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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Oregon Heritage News 2020-06-20<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>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">24 Oregon communities announced as 2020 Accredited and Affiliate Main Street America Communities<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:red;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Oregon Heritage Commission grants awarded to museums throughout the state</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:red;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Commission awards grants to multiple historic cemetery projects</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:red;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Reopening and documentation the focus of recent Oregon Heritage Exchange Blog post</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">NEDCC July preservation training webinars<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">COVID-19 Resource: Re-entering a Collection that was Closed by Covid-19<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">AAM: Racism, Unrest, and the Role of the Museum Field
<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></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-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">24 Oregon towns announced as 2020 Accredited and Affiliate Main Street America Communities<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">860 Main Street America programs across the nation have earned Accredited status, Main Street America’s top tier of recognition.</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> This exclusive
designation signifies a demonstrated commitment to comprehensive community revitalization and a proven track record of successfully applying the Main Street Approach™. We also congratulate the 341 programs that have been designated as Main Street America Affiliates
this year. These programs are on the pathway to achieving meaningful economic, social, physical and organizational improvements in their downtowns and commercial districts. <br>
<br>
Of those communities designated across the nation, 24 are in Oregon as part of the
<a href="https://www.oregon.gov/oprd/OH/Pages/OMS.aspx">Oregon Main Street Network</a>, the state coordinating program. Oregon Accredited and Affiliate communities include the following:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Accredited:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Albany<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Astoria<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Alberta District, Portland<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Corvallis<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Estacada<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">McMinnville<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Oregon City<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Roseburg<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">The Dalles<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Affiliate:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Bandon<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Beaverton<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Carlton<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Coos Bay<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Cottage Grove<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Dallas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Dayton<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Hillsboro<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Klamath Falls<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">La Grande<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Lebanon<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Newberg<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Pendleton<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Port Orford<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Tillamook<br>
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In 2019 alone, $6.45 billion of public and private reinvestment was generated, 6,466 net new businesses were opened, 32,316 net new jobs were created, and 10,412 buildings were rehabilitated in Main Street America communities.<br>
<br>
Statewide, countywide, and citywide Coordinating Programs evaluate, select, and recommend qualifying communities to Main Street America on an annual basis. Communities must meet ten rigorous standards to qualify for Accreditation status. Evaluation criteria
determines the communities that are building comprehensive and sustainable revitalization efforts and include standards such as fostering strong public-private partnerships, documenting programmatic progress, and actively preserving historic buildings.
<a href="https://mainstreet.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=881199cb2d0b2894c01ba06c1&id=20ae742954&e=8383aade6e" target="_blank">
Learn more. </a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></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-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Oregon Heritage Commission grants awarded to museums throughout the state<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Oregon Heritage Commission has awarded $74,999 in grants to 11 museums throughout the state. The grants will help fund a variety of projects including collection preservation, visitor education
