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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">From our colleagues at ICOM:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Dear SPNHC Community,<br>
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Please see below an appeal from ICOM-Poland regarding the support of Ukranian museum professionals.<br>
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Dear Colleagues, Dear Friends, in these dramatic days for Ukraine, the Polish Committee of the
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International Council of Museums (ICOM Poland) is asking for your support in our efforts to help
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Ukrainian museum professionals. In the third week of the Russian aggression on Ukraine, Poland received over 1,7 millions of refugees, mainly women, children and the elderly. Extensive help is
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being offered by the Polish population and the local and state governments to assist them.
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They often arrive with few, if any, belongings and are in need of shelter, food, medical
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supplies and so on. In Ukraine people are not only fighting the aggressor, but also try to
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protect and save the cultural heritage: museums, libraries, monuments, architectural gems.
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Polish museums and Ministry of Culture and National Heritage are organizing help for
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museums and cultural institutions in numerous Ukrainian cities.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">What do we do?<br>
ICOM Poland decided to focus on the needs of the museum personnel that found refuge in<br>
our country. With the assistance of ICOM General Secretariat we established an Ukrainian<br>
speaking office and started to locate persons scattered throughout Polish cities. We plan to<br>
provide 3-months individual grants to the museum professionals that will apply. These<br>
grants should help them to accommodate their first needs. At the same time, our office will act as a contact point between the grantees and Polish museums and cultural institutions, so that they may find a job and a welcoming professional milieu. The Polish
state already simplified the necessary employment formalities to the minimum.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">READ THE REST IN THE ATTACHMENT.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#151515">Cindy Opitz </span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#151515">(she/her)<br>
Director of Research Collections<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#151515">Museum of Natural History and Old Capitol Museum<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#151515">Instructor, Museum Studies Certificate Program<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#151515">Secretary, SPNHC<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#151515">The University of Iowa<br>
11 Macbride Hall, Iowa City, Iowa 52242<br>
Office: 319.335.0481</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><a href="mailto:cindy-opitz@uiowa.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">cindy-opitz@uiowa.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#151515"><br>
</span><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://mnh.uiowa.edu/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563C1">mnh.uiowa.edu,</span></a>
<a href="https://oldcap.uiowa.edu/"><span style="color:#0563C1">oldcap.uiowa.edu</span></a>
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