Thank you, @ach.bsky.social #ACH2025 team & to everyone that participated in sessions this week to come together in a time where we need community more than, perhaps, ever! And thank you @audinyann.bsky.social for capturing the pure joy of the Work Adventure dance party! #ACH2025

Never forget one of Brett's most visionary contributions #ThanksBrett

So excited to see our #ACH2025 Care Fair going so well. What an honor to help create a space to bring people together to build community and explore new avenues for our advocacy @ach.bsky.social

At my first DH conference (2012?), I met @brettbobley.bsky.social in passing. From that quick, likely minute-long convo, I saw a generosity and a kindness that I've carried forward into my DH and personal life. Without the ODH, my world would be smaller and less brilliant. #ThanksBrett

@performant.bsky.social is committed to supporting our friends in the Digital Humanities. If you’ve had a grant cancelled, we want to help if we can. Get in touch for a free consultation. #dh #ach2025 www.performantsoftware.com/pages/free-c...

"I hate that this sounds like a eulogy." [email protected] on how NEH is "an agency that really believes in the promise of our field." And Sam wraps with a promise and a call to be sand in the gears of the anti-fascist machine. May we all be sand. #ACH2025

This #ACH2025 morning (Pacific Time): "What the NEH ODH Has Inspired". @jimccasey1.bsky.social has already made me cry. @altnehgov.altgov.info was essential for me as a professional, for so many of us. My career, the friendships I hold so dear, my work -- I can never express enough gratitude.

good morning #ach2025! I'm looking forward to moderating a conversation about federal funding for digital humanities with amazing former NEH colleagues. ❤️✨ We'll we talk about more than fifty years of funding for digital humanities projects, and where we go from here.

This is fascism—there are no checks & balances if legislators are arrested for questioning a member of the executive branch. I struggle to understand how to best operate in this reality. I'm making incredible progress in my state, but uprooting this kind of evil feels beyond the scope of my office.

Mic drop moment in the "Twelve is the New Geriatric" #ACH2025 panel from Mia Wells, who presented on futurebuilding, long-term planning, and stakeholder engagement: "Sustainability is *all* of our responsibility."

On the "three mantras of Long DH" (Futurebuilding DH) from Johannes Burgers: 1) "go slow and build things", 2) "teamwork makes the dreamwork, but nagging helps" (people-first proj management), 3) "love your data like you love yourself" (tech changes, data doesn't; set your data free!). #ACH2025

The #ACH2025 WorkAdventure panels = visible traces of community. I love "seeing" folks attending the panels -- thank you @wepm.bsky.social for this joyful gathering space! 10B session on "geriatric" DH is an exploration of access, cybersecurity, sustainability of older DH projects! @ach.bsky.social

so honored to collaborate with the wonderful ACH team to make the conference! loved learning to use WorkAdventure to help facilitate so many necessary conversations. it truly makes my heart sing seeing everyone mingling virtually. i'm now open to commissions for custom pixelated spaces. jk xD

It is RIF separation day at NEH. More than 100 of us lose our jobs today. Our hearts are heavy and broken. None of this had to happen. Fellow NEHers, we cross this threshold together. One we hoped would never appear. We will continue to stand as tall as we can. 🤍 #NEH #Resist

The #ACH2025 team is hard at work putting the finishing touches on our virtual conference. See y'all at 10am ET for 3 days of care+community! @leoba.bsky.social @wepm.bsky.social @emgrumbach.bsky.social @alexwermercolan.bsky.social @apjanco.bsky.social @jajrk.bsky.social Kathy Torabi, Rebecca Foote

Really honored to be part of this event coming up in just a few weeks. Thanks to everyone involved in organizing this conference and to the ACH leadership team for everything you do to support the humanities.

I have so much respect for how @ach.bsky.social approaches its annual conference. Virtual can be tough, but travel right now is tougher. The last day includes a "Care Fair" w/ guided sessions to support wellbeing—whether through rest, companionship, or political action. A good place to gather 💫

Registration for ACH 2025 on June 11-13 is now live: buff.ly/hbBT1E5. Featured Keynote speakers include @rahulbot.bsky.social on Community Data, ‪@lyndamk.bsky.social‬ on the Data Rescue Project, & @halperta.bsky.social leading Special Sessions w/the NEH‬! Stay tuned for the full program next week!

Receipts: impact.ach.org You can use this @ach.bsky.social created tool to look up the impact of DOGE cuts to NEH funding for your state and congressional district! Then call/email/tag your reps to help us SAVE THE NEH. #savetheneh

@ach.bsky.social put together a doc you can use if you want to take direct action to support the NEH and IMLS! Includes links to resources like their canceled grants database and tips for how to use that info when you contact your reps: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

@schiff.senate.gov @padilla.senate.gov @pelosi.house.gov What are California Senators and Representatives doing to save NEH funding and staff?

Join us this Wed, April 9th at 8am PT / 11am ET to contact your elected officials to advocate for the NEH and IMLS. We will provide links, talking points, messages, and scripts, including resources from colleagues such as the @humanitiesall.bsky.social. Register now:

Hats off to the Federation of State Humanities Councils, and the southern state councils for leading the way in speaking up about what they're losing with the NEH funding cuts.

