Trump is threatening the very heart of public knowledge.

Libraries. Museums. Nonprofits.

When power fears memory, it wages war on culture.

https://brewminate.com/trump-threatens-libraries-museums-and-other-nonprofits/

#Brewminate #LibraryOfResistance #TrumpWatch #MuseumsMatter #NonprofitsUnderThreat

Trump Threatens Funding for Academic Institutions

The effects of these actions to dismantle IMLS, NEH, and NEA are being felt across the United States.

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📢 New blog: Trump's Executive Order demands “patriotic” history only — no race, no gender, no truth.

The Smithsonian is being politically hijacked. Monuments to oppression may return. And trans people? Erased by name.

Read and resist:
🔗 https://jtwb768.wordpress.com/2025/04/01/weaponizing-patriotism-how-trumps-executive-order-wages-war-on-the-truth/

#ExecutiveOrder #QueerVoices #AntiRacism #TruthBeforePride #MuseumsMatter

Weaponizing Patriotism: How Trump’s Executive Order Wages War on the Truth

Donald Trump’s recent Executive Order aims to reshape American historical education under the pretense of patriotism, demanding a sanitized, racially biased narrative. It targets discussions …

The Babblings of JT

Want some good news in your timeline? Our every-other-year benefit just raised $240,000 for student programs at our museum, allowing us to keep training the museum staffers of tomorrow and providing all students a place of respite and connection. https://georgiamuseum.org/gmoa_blog/elegant-salute-raises-240000-for-student-programs/

#ElegantSalute #GeorgiaMuseumOfArt #UniversityMuseums #MuseumsMatter

Elegant Salute raises $240,000 for student programs

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Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia

🌍✨The Netherlands has returned 288 stolen artifacts to Indonesia, many of which were taken during the colonial era. These cultural treasures include coins, weapons, jewelry, and sculptures, some of which were seized following a devastating 1906 conflict in Bali. A powerful step towards honoring the past and righting historical wrongs. 🙌

@goodnews

#CulturalHeritage #Repatriation #Indonesia #ColonialHistory #GoodNews #MuseumsMatter #Justice
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-netherlands-returned-288-stolen-artifacts-to-indonesia-180985137/

The Netherlands Has Returned 288 Stolen Artifacts to Indonesia

The Dutch seized the majority of the items in the aftermath of a brutal 1906 conflict that killed an estimated 1,000 Balinese

Smithsonian Magazine