Copy and paste into the forms on the websites of your members of Congress. Please share with friends. https://www.congress.gov/contact-us
Dear Senator / Representative -
Congress created the John F. Kennedy Center in 1964 as a memorial to President Kennedy after his assassination in 1963. It was originally authorized in 1958 as the National Cultural Center. As a public-private partnership, it is a “semi-independent non-profit organization.”
Against tradition and statutory authority, President Trump removed all trustees who had been appointed by President Biden. The enabling legislation requires a “just and sufficient cause” for removal. He then filled the board with loyalists, breaking with the tradition of bipartisan composition.
Now he has led the board to make a name change: The Trump-Kennedy Center. The board does not have this authority. Congress named the Kennedy Center and only Congress can rename it.
Just as we don’t put living and current president’s faces on coins, neither do we name landmarks for them.
Please join them and speak out against this sacrilege. Work with your peers to fashion legislation or a proclamation that points out that only Congress can rename the institution. While you’re home for the holidays, talk to local media and express your opposition to this latest repudiation of civil norms.
#Resist #ResistOfTheDay
Angela G
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