and heritage tourism. Award amounts ranged from $1,063 - $8,284.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Funded projects:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Aurora Colony Historical Society, in Aurora, to move collections to a new preservation facility.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Baker Heritage Museum, in Baker City, to develop and implement a heritage passport tourism promotion project.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Bush House Museum, in Salem, to develop a timeline of Salem history documenting traditionally marginalized groups.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Independence Heritage Museum, in Independence, to install storage shelving in their new facility.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education, in Portland, to update their cataloging system.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Polk County Historical Society and Museum, in Rickreall, to improve collections storage.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Portland Chinatown History Foundation, in Portland, to develop oral history videos.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Shelton-McMurphey-Johnson House, in Eugene, for collections storage improvements.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Southern Oregon Historical Society, in Medford, to catalog, rehouse, digitize and make available online glass plate negatives from Sawyer’s postcard company.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Wallowa History Center, in Wallowa, for promotional projects including interpretive planning, website development, and highway signs.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Willamette University Hallie Ford Museum, in Salem, for the preservation and digitization of the Rick Bartow print collection.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">The museum grant program is offered annually by the Oregon Heritage Commission, part of the Oregon Heritage program at Oregon Parks and Recreation Department (OPRD). The grant program began
in 1965 when only 24 organizations were eligible for the program. This grant cycle was funded by other OPRD funds and not lottery or park fee funds.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">The Oregon Heritage Commission works to secure, sustain and enhance Oregon’s heritage. The Commission sponsors heritage initiatives that educate the public about the value of heritage and celebrate
the state’s diversity.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">The Oregon Heritage Commission consists of nine members appointed by the governor and nine agency advisors. Members are chosen from state agencies and statewide organizations, and represent
a diverse geographical and heritage background.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">To learn more about the Oregon Museum Grant or the Oregon Heritage Commission, visit
<a href="http://www.oregonheritage.org">www.oregonheritage.org</a> or contact Kuri Gill at
<a href="mailto:Kuri.gill@oregon.gov">Kuri.gill@oregon.gov</a> or 503-986-0685.<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">Commission awards grants to multiple historic cemetery projects<span style="color:red"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Oregon Commission on Historic Cemeteries (OCHC) has awarded $50,000 in grants to 12 historic cemetery projects throughout the state. The funds will help support preservation efforts, repair
work and visitor education. Individual award amounts ranged from $1,330-$6,200.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Funded projects:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Plot fence reconstruction at the Waldo Cemetery in Josephine County.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Monument repair and cleaning training with Clatsop Community College at Hillside Cemetery in Astoria.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Monument repair and cleaning at the Zion Memorial Cemetery in Canby.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Install a monument at Fir Grove Cemetery and an interpretive panel at McFarland Cemetery in Cottage Grove.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Level and repair monuments at Greenwood Cemetery in Astoria.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Clean and level US veteran and family member monuments at Hubbard Cemetery in Marion County.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Trim trees and remove dead trees at the IOOF Gold Hill Cemetery.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Trim trees and repairs markers at the IOOF West Point Cemetery in Lane County.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Level large grave stones at the McMinnville Masonic Cemetery.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Repair, level, and reset headstones at the Woodbine and Knights of Pythias cemeteries in Columbia County.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Repair headstones in the Scappoose Fairview Cemetery.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Install four monuments for the Boone family in the Butteville Cemetery in Marion County.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Historic cemeteries are documented by OCHC and must include the burial of at least one person who died before Feb. 14, 1909.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">The historic cemetery grant program is offered annually by the OCHC, part of the Oregon Heritage Program at Oregon Parks and Recreation Department (OPRD). The grant program is supported by
other funds, and not by lottery or park fee funds. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">OCHC maintains a list of all pioneer and historic cemeteries in the state. The seven-member appointed commission helps people and organizations document, preserve and promote designated historic
cemeteries statewide.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">For more information about the grant program or the OCHC, visit
<a href="http://www.oregonheritage.org">www.oregonheritage.org</a> or contact Kuri Gill at
<a href="mailto:Kuri.gill@oregon.gov">Kuri.gill@oregon.gov</a> or 503-986-0685. <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Reopening and documentation the focus of recent Oregon Heritage Exchange Blog post<span style="color:red"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Last month, Oregon Heritage released a
