Tell the Senate: Strike Title II. Protect Section 106.
The Senate’s permitting bill, the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act (BAAJA), would gut Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act and put the places that tell America’s story at risk: cemeteries, battlefields, sacred sites, and the landmarks where history happened.
For sixty years, the National Historic Preservation Act has helped protect the places that tell America’s stories: Tribal sacred sites, historic neighborhoods, battlefields, burial grounds, landmarks, and the places where ordinary people made extraordinary history.
Now, those protections face one of the gravest threats in their history.
As the Senate prepares to consider legislation that would dismantle the National Historic Preservation Act, 106 Strong is calling Americans to gather at the U.S. Capitol on November 9 to stand for our history, our communities, Tribal Nations, and our right to be heard.
We are 1,000 organizations and Tribal Nations representing more than nine million Americans. We come from every corner of the country, every kind of community, and many different backgrounds. We are united by a simple conviction:
Our history belongs to all of us. No administration or Congress should be able to destroy it without listening to the people whose lives and communities it defines.
On November 9, we will bring that message directly to the nation’s capital. We invite Tribal citizens, preservationists, historians, architects, archaeologists, museum professionals, students, community advocates, and everyone who cares about America’s heritage to join us.
Scheduled guest speakers include:
- Martin Luther King III, Chairman, Drum Major Institute
- Lynda Carter, Actress, Philanthropist and CEO of Impact Sciences
- Rep. Rashida Tlaib, Member of Congress (MI)
- Rep. Adelita S. Grijalva, Member of Congress (AZ)
- Rep. Melanie Stansbury, Member of Congress (NM)
- All Pueblo Council of Governors
- Chairman Leonard Forsman, Suquamish Tribe
- Council Member Conrad Jacket, Ute Mountain Ute Tribe
- Chief Anne Richardson, Rappahannock Tribe
- Mary Means, Founder of the Main Street revitalization movement
- Vedet Coleman-Robinson, President & CEO, Assoc. of African American Museums
- Rebecca Miller, Executive Director, DC Preservation League
- Charles A. Birnbaum, President & CEO, The Cultural Landscape Foundation
- Joy and Jo Banner, Co-Founders, The Descendants Project
- Yiselle Santos Rivera, Incoming President, American Institute of Architects
- Torey Carter-Conneen, CEO, American Society of Landscape Architects
- Brian Daniels, President, Archaeological Institute of America
- A. Prince Albert III, Founder, The Culture Keepers Circle (emcee)
- Greg Werkheiser, Attorney, Cultural Heritage Partners, & 106 Strong Coalition lead
Come to Washington. Bring your colleagues. Bring your friends. Bring the stories of the places you love.
We will gather peacefully, stand together, and call on Congress to reject legislation that weakens protections for America’s historic and cultural places.