Thanks everyone for these very valuable resources. I greatly appreciate it!

Kind Regards,

Kelley Gibson, President

(She/Her)

Cultural Alliance of York County

2536 Eastern Blvd, PMB 402, York PA 17402

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From: uaf@americansforthearts.simplelists.com <uaf@americansforthearts.simplelists.com> On Behalf Of Tracy Lauritzen-Wright
Sent: Monday, October 17, 2022 11:59 AM
To: uaf@americansforthearts.simplelists.com
Subject: [Americans for the Arts] RE: AASLH Statement on Armed Individuals Shutting Down Event at Memphis Museum

Good morning all –

At the end of September, before the event noted in AASLH’s statement, we held a meeting with arts organizations to gain perspective on what their needs are, as our community grappled with a particularly violent month here. Intruder/Active Shooter training was one articulated need, along with crisis communications. We are talking with our local office of the Department of Homeland Security, which provides some training and resources at no cost, such as an on-site threat assessment, and emergency preparedness training.

Hope this helps,

Tracy

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From: uaf@americansforthearts.simplelists.com <uaf@americansforthearts.simplelists.com> On Behalf Of Burk-McCoy, Lisa
Sent: Friday, October 14, 2022 1:16 PM
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Subject: [Americans for the Arts] RE: AASLH Statement on Armed Individuals Shutting Down Event at Memphis Museum

In 2019 the State of New Hampshire provided in-person training for its employees led by a local representative of the Department of Homeland Security who, at the time, ran active shooter presentations around our state. I assumed (but don’t know) that every state may have a similar point of contact? I also see that DHS/CISA has resources available online:

https://www.cisa.gov/active-shooter-preparedness

https://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/active_shooter_booklet.pdf

Just a heads up: the training included a video that was extremely intense at times (there are images I will never erase from my brain, as much as I wish I could); if you host a training, you might want to ask if there’s any triggering content and, if so, advise participants in advance.

Best,

Lisa

Lisa Burk-McCoy

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Creative Communities & Arts in Health

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Sent: Friday, October 14, 2022 1:39 PM
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Subject: [Americans for the Arts] RE: AASLH Statement on Armed Individuals Shutting Down Event at Memphis Museum

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In our community, after the Pittsburgh temple shooting, police and other public agencies helped arrange and find funds for active shooter training and building assessments for local churches and synagogues. Similar to what Alecia described.

Barbara

Barbara Schaffer Bacon

Animating Democracy

Americans for the Arts

413-253-1711

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From: uaf@americansforthearts.simplelists.com <uaf@americansforthearts.simplelists.com> On Behalf Of Alecia Kintner
Sent: Friday, October 14, 2022 12:02 PM
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Subject: [Americans for the Arts] RE: AASLH Statement on Armed Individuals Shutting Down Event at Memphis Museum

Hi Kelley. We did active shooter training for our staff through our Employee Assistance Program (provided by one of our local health care systems). It was excellent and included recommendations for how we could better outfit our space to enable safe zones and emergency escapes. I believe Red Cross may offer a training program as well.

Sad times, right? Be well.

Alecia

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From: uaf@americansforthearts.simplelists.com <uaf@americansforthearts.simplelists.com> On Behalf Of Kelley Gibson
Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2022 10:43 AM
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Subject: [Americans for the Arts] FW: AASLH Statement on Armed Individuals Shutting Down Event at Memphis Museum

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Hi, everyone. I’m looking into group safety/active shooter/de-escalation training options for our cultural groups and wondered if any of you have come across anything. Any tips and recommendations would be most welcome, though I wish we didn’t need it.

Kind Regards,

Kelley Gibson, President

(She/Her)

Cultural Alliance of York County

2536 Eastern Blvd, PMB 402, York PA 17402

717-812-9255, ext. 1001
kelley@culturalyork.org
www.culturalyork.org

From: Joan J. Mummert <jmummert@yorkhistorycenter.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2022 5:51 PM
To: Kelley Gibson <kelley@culturalyork.org>
Subject: FW: AASLH Statement on Armed Individuals Shutting Down Event at Memphis Museum

Hi Kelley,

I’m sorry to have missed yesterday, it was re-entry day for me, I needed to dig out.

I don’t know if you saw this but I wondered if there is any opportunity for all of our organizations to participate in some sort of safety training. We definitely need to do more in this area so I’m guessing others may have the same concern. Have other communities held group training?

Just a thought!

Joan

From: AASLH <noreply@aaslh.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2022 1:38 PM
To: Joan J. Mummert <jmummert@yorkhistorycenter.org>
Subject: AASLH Statement on Armed Individuals Shutting Down Event at Memphis Museum


	The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) condemns the armed individuals who showed up at the Memphis Museum of Science and History on Friday, September 23 to intimidate museum staff, partners, and guests who had intended to gather for the Memphis Pride drag show and dance party. Out of concern for visitors and staff in a situation that rapidly turned hostile the museum decided to cancel the event before it was able to begin. The Memphis Museum of Science and History is an AASLH member. We stand with the museum and the Memphis LGBTQ community who were targeted by the armed individuals. This event was scheduled to celebrate the closing of two exhibitions about the history of the LGBTQ community’s fight for equality and civil rights, “Rise Up: Stonewall and the Civil Rights Movement” and “Memphis Proud: The Resilience of a Southern LGBTQ+ Community.” The latter was created with the assistance of a local LGBTQ advisory committee. These were the first exhibitions the museum has mounted specifically about LGBTQ people. AASLH supports history organizations in working with their communities to tell full and inclusive histories. News reports indicate that these armed individuals were members of the Proud Boys, which the Southern Poverty Law Center has designated a hate group that supports white nationalism and transphobia. This group has a history of engaging in violence and intimidation, including showing up at libraries hosting drag story hours. Intimidating acts like these seek to shut down conversation and learning. They also seek to narrow definitions of what it means to belong to a community and what it means to be an American. In our society, all people have the right to assemble peacefully, including to gather as a community to celebrate their history and achievements or to peacefully protest views they do not agree with. No one has the right to intimidate others through hate speech or the threat of violence. Museums and history organizations must remain safe spaces for gathering, learning, discussion, and debate. AASLH calls on elected officials and authorities at the local, state, and national levels to do more to ensure that all Americans continue to have access to the inclusive display of history and peaceful exchange of ideas in museums.

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