<a href="https://www.oregon.gov/oprd/OH/Documents/Reopening%20Conversation.pdf">Reopening Conversation Tool</a> to help heritage organizations create an informed process to begin their internal reopening conversations. Since then, we’ve participated in several
networking conversations and a state-wide <a href="https://register.gotowebinar.com/recording/557127347301188610">
webinar on Oregon’s museum reopening guidelines</a> that reinforced to us why documenting your processes during reopening is critical. Check out the
<a href="https://oregonheritage.wordpress.com/2020/06/18/reopening-heritage-organizations-document-document-document/">
most recent post</a> on the Oregon Heritage Exchange Blog to read what are takeaways are.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">NEDCC July preservation training webinars<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">July 14 - Preventing and Responding to Mold in Book and Paper Collections, 1-hour lunchtime webinar.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Participants will learn how to assess and identify mold, how to safely clean moldy materials, and how to prevent future mold outbreaks through proactive preservation measures.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">July 16 - Assessing and Improving Collections Security, 2 hours.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">This webinar will explore the nature of these security risks; provide guidance for assessing your building, reading room, and storage spaces; and cover basic policies that help protect your
collection from theft and vandalism.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">July 21 - Understanding Archival Storage Materials, 1-hour lunchtime webinar.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Defining frequently used terms that describing paper-based and plastic enclosures, including "archival" and "PAT." The instructor will answer questions such as, "When is it appropriate to use
buffered storage materials?" and will describe the optimal uses for different folder and book box designs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">July 23 - Disaster Planning for Extended Closures.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">This webinar introduces participants to collections concerns that arise when a building is not accessed regularly and recommends practical solutions for adapting an organization's disaster
plan and implementing practical mitigation and monitoring strategies in-house.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">July 28 - Introduction to Audio Preservation, 1-hour lunchtime webinar.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Introducing participants to issues in audio preservation: an overview of common formats and their preservation risks, basic care and handling techniques, reformatting-as-preservation, and tools
for format identification, inventory, and storage.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">July 30 - Caring for Paper-based Collections, 2 hours.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Focusing on care of books, documents, photographs, and works of art on paper, including information on paper manufacture, deterioration, and proper storage.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">LEARN MORE AND REGISTER:
<a href="http://www.nedcc.org/prestr">http://www.nedcc.org/prestr</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">COVID-19 Resource: Re-entering a Collection that was Closed by Covid-19<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts (CCAHA)
</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#403F42">shared a new resource on their website and social media compiled by CCAHA staff to help guide collecting institutions in reopening after an emergency closure.
<a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001lpVTQ8A4k8fQ5FnhGUceqvBmons0flbN7lbh6m6BJ6ao5xN66EDFsSHZwQm_LS1Ts023inrAzEaTofmULqaA-LqcwT80Nmtqql_GQuHWUlOaZJ6aoVSrhCD3ZG5MCiDYioHXJuGLvMBh3BCSM9kc2NKrWBgl-MfFqJn_dMPBeIob5mzVDqnwthkhkVUwTHNgKCzVTjDOCDjjhblu1AhWOA==&c=FOWxn8Z8YlJpmpKiQCxVi1LovI37N3s9ukV2VwnYZvk-478Tx2R4Kg==&ch=GYce6BtXXoVx_Lco5mTlMHqpGfuNukLOC8quDobjIvlxL2dI478Jiw==" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#1B3B6A">Click here to download a PDF of this resource</span></a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#403F42">View this and other Covid-19 resources on our
<a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001lpVTQ8A4k8fQ5FnhGUceqvBmons0flbN7lbh6m6BJ6ao5xN66EDFsUC0EOm-mxbsnO3uPlKWnU0Os7hJR71HoTn0paS9SgXYr04O53tnoO0izQi-0pqN-rsjKSMNezPjpE8UI5rjQZ82QDlgsr3wKg==&c=FOWxn8Z8YlJpmpKiQCxVi1LovI37N3s9ukV2VwnYZvk-478Tx2R4Kg==&ch=GYce6BtXXoVx_Lco5mTlMHqpGfuNukLOC8quDobjIvlxL2dI478Jiw==" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#1B3B6A">Guides & Fact Sheets page</span></a>.</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">AAM: Racism, Unrest, and the Role of the Museum Field
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">On June 3, attendees of the American Alliance of Museum (AAM) Virtual Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo came together to hear from Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole, Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III, and Lori Fogarty
on the museum field’s role in combating racism. In the heat of the country’s reckoning with police killings of Black people, AAM saw this conversation as an opportunity to come together as a community and listen to these powerful voices discuss how we can
rebuild our field and our society for the better.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">They are making this conversation available to all and you can watch the full video and read the transcript
<a href="https://www.aam-us.org/2020/06/09/racism-unrest-and-the-role-of-the-museum-field/?utm_source=American+Alliance+of+Museums&utm_campaign=27622a7d4e-FieldNotes_June15_2020&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f06e575db6-27622a7d4e-37243273">
here</a>. <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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