ACT NOW!

Protect the future of the National Endowment for the 

Humanities and the New Mexico Humanities Council 

The Trump Administration's Office of Management and Budget has recommended elimination of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the National Endowment for the Arts and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.  The combined savings from these drastic measures would be 0.02% of federal spending (read more). NMHC receives core funding from the NEH and is essential in enabling us to provide a broad spectrum of outstanding public humanities programming throughout the state. These programs are tailored to local and regional interests and reach geographical areas and groups that would otherwise not have access to such programs.

A preliminary federal budget is expected to be released in March. It is critical that you voice your support for the preservation of the NEH and associated state humanities councils today.

TAKE ACTION!

• CALL your congressional delegation. Phone calls have the greatest impact. Here are some tips:
  • Contact representatives for your district only and both senators
  • Tell them what community you are in
  • Keep it short and to the point
  • Tell a personal story about the impact of NMHC programming
  • Include a thank you to those who have demonstrated support for NEH (Senator Udall recently signed a  letter of support).
• WRITE to your representatives. Again, tell a story about how an NMHC program has enriched a person, an organization or a community and what would be lost without access to it.
• SHARE this effort with friends, on social media and with us. We want to know about the action you're taking.
• DONATE to the NMHC. Your financial support enables us to continue to provide programming that enriches individual lives and strengthen community.

Contact information for your New Mexico congressional delegation

Letter campaign

Donate

Your support not only influences outcomes in New Mexico but for all 56 state humanities councils benefiting 5,300 communities and 43 million people nation-wide. Thank you for standing with us.

The arts and sciences essential to the prosperity of the state and to the ornament and happiness of human life have a primary claim to the encouragement of every lover of his country and mankind.

George Washington (1732-1799), First United States President