17吃瓜

Dear Fellow 17吃瓜Member,

Please consider a gift to 17吃瓜before the end of 2021. Since the beginning of the pandemic, we have expanded our programs and outreach. You, our members, have volunteered and contributed in so many ways to keep 17吃瓜moving forward and carrying out our mission. Thank you.

Here is a highlight of some accomplishments achieved during the pandemic (2020鈥�2021):

• 1100 Annual Meeting participants from 38 countries and 6 continents:听Participants in the in-person and virtual components. More than 400 presentations available in the online library.
• 559 Scholarships: 270 membership and 289 Annual Meeting scholarships = more than $55,000.
• 26 FOA Webinars:听Launched in August 2020, Friends of 17吃瓜(FOA) has hosted 26 webinars (including a 鈥渨ebinarathon鈥�) and raised almost $36,500 for scholarships and DEI.
• 27 Summer Stipends:听Summer research funds, including six for BIPOC students.
• 4 Major Cultural Heritage Grants:听Thanks to Department of State and anonymous funding, 17吃瓜expanded our work in North Africa to Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco.
• More than $270,000 for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion:听More than 220 members established a $200,000 endowment to support BIPOC scholarships. We also invested $70,000 in special projects and scholarships, including videos to help recruit high school students to archaeology.
• 3 Journals and 2 Book Series:听17吃瓜continues to carry out our mission of disseminating research through our established publications.
• More than 750 photos and maps:听We added hundreds of images to the 17吃瓜Photo Collection so that our members can confidently use them for teaching and research.
• We will award more than $200,000 in 2022:听50 dig participation scholarships; 7 grants to dig directors / projects; $20,000+ in heritage mitigation grants; $10,000+ in research grants for members; and $18,000 for Mesopotamian research.
• Continuation of membership and Annual Meeting scholarships in 2022: We want to continue to support the involvement in 17吃瓜for all members with a financial need.

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Thus, our request鈥攁ll the above is made possible because of gifts and endowments. We ask that you join us in a year-end gift or pledge to support our organization so that we can continue to give back to our members in even more ways than listed here.

Warm regards,

Andrew G. Vaughn, Executive Director 听 听 听 听 听 听 Lynn Swartz Dodd, Chair, 17吃瓜Development