Higher education in the U.S. is facing some of the sharpest attacks in its history. Join us on Friday, 4/11 at 9:30am PT / 12:30pm ET for this rapid-response workshop, designed to give you the tools you need to write and pitch an op-ed. All are welcome. Register now:

Considering recent news about the NEH and IMLS, we are extending the deadline to submit proposals for ACH 2025 to April 14th. Read more at:

Join us Wed, April 9th at 8am PT / 11am ET to contact your elected officials to advocate for the NEH and IMLS. We will provide links, talking points, messages, and scripts, including resources from colleagues such as the @humanitiesall.bsky.social. Register now:

A few tips for NEH grantees: 1) if you've spent money on an awarded grant but have not yet drawn down the funds, make sure to submit the paperwork to drawn down funds ASAP. 2) the NYTimes article suggests that "DOGE" might cancel awards. If you receive an email from DOGE cancelling your NEH award,

If you received an email regarding your grant, this is excellent guidance.

Why, hello @altnehgov.bsky.social -- nice to see you here.

ACH will be hosting an event to support colleagues calling and writing to their elected officials, potentially toward the end of next week. We are working quickly to organize, and welcome feedback and help as well as any additional information that we can share to support communities

Today is challenging, heartbreaking, for our colleagues, institutions, students, country. I'm finding hope in the helpers. Strategies and actions from our @ach.bsky.social team 👇

a primer on IMLS and implications of its closure. www.libraryjournal.com/story/what-h...

SCOOP: DOGE notified the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences (IMLS) today that the entire staff is being put on administrative leave effective immediately, I’ve learned from an agency source. They’ll be cancelling huge swaths of grants/contracts and starting a Reduction in Force (RIF).

ACH is holding two Town Halls next week (3/19 and 3/21 from 12pm-1pm EST) to hear your experiences regarding how the recent government actions are affecting your ability to pursue digital humanities & the steps that ACH can take to support you and your communities. Sign up here:

IMLS is under attack. They’ve been instrumental in digital humanities and GLAM. Make noise, spread the word, call your reps. IMLS co-funded my 1st NEH grant, which later became the Digital Ethnic Futures Consortium & introduced 1000s of students of color to DH. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Our membership system is back online. We apologize for the inconvenience! Renew or become a member at:

In the coming hours and days, @ach.bsky.social will be advocating for our colleagues and putting together resources for reporting and documenting the impact of the current admin on our community. If you want to get involved, please email. If you'd rather communicate via Signal, pls DM.

I hear DOGE has come to NEH. NEH Chair Shelly C. Lowe (of the Navajo Nation) is out, and acting chair is Michael McDonald, best known for his legal career fighting affirmative action.

The following week, join @ach for Int'l Scholars in DH: Labor, Care, & Careers, Fri 3/7, 12pm EST, hosted by Jajwalya Karajgikar @jajrk.bsky.social! https://members.ach.org/civicrm/event/info/?reset=1&id=29

ACH @ach.bsky.social has not one, but TWO professional development sessions coming up! First up is Demystifying the Hidden Curriculum, Fri 2/28, 12pm EST, hosted by Winnie E. Peréz-Martínez @wepm.bsky.social https://members.ach.org/civicrm/event/info/?reset=1&id=30 (+)

A real possibility: your uni is classified as a govt contractor bc it takes grant funds. Govt says "everything in repository that uses 'DEI' language goes or we pull funding." Uni admin capitulates bc millions. Your work is gone. YOU NEED A COPY. Sorry if this overwhelms. I focused on action items

Happy birthday, Frederick Douglass!!! I baked you a cake! The DH team at ASU's Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics is enjoyjng some chocolate cherry deliciousness as we transcribe Black historical documents for #DouglassDay2025! #DouglassDay joy!

The cake has arrived!! Happy birthday Frederick Douglass! Cake designed and baked and decorated by the talented and amazing @drericaoneil.bsky.social! #DouglassDay #DouglassDay2025

Due to the high volume of participants this Douglass Day, the Library of Congress website is experiencing issues. To mitigate this, please avoid using the “Jump to” transcription link and instead navigate directly through your web browser. Thank you for your patience! #DouglassDay2025

My favorite thing about #DouglassDay is that everyone can find something that they are interested in to transcribe. Someone who is a pianist is transcribing sheet music he found. Someone else who wrote their diss on The Brownies', is transcribing issues of the magazine. #BlackHistoryisHistory

Transcribing underway for #DouglassDay2025 at ASU! We’ve got folks dropping in and out, and the cake is on the way!

ACH has had a busy start to 2025, here are a few timely updates: 1) ACH recently approved and implemented amendments to its constitution and bylaws, a process that required a vote by the officers, the Executive Council, and the ACH membership. Read more at: https://buff.ly/4aRZRHY [1/3]

Our ASU outpost is celebrating Frederick Douglass' birthday with cake (baked by @drericaoneil.bsky.social), snacks, and transcribe-a-thon collabs! Drop by to learn how transcription --> making history visible. Register or drop in anytime! asuevents.asu.edu/event/freder... #DouglassDay2025

This is not your usual special issue. Experiments w/creative+beautiful forms of writing, focus on collaborative work, scholarship as *knowledge-making* which clearly frames it as work that cannot be done alone; cite+celebrate ephemeral bits that change+build thinking but don't usually get cited+

From @aaup.bsky.social, what to do if ICE is on your campus.