVID-19, physical distancing, and uncertainty, what does Oregon feel like to you, and how would you like it to feel for fellow Oregonians across the state? This virtual community
conversation will connect people from all over Oregon to make sense of this moment together, to share what we envision for the future, and to start exploring how we might get there.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Now that Oregon Humanities has convened a number of smaller, regional online conversations about how local communities are responding to current conditions, we hope to provide a gathering space
for people from all over the state to do some cross-regional reflection and sharing in small and larger groups. Whether you've attended previous "This Place Now" conversations or not, you are welcome to participate. This conversation will include new people,
questions and prompts.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Some resources regarding event guidance and information
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">For those that have events, it might be good to take a look at this Reopening Guide recently released by the Event Safety Alliance. "The Reopening Guide addresses health and sanitary issues
that event and venue professionals need to consider in order to protect both patrons and workers. Since there is still insufficient testing, no contact tracing, and no vaccine against COVID-19, this guidance is particularly detailed. The first edition is
tailored to be especially useful for event professionals reopening the smallest events with the fewest resources available to mitigate their risks, since in every municipal reopening plan these will be allowed to reopen first." The Guide is downloadable from
the Alliance’s website <a href="https://performingartsreadiness.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7b093c4a1919def871a10e356&id=ad568f14aa&e=a5d13dc9db">
here</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Also of interest related to events is a webinar being presented by the
<b>National Main Street Center on The State of the Event Industry, May 20, 10-11am</b>.
</span><span class="event-description"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">As the event industry has entered into unchartered territory during these uncertain times, it has become apparent that many events, especially those being run by volunteers
and small staff need guidance on what to expect and how to handle issues that are rising from cancelations and postponements due to COVID-19. This 60 min webinar will provide information and advice from industry experts on how to reopen and operate farmers
markets, event sponsorship, ticketing and vendors. <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2FWN_jqR-XIRYT_C3rYWImTxpnw&sa=D&ust=1590342256860000&usg=AOvVaw16qyUj75zJAmWH-K-EhnBN" target="_blank">
Register here</a>.</span></span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Remote project ideas featured on AAM’s blog<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="https://aam-us.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2605bbc11e6752de338ce7e61&id=d1020d6511&e=0645a66f24">Now What?: Remote Project Ideas</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">By Cecelia Walls
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Weeks or months in to working remotely, you might be finding it hard to think of new tasks you can do without access to your physical site. Try this list of oft-neglected projects you might
be overlooking. <a href="https://aam-us.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2605bbc11e6752de338ce7e61&id=57ae921a54&e=0645a66f24">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">NEDCC preservation training opportunities and new preservation leaflets<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">On-demand Webinar Recordings available on a wide variety of topics, including: Long-term Preservation of Early Record Books; Writing a Preservation Plan; and the "Caring for" Series such as
Caring for Oversized Collections, Photographic Collections, Architectural Records, Digital Media, Scrapbooks, and more.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Upcoming Programs:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">- The "Hands-on" Live Webinar on Surface Cleaning Techniques for Paper-based Materials, June 9. (Registration deadline is June 1.) You'll get a supply kit in the mail to use during the webinar.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">- New! Fundamentals of Photograph Preservation, the 6-Session Live Web Course. May 27-July 1.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">- Preservation 101: Preservation Basics for Paper and Media Collections, the 10-Session Live Web Course, Sept 17-Nov 19.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">See training calendar
<a href="https://www.nedcc.org/preservation-training/training-currentlist">here</a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">New Preservation Leaflets:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">New Preservation Leaflets include: Packing and Shipping Paper Artifacts; Packing and Shipping Audio Media; Types of Photographs, part 2, Color; Types of Photographs, part 3, Digital Output
Media; and Disinfecting Books and Other Collections. <a href="http://www.nedcc.org/leaflets">
http://www.nedcc.org/leaflets</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Special Message from National Trust for Historic Preservation: A New Era of Justice<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">* This message was taken directly from an e-message sent from the National Trust for Historic Preservation, specifically the director of the African American Cultural Heritage
Action Fund, dated 5/19/20<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Preservation is about community.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Now is a time for us to come together as we have so many times before, but with a new sense of urgency and inclusion, and in ways that will last beyond the coronavirus crisis. As important
visual and cultural clues, the places we preserve hold promise for the future we seek to reclaim, and each site stands as an historical indicator of our complex present. We need old buildings as much as old buildings need us. They prompt us to remember who
we are.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">The COVID-19 virus has devastated many across the country, but due to disinvestment and systemic policies, African Americans and communities of color have been disproportionately affected.
