We, the American members of the Association of North American Graduate Programs in the Conservation of Cultural Property (ANAGPIC), urge you to read the Statements issued by our respective universities unanimously protesting the Trump Administration’s decision to repeal the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. We believe that graduate studies in conservation should be available to all students regardless of immigration status. We are proud of our mission to educate the future stewards of our historic and artistic heritage and will continue to champion on their behalf.
American ANAGPIC members include: The Conservation Center, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University http://www.nyu.edu/about/leadership-university-administration/office-of-the- president/communications/todays-announcement-regarding-daca.html; Conservation of Archaeological and Ethnographic Materials, University of California, Los Angeles : http://newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/statement-from- chancellor-block-on-the-ending-of-daca; Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation https://sites.udel.edu/president/files/2017/09/09-05-2017-DACA-1erfro1.pdf; Graduate Program in Historic Preservation, University of Pennsylvania- https://news.upenn.edu/content/statement-penn-president-amy-gutmann-repeal- daca; Buffalo State College Art Conservation Department https://www.suny. edu/suny-news/press-releases/september-2017/9-5-17-daca/daca-statement.html Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, Harvard Art Museums https://www.harvard.edu/president/news/2017/message-to-community-on-repeal- deferred-action-for-childhood-arrivals-program -- Margaret Holben Ellis FAIC, FIIC, FAAR, ICON - ACR Chair; Eugene Thaw Professor of Paper Conservation Institute of Fine Arts New York University (212) 992-5859 ****** Unsubscribe by sending a message to [email protected] Searchable archives: http://cool.conservation-us.org/byform/mailing-lists/cdl/
