<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">I believe our focus should be on social studies/history education and the public schools.<br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On May 15, 2023, at 9:25 PM, Van Gosse via Members <members@lists.historiansforpeace.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">The link to contribute money to H-PAD didn't work properly, so use this one--if you want to support our <a href="https://www.historiansforpeace.org/donate/">Organizing Fund</a>!</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, May 15, 2023 at 12:55 PM Van Gosse <<a href="mailto:vgosse@fandm.edu">vgosse@fandm.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><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> </span>H-PAD’s Steering Committee meets in-person this Saturday, May 20, and we want to know what you think: <span> </span><b>what should be H-PAD’s top priorities, heading into 2024? <span> </span></b>Please write us directly at<span> </span></span><a href="mailto:van.gosse@fandm.edua" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)" target="_blank"></a><a href="mailto:van.gosse@fandm.edu" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)" target="_blank"><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> </span>and<span> </span></span><a href="mailto:marmacpower1@gmail.com" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)" target="_blank"><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> </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> </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> </span></span><a href="https://publicseminar.org/essays/political-polarization-threatens-american-education/" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)" target="_blank"><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> </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)" target="_blank"><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> </span></span><a href="https://www.historiansforpeace.org/historians-on-call/" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Historians-On-Call</span></a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span> </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> </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> </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> </span>And send us money! <span> </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> </span></span><a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate?token=Tu-GmhAxFL3fSx09xn75uFAIG-DiaCHl-YW137IK4TRc1on5X2x66pKhmLSzkh_6YvsBPU48BbaTmj1m" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)" target="_blank"><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>
</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Van Gosse<div>Professor of History</div><div>Franklin and Marshall College</div><div>Co-Chair, Historians for Peace & Democracy</div><div><a href="https://www.vangosse.com" target="_blank">https://www.vangosse.com</a><br></div><div><a href="https://convergencemag.com" target="_blank">https://convergencemag.com</a></div><div>Author: <i>The First Reconstruction: Black Politics in America, From the Revolution to the Civil War </i>(University of North Carolina Press, 2021)</div><div><br></div></div></div></div>
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