Our nation is again reminded that this disparity mirrors and reflects historical and racial inequities. We are being reminded to face the truth about our past.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">As a movement, preservation has also mirrored traditional social values. Yet, if we lean into hope and take time to self-reflect, we can be the change we seek. We can draw lessons from the
past to create a prosperous future, while also reflecting on the promise of preservation as an equity-driven movement. In our individual moments of stillness, we should ask ourselves: Can we confront the economic challenges of COVID-19 and ignite a contemporary
preservation movement as a force for positive social change? How can we weave a tapestry of places and stories to tell our full, shared history? Can we challenge ourselves to realize equity-driven outcomes that benefit all Americans? Because when we collaborate,
we have the capacity to create a national identity that reflects the country’s true diversity.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">In the spirit of envisioning a more prosperous and inclusive future, I invite you to join me for a special
<a href="https://us.e-activist.com/ea-action/enclick?ea.url.id=476798&clid=10028&ea.campaigner.email=37v2n0LVEqezct0%2Bm0F1N9mrYuqSz%2FQB&ea.campaigner.id=hz5izN%2BuUjiZkArzVWMSmA==&ea_broadcast_target_id=0">
<b>Virtual Preservation Month</b></a> event with Ms. Phylicia Rashad, co-chair of the National Trust’s
<a href="https://us.e-activist.com/ea-action/enclick?ea.url.id=476799&clid=10028&ea.campaigner.email=37v2n0LVEqezct0%2Bm0F1N9mrYuqSz%2FQB&ea.campaigner.id=hz5izN%2BuUjiZkArzVWMSmA==&ea_broadcast_target_id=0">
<b>African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund</b></a> on Friday, May 22, at 1:30 p.m. ET. (<a href="https://us.e-activist.com/ea-action/enclick?ea.url.id=476800&clid=10028&ea.campaigner.email=37v2n0LVEqezct0%2Bm0F1N9mrYuqSz%2FQB&ea.campaigner.id=hz5izN%2BuUjiZkArzVWMSmA==&ea_broadcast_target_id=0"><b>Register
in advance for the webinar</b></a>.) In our conversation, we will discuss the power of preservation, the work of the Action Fund, and the historic African American places that inspire all Americans to build a better world.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Our forebearers responded to earlier preservation threats and injustices with dogged leadership, tenacious thinking, and community organizing. >From the foundational work of Ann Pamela Cunningham
and the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association, to the groundbreaking activism of Mary B. Talbert and the National Association of Colored Women, our ancestors ignited our movement by honoring the cultural memories of George Washington and Frederick Douglass. Just
like these trailblazing women, we have the fortitude to walk in their footsteps and prove that by cooperative agreement we can measure up. As social critic and author James Baldwin said, “Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed
until it is faced.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">The African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund will continue to examine and eliminate inequities through new forms of partnership, interpretation, and funding. Our leadership is about pursuing
an idea, something yet to be seen, and a culture of learning to increase our relevancy and impact. We promote preservation as economic and social justice. We partner with humility in service of African Americans whose overlooked stories and contributions provide
strength and examples of overcoming impossible-seeming odds. We draw inspiration and resilience from African American historic places.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Historic sites that bring forward a diverse and inclusive national narrative are playing a crucial role in redefining our collective history and, meaningfully, expanding the preservation movement
in equitable ways. These cultural assets help us all walk toward a new era of justice. May our nation face its past to create a more just American culture with preservationists on the front lines protecting and preserving our diverse historic places and communities.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Be well and thrive.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Brent Leggs<br>
Executive Director<br>
African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Share your photos of Oregon’s heritage on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter using #oregonheritage.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">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
<a href="mailto:heritage.info@oregon.gov">heritage.info@oregon.gov</a>.</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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