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Impacts of the Trump Administration on Archives and Archival Workers Story-Telling Initiative

  • 1.  Impacts of the Trump Administration on Archives and Archival Workers Story-Telling Initiative

    Posted Jul 23, 2025 05:30 PM

    The https://awefund.wordpress.com/ Click to follow link." data-outlook-id="5d152328-9301-4f96-b0c1-15dcc215f507" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Archival Workers' Collective (AWC) is a grassroots collective seeking to gather and amplify the stories about the impacts of the Trump Administration on archives and archival workers. Have the disruptions to the IMLS, NEH, National Park Service, and other government agencies affected you and your institution? Have the White House's policies on DEIA initiatives or other activities caused you to change how you work? We seek to gather and amplify the stories of archives and archival workers on our blog to spread the word on how these actions are impacting our field. 

    Please share the https://airtable.com/appQzfWKfpL32e33k/pagZxtbEQXd2LtNk9/form Click to follow link." data-outlook-id="90ee1224-5599-487f-9234-f2a6dcb3bf0b" target="_blank" rel="noopener">AWC story-gathering form widely and contribute your own story!

    Important note: Please only share information and phrasing that you feel comfortable with us sharing publicly. The responses will be reviewed by AWC organizers. We will do our best to share all submitted stories, but capacity constraints may require us to share selected submissions.

    Questions or feedback? Email us at archivalworkerscollective@gmail.com.

    Related Initiatives

    We also encourage participation in these allied data-gathering efforts:

    Know of additional initiatives we should add? Please let us know! 

    If you have been impacted by layoffs, please view this Society of American Archivists resources for impacted federal workers and Historic Preservation & Cultural Resources Mutual Aid Network: Interest Form. 

    In solidarity,

    Members of the Archival Workers' Collective



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    Lydia Tang
    Senior Outreach and Engagement Coordinator
    Lyrasis
    East Lansing MI
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