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NOW is the time to speak up for living museums!

On March 14, President Trump issued an Executive Order (EO), Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy, directing further cuts to the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), an agency already operating at a minimum staffing level.

IMLS efficiently provides critical resources to libraries and museums in all 50 states and territories while making up only 0.0046% of the overall federal budget.

APGA is working with the American Alliance of Museums (AAM) to help our members take the next steps. What you can do NOW:

• Call your members of Congress. Find their phone numbers and a draft script here. Members of Congress are home this week, so be sure to contact their federal AND district offices!

• Write your members of Congress. Get started with our template letter and PERSONALIZE it with your stories! These emails have significantly more impact when you customize them and tell YOUR story to YOUR elected officials.

• Write your state and local officials using AAM’s template letter.

• Call your state and local officials. Find their phone numbers and a draft script here.

• Get your garden’s supporters involved! You can find template language for your email and social media outreach here.

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