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Memory Rising: July 2024

In this month’s edition:

- Going to Society of American Archivists? Save the date!   - Archival Workers’ Collective is organizing for a Green New Deal - Upcoming grant deadlines - This month’s recommendations The image above is from the DOCUMERICA project, which I talk about in [*A Green New Deal for Archives*](https://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/a-green-new-deal-for-archives/)—now celebrating its one year publication anniversary! DOCUMERICA was an expansive photography project of the newly formed EPA. It was created to provide a “visual baseline” of the environment prior to the implementation of major federal pollution laws such as the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act. But it also captured a lot of really fun photographs, like scenes from Cincinnati’s iconic and beloved Fountain Square. -Eira




(Newsletter content assistance provided by [Jess Farrell](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessafarrell/). Image credit: Tom Hubbard, BICYCLISTS TAKE A BREATHER AT TYLER DAVIDSON FOUNTAIN, IN FOUNTAIN SQUARE, 1973, Environmental Protection Agency, via the [National Archives.](https://catalog.archives.gov/id/553207)) # Say hello at SAA 🥳




Are you going to Chicago for the Society of American Archivists? Save the date! Join me on Thursday August 15 in the evening for a party I am hosting at a nearby space within walking distance of the hotel! I am currently nailing down the final time/location logistics, but you can [RSVP here](https://forms.gle/xR2LeHQciEAQWwdz7) and I’ll be sending out more information in the next couple weeks.   # Archival Workers’ Collective is organizing for a Green New Deal




Climate change affects archives, archival work, and archival workers’ daily lives. Widespread resource constraints like understaffing make climate risks and impacts worse. Organized advocacy can help archival workers build power together, amplify needs and solutions, and press for urgent changes in resource redistribution.




The Archival Workers’ Collective (AWC) urges members of the Society of American Archivists to ask SAA to put the concurrent climate and archival labor crises front and center in its advocacy. You can ask SAA to center these issues by filling out the SAA Committee on Public Policy’s (COPP) [legislative agenda survey](https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/FCLLVMS) by July 31. And then join fellow archival workers[ organizing for a Green New Deal for archives](https://forms.gle/yYEs5NZa4h4rDqJp6)!




# Upcoming grant deadlines Thinking about applying for a climate-change related grant? I am here to support your planning, assessment, strategy, and research needs. Check out these upcoming opportunities and reach out if you’d like to work with me!




### National Endowment for the Humanities: - [Humanities Collections and Reference Resources](https://www.neh.gov/grants/preservation/humanities-collections-and-reference-resources) grants fund collection assessments, deaccessioning planning, processing plans, and inventorying archival records. Due July 16. - [Climate Smart Humanities Organizations](https://www.neh.gov/program/climate-smart-humanities-organizations-0) grants fund climate change mitigation and adaptation assessments and the development of climate adaptation plans. Due September 12.




### National Historical Publications and Records Commission: The optional draft deadline for all of these funding opportunities is August 15. - [Capacity Building for Historically Black Colleges and Universities Archives](https://www.archives.gov/nhprc/announcement/hbcu-archives) funds the development of climate action plans and the creation and implementation of a traveling archivist program. - The [Archival Projects](https://www.archives.gov/nhprc/announcement/archival.html) fund supports inventorying and assessing archival records and collection processing plans. - [Publishing Historical Records in Collaborative Digital Editions](https://www.archives.gov/nhprc/announcement/editions.html) funds research and publishing in social justice movement history.




### Institute for Museum and Library Services: - [National Leadership Grants for Libraries](https://www.imls.gov/grants/available/national-leadership-grants-libraries) fund projects that support the development of emergency and disaster management plans. Such work will be critical as organizations adapt to climate change. Due September 20.




### Regional Grants:
- Pennsylvania: [Historical & Archival Records Care (HARC)](https://www.phmc.pa.gov/Preservation/Grants-Funding/Pages/Records-Care-Grants.aspx) grants, administered by the Pennsylvania State Historical Records Advisory Board, support inventorying and assessing archival records, records management, collection processing plans, and many other activities. Applications due by August 1. # This month’s recommendations 👩🏻‍⚖️ [The Bizarro World of Law Reviews](https://aj-boston.pubpub.org/pub/k8hjcnac/release/1) (blog post) - This is a terrific examination of the extremely weird terrain of law reviews (i.e. the journals that law professors publish in) from librarian Arthur J. Boston. My favorite quote: “Legal scholars often submit to multiple journals all at once. And once having received an offer by one journal, authors may begin a delicate dance of parleying that initial offer to expedite review by a more desired journals. Publishers reading this may be like, what, that sounds like a nightmare. Maybe so, but for whatever reason, freaks in law scholarship like it.”




🛰️ [The New Space Race](https://outsideinradio.org/shows/the-new-space-race) (podcast episode) - You might have heard of space junk, but did you realize just how much more *stuff* is now in space thanks to the wild growth of satellites? This was a fascinating episode from one of my favorite environmental podcasts, Outside/In, and exhibit A in how technology far outpaces regulations and safety measures.




🐊 [Escalation of Commitment: Flood Insurance and the Florida Keys](https://open.substack.com/pub/susanpcrawford/p/escalation-of-commitment-flood-insurance?r=sx43&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web) (newsletter) - I recently learned about Susan Crawford’s terrific newsletter on climate adaptation, Moving Day, from the America Adapts podcast. Essential reading for the harsh realities of climate adaptation for city planning, the financial and insurance industries, and homeownership.  

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