How Democrats spend your money

Diogenes

Diogenes

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This evening, I got Grok to analyze and list potential excessive, concerning, or wasteful spending in the latest 1,547-page spending bill that is currently being fast-tracked through Congress (without being read by most Congress-critters).

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Institute of Museum and Library Services grant (2024)

Amount: $1,033,752

Recipient: Chicago Historical Society

Purpose: The Chicago History Museum will install a temporary exhibition to explore the history and persistence of the diverse Latino communities in Chicago. The exhibition builds upon a previous IMLS-supported initiative to foster deeper relationships with Chicago’s Latino communities through restorative practices and co-creative processes. The museum will collaborate with staff and students at the Instituto Justice and Leadership academy, and the project will be guided by two community advisory groups. The project will support the purchase of exhibition materials, staffing to design and install the exhibit, and the development of associated public programming. The exhibition will provide a sense of inclusion and representation of Chicago’s Latino communities while contributing to the public knowledge and understanding of how these communities help shape the city.


https://usaspending.gov/award/ASST_NON_MA-255654-OMS-24_5300/
 
Institute of Museum and Library Services grant (2022)

Amount: $1,498,442

Recipient: American Association Of Museums

Purpose: The American Alliance of Museums will embed the principles of diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion (DEIA) into its fieldwide assessment and accreditation programs and related standards and ethics for museums. Project activities will include the assessment of existing programs and providing clear guidance and training for museum staff and volunteers associated with the programs. A research firm will analyze demographic and social factors of the programming to identify variances in program outcomes. A task force will use the results to recommend changes, which project staff and bodies such as the accreditation commission may incorporate into standards, peer reviewer training, and related assessment programming. The association will share Progress through status reports, blog posts, and conference sessions. A project evaluation will provide a model for other organizations working through a multi-year, system-wide process to embed DEIA fundamentals at a structural level.



https://usaspending.gov/award/ASST_NON_MG-252057-OMS-22_5950/
 
Institute of Museum and Library Services grant (2023)

Amount: $1,502,000

Recipient: Efforts Of Grace, Inc

Purpose: The Ashé Cultural Arts Center and its partners in the Alliance for Cultural Equity will address the structural failures that have resulted in disparities of support for locally-based arts and cultural organizations. They will deploy solutions that highlight the transformative power of art and culture, and the institutions that advance them, to affect the economy and the quality of life of the city and state. Building upon an IMLS-funded research project that supported the development of the Alliance for Cultural Equity, the team of 19 institutions will launch an outreach and education campaign calling for a more complete telling of their history, advocate for cultural heritage representation on municipal boards, identify policies that can be changed and work to change them, and create a new way to archive particularly for oral, non-material and non-written traditions. In the long-term, the Alliance for Cultural Equity will identify the distinctive challenges and dismantle the barriers to sustainability for small museum, archive, and cultural organizations in the Louisiana ecosystem, and build a collective body with the capacity to implement approaches that help arts and culture institutions thrive and evolve.

https://usaspending.gov/award/ASST_NON_MG-253591-OMS-23_5950/
 
Institute of Museum and Library Services grant (2023)

Amount: $2,039,920

Recipient: State Of Maine

Purpose: The Maine state museum will address gaps in its interpretation of local history by developing and installing "Meet Maine Here," a new 6,000 square foot exhibit to help visitors explore the diversity of Maine's citizens, past and present. Project activities will include incorporating insights gathered from 150 Maine residents into the exhibit design, developing exhibit graphics, writing Wall text panels and evaluating their effectiveness, and installing the exhibition along with multimedia components. The resulting permanent exhibition will use the experiences of local historical people to illustrate important topics of Maine history and development, and will represent a greater range of diversity and equity engagement than the museum has ever presented before.


https://usaspending.gov/award/ASST_NON_MA-253190-OMS-23_5950/
 
Institute of Museum and Library Services grant (2023)

Amount: $2,461,981

Recipient: Ferris State University

Purpose: The Jim Crow Museum of Racist Imagery at Ferris State University will design and install a new permanent exhibit on its Big Rapids, Michigan campus to create more accessible, engaging, and robust experiences for students, educators, researchers, and the public. The museum will work with an exhibit consultant to design and fabricate a new exhibit that will include new stories focused on Jim Crow and civil rights in Michigan and building a more just society. The exhibit will expand the museum’s capacity to serve a broader and more diverse audience through expanded physical space and in-person programming. The new exhibition will enable the Jim Crow Museum of Racist Imagery to enhance its role as a forum for difficult discussions as groups and individuals seek to understand the history of race and racism in America.



https://usaspending.gov/award/ASST_NON_MH-253205-OMS-23_5950/
 
Institute of Museum and Library Services grant (2023)

Amount: $3,613,377

Recipient: Connecticut State Library

Purpose: In Connecticut, specific goals address: 1) supporting the library workforce as they integrate social justice, diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (SDEIAJ) into their daily work and their approach to patrons; 2) supporting the impact of libraries as community anchors serving diverse populations with increased institutional capacity, community partnerships, and programming; and 3) ensuring equitable access to information and library resources for all residents of the state.



https://usaspending.gov/award/ASST_NON_LS-253618-OLS-23_5950/
 
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