We Want More History! Learn About the Initiative and Get Involved

We Want More History! Learn About the Initiative and Get Involved
AHA Online
Thursday, July 9, 3–4 p.m. ET

This was an informal introduction to We Want More History!, a coordinated national weekend in September 2026 of place-based history programming bringing communities together in libraries, parks, museums, historic sites, classrooms, and other public spaces across the country.

Learn about the goals of the initiative, how organizations and individuals can participate, and how historians can help create a shared national moment that demonstrates the public’s appetite for history and historical thinking.

More information about We Want More History!, including the toolkit shown in the webinar, can be found here.

Featuring Sarah Weicksel (American Historical Assn.), Beth English (Organization of American Historians), Greg Downs (Univ. of California, Davis), Gerry James (Explore Kentucky), Kate Masur (Northwestern Univ.), and Thaïsa Way (Univ. of British Columbia), this online event was free and open to the public. This session included a live Q&A that was not recorded.