$825K in American Rescue Plan funds went to ‘oral historians’ researching anti-racism, 'Latinx' histories
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The Oral History Association received $825,000 in American Rescue Plan (ARP) funds for "Under/Unemployed Oral Historians" in marginalized communities researching anti-racism.
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However, many of the institutions were awarded grants for projects that had virtually little to do with addressing recovery efforts from the pandemic.
The Oral History Association, for instance, received $825,000 in ARP funds for a grant-making project titled, "Diversifying Oral History Practice: A Fellowship Program for Under/Unemployed Oral Historians," which provided eleven year-long fellowships of $60,000 each for oral historians "from communities which have been historically marginalized in the field," such as "Indigenous peoples, people of color, people with disabilities, and working class people."