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Advocacy Alert: June 1
Record Senate Support for the Office of Museum Services
After a successful push in the U.S. House of Representatives
earlier this spring
, museum advocates have set a new benchmark in yet another arena: the U.S. Senate. Last week, a record 37 U.S. Senators joined
a letter
calling for robust funding in Fiscal Year 2018 for the Office of Museum Services at the Institute of Museum and Library Services. This bipartisan display of support comes at a particularly important moment, as the
president’s FY 2018 budget proposal
recently called for eliminating the agency altogether.
“Museum advocates have risen to the challenge this year, and it’s paying off. This increased congressional support will play a critical role in our work to protect museum funding in the months to come,” said
Alliance President and CEO Laura Lott
. “We appreciate the support of each of these 37 Senators, and we are especially grateful to Senator Kirsten Gillibrand for her leadership and to Senator Dan Sullivan for making this a bipartisan effort.”
What You Can Do: Thank Senators on Social Media
Legislators need to know that their actions are noticed and appreciated by the people and the museums they represent. So here’s the best way to thank them:
Use our
Legislator Lookup
page to find your Senators (and your Representative if you didn’t thank them already!) and their Facebook and Twitter accounts.
Check the list at the bottom of this alert to see if your Senators signed.
Say “Thank You!” You can use our sample posts to get started. Be sure to use #museumsadvocacy. Also tag the Alliance (@AAMers) and your legislators in your posts and tweets.
Sample Social Media Posts:
Facebook - Museums are essential! We join the American Alliance of Museums in thanking [Sen./Rep. _______________ ] for signing on to this year’s OMS letter and for your support of [your museum]. #museumsadvocacy
Facebook - [Your museum name] is essential in our community. We join the American Alliance of Museums in thanking [Sen./Rep. _______________ ] for signing this year’s OMS letter in support of funding for museums. #museumsadvocacy
Twitter - [Your museum] thanks [Sen./Rep. _______________ ] for signing on to this year’s OMS letter! Museums are essential. #museumsadvocacy
Twitter - Thank you [Sen./Rep. _______________ ] for signing on to this year’s OMS letter and supporting [your museum name]! @AAMers #museumsadvocacy
P.S. There is still considerable uncertainty about the timing of congressional action on the FY 2018 federal budget. If you’ve already thanked your legislators who signed this letter, here are some
more advocacy tools
to help you continue to speak up for museums.
FY 2018 Senate Office of Museum Services Letter Signers
Tammy
Baldwin
(D-WI)
Richard
Blumenthal
(D-CT)
Cory
Booker
(D-NJ)
Sherrod
Brown
(D-OH)
Ben
Cardin
(D-MD)
Tom
Carper
(D-DE)
Bob
Casey
(D-PA)
Christopher
Coons
(D-DE)
Joe
Donnelly
(D-IN)
Tammy
Duckworth
(D-IL)
Dick
Durbin
(D-IL)
Dianne
Feinstein
(D-CA)
Al
Franken
(D-MN)
Kirsten
Gillibrand
(D-NY)
Maggie
Hassan
(D-NH)
Martin
Heinrich
(D-NM)
Mazie K.
Hirono
(D-HI)
Tim
Kaine
(D-VA)
Angus
King
(I-ME)
Amy
Klobuchar
(D-MN)
Joe
Manchin
(D-WV)
Ed
Markey
(D-MA)
Bob
Menendez
(D-NJ)
Jeff
Merkley
(D-OR)
Chris
Murphy
(D-CT)
Gary
Peters
(D-MI)
Jack
Reed
(D-RI)
Bernie
Sanders
(I-VT)
Brian
Schatz
(D-HI)
Jeanne
Shaheen
(D-NH)
Debbie
Stabenow
(D-MI)
Dan
Sullivan
(R-AK)
Jon
Tester
(D-MT)
Chris
Van Hollen
(D-MD)
Elizabeth
Warren
(D-MA)
Sheldon
Whitehouse
(D-RI)
Ron
Wyden
(D-OR)