<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Dear H-PAD members and supporters,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The purpose of this email is to solicit your views on our organization’s direction. <span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>H-PAD’s Steering Committee meets in-person this Saturday, May 20, and we want to know what you think: <span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>what should be H-PAD’s top priorities, heading into 2024? <span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Please write us directly at<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="mailto:van.gosse@fandm.edua" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)"></a><a href="mailto:van.gosse@fandm.edu" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;text-decoration:none">van.gosse@fandm.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>and<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="mailto:marmacpower1@gmail.com" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;text-decoration:none">marmacpower1@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>with your ideas and suggestions.<u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Here’s a report on what we have done. <span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Over the past twelve months, Historians for Peace & Democracy has mobilized to fight the Right’s attack on “honest history,” see SC member Molly Nolan’s excellent article in<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://publicseminar.org/essays/political-polarization-threatens-american-education/" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Public Seminar</span></a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">In January, we produced our ongoing<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://www.historiansforpeace.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/The-Culture-Wars-Against-Education-12-29.pdf" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Culture Wars Against Education Archive</span></a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">, continually updated.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">This spring,<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://www.historiansforpeace.org/historians-on-call/" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Historians-On-Call</span></a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>has put down roots, with our new organizer, Simon Judkins, developing networks in key states as we partner with national organizations of historians and K-12 educators. <span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">With<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Radical History Review</i>, we already have a full roster for the 2024 American Historical Association’s Annual Meeting, including a roundtable asking “Is the United States Turning Towards Fascism?” with Professors Carol Anderson, Linda Gordon, and David Hollinger.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">So let us know your thoughts. <span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>And send us money! <span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>We are ramping up in terms of staff time and resources, including a brand-new website, so we ask you to support our<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate?token=Tu-GmhAxFL3fSx09xn75uFAIG-DiaCHl-YW137IK4TRc1on5X2x66pKhmLSzkh_6YvsBPU48BbaTmj1m" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Organizing Fund</span></a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br>In solidarity,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br>Van Gosse and Margaret Power, Co-Chairs</span></p></div></div></div></div>