Dear colleagues: 

A group of archivists affiliated with the Progressive Archivists listserv has been working on a statement expressing our concerns with the current state of American politics, placing a particular emphasis on our professional and ethical responsibilities as information professionals. If you are interested in reviewing and commenting on the statement, please contact: concernedarchivists@gmail.com. The statement will be open for comments until Dec. 30th 2016, and will be disseminated for signatures in early January 2017.   

A read-only version of the statement can be found at: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1U8n9_GS72IdrD1Aulcq0e_5z4OzI6xoLPoW_0ptjrWc/edit?usp=sharing

Yours sincerely,

Jeremy Brett, Katharina Hering, Anna Clutterbuck-Cook, and Hanna Clutterbuck-Cook