{"id":5466,"date":"2024-04-03T15:01:14","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T19:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/why-history-matters\/aha-advocacy\/action-alerts\/"},"modified":"2025-12-22T15:54:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T20:54:11","slug":"action-alerts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/why-history-matters\/aha-advocacy\/action-alerts\/","title":{"rendered":"Action Alerts"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<h3>Recent Action Alerts<\/h3>\r\n<h4>AHA Advocacy<\/h4>\r\n<p>The American Historical Association is unique among history organizations with the breadth and depth of our advocacy efforts.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/why-history-matters\/aha-advocacy\/\" target=\"_self\"> Learn More <\/a><\/p>\r\n<h3>Your Voice Matters<\/h3>\r\n<h4>Individuals Can Make a Difference<\/h4>\r\n<p>Federal, state, and local representatives rely on input from constituents to inform their decisionmaking. In many instances, they want to hear from you as they navigate the competing interests of different stakeholders. A clear, personal appeal from a constituent can call attention to the consequences of policy changes and even help tip the balance.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/why-history-matters\/your-voice-matters\/\" target=\"_self\"> Learn More <\/a> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"2024_January_AnnualMeeting\" src=\"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC_4684.jpg\" alt=\"A woman stands before a group, delivering a presentation while the audience attentively listens and takes notes.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\r\n<h5>Preparing Your Message<\/h5>\r\n<p>While any communication with policymakers can be helpful, a personalized statement is often more effective than a form letter.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/why-history-matters\/your-voice-matters\/preparing-your-message\/\" target=\"_self\"> Learn More <\/a> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMG_2321\" src=\"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_2321-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2321\" width=\"1800\" height=\"2400\" \/><\/p>\r\n<h5>Supporting History at the Federal Level<\/h5>\r\n<p>Suggestions and tips for contacting your Congressional representatives.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/why-history-matters\/your-voice-matters\/supporting-history-at-the-federal-level\/\" target=\"_self\"> Learn More <\/a> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"American Historical Association 2025 Annual Meeting - New York City - January 6, 2025\" src=\"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/DSC_9008.jpg\" alt=\"Teaching Writing Workshop\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\r\n<h5>Responding to Federal Regulations<\/h5>\r\n<p>When a federal agency proposes or announces a new regulation, it is published in the Federal Register. Learn how to submit comments responding to federal proposals.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/why-history-matters\/your-voice-matters\/responding-to-federal-regulations\/\" target=\"_self\"> Learn More <\/a> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"allison-saeng-X1rfqK8JDL0-unsplash\" src=\"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/allison-saeng-X1rfqK8JDL0-unsplash.jpg\" alt=\"allison-saeng-X1rfqK8JDL0-unsplash\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1800\" \/><\/p>\r\n<h5>Advocacy Guide for International Education<\/h5>\r\n<p>For decades, federal educational and cultural exchange (ECE) programs-including the Fulbright, Title VI, and Fulbright-Hays-have provided invaluable opportunities for students, scholars, and educators in history and other disciplines.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/why-history-matters\/your-voice-matters\/advocacy-guide-for-international-education\/\" target=\"_self\"> Learn More <\/a> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"tianyi-ma-WiONHd_zYI4-unsplash\" src=\"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/tianyi-ma-WiONHd_zYI4-unsplash.jpg\" alt=\"tianyi-ma-WiONHd_zYI4-unsplash\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1269\" \/><\/p>\r\n<h5>Supporting Historians Under Threat<\/h5>\r\n<p>This guide is intended to provide resources for historians working in a range of different environments to support themselves and colleagues if faced with threats, punitive restrictions, and harassment.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/why-history-matters\/your-voice-matters\/supporting-historians-under-threat\/\" target=\"_self\"> Learn More <\/a> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"pete-alexopoulos-hNUNit89ZB8-unsplash\" src=\"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/pete-alexopoulos-hNUNit89ZB8-unsplash.jpg\" alt=\"pete-alexopoulos-hNUNit89ZB8-unsplash\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1149\" \/><\/p>\r\n<h5>Texas Social Studies TEKS Revision Field Guide<\/h5>\r\n<p>Over the next few months, the Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) will make decisions with profound implications for the future of history and social studies instruction in Texas public schools.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/why-history-matters\/your-voice-matters\/texas-social-studies-teks-revision-field-guide\/\" target=\"_self\"> Learn More <\/a><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recent Action Alerts AHA Advocacy The American Historical Association is unique among history organizations with the breadth and depth of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":67571,"parent":2120,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"Action Alerts | American Historical Association","_seopress_titles_desc":"The AHA issues action alerts to our membership and other audiences on important pieces of legislation or policy at the state and federal levels.","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5466","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","has-featured-image"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5466"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108693,"href":"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5466\/revisions\/108693"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2120"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}