Welcome to CHAACo.org

Immigrant Solidarity & ICE Preparedness: new resources for the cultural heritage community

2/16/2026   CHAACo's immigrant aid project team is proud to share new resources that empower cultural heritage workers both to protect and promote immigrants in our communities. Come get oriented in our introductory guide for cultural heritage workers, and find the resources to prepare your workplace and protect yourselves and coworkers in our new ICE preparedness annotated resource library.

Introducing our Job Board

12/1/2025   CHAACo has built a Job Board to serve the cultural heritage community in new ways. It's free, doesn't require an account, and is open to a wide interpretation of cultural heritage and auxiliary work, making this community resource especially helpful for shoestring budgets, gig or project-based work, volunteer recruitment, and finding cross-disciplinary experience.

New domain

11/27/2025   Welcome to CHAACo.org ! This new domain is funded for the first couple of years by our Job Board volunteers.

Join the Oct. 18 No Kings Protests near you

10/2/2025     Join cultural heritage professionals nationwide on Saturday, October 18, for the No Kings nonviolent protests. (Look up your local protests at nokings.org or mobilize.us.) Stand together in defense of free speech, the integrity of our work, and the institutions that safeguard our shared past. There is no culture without freedom of expression.

Welcome, AIC Members!

9/15/2025     CHAACo is introducing itself to the outside world, starting with the AIC member community. We would love for you to use our resources, join our efforts, and share your constructive feedback to help us make sure our efforts are aligned with the community's needs.

Take pictures, take action: fight censorship in National Parks

9/2/2025     Fight censorship of our history by taking photos of all signs and historical markers at National Park Service-administered sites. Send them here!

Labor Day community actions

8/30/2025     Stand with your community this Labor Day by joining an organized action or demonstration.

Immigrant Solidarity & ICE Preparedness resources

2/16/2026  A new offering from CHAACo to support immigrants and cultural heritage workers in the United States as the administration uses immigration enforcement policies and operations in increasingly alarming ways.  

An action-oriented guide for cultural heritage workers. 

Plus, find the tools you need to take action in our new ICE preparedness annotated resource library.

Job Board & major content updates

12/1/2025   A significant offshoot of our Public Resource Hub database, the Job Board is a new tool for workers and employers alike to post and find job postings and links to other job boards! 

In concert with the release of the Job Board, updates to the format and contents of most other sections of the site have been published, including a complete redesign and expansion of the Resource Hub.

New domain

11/27/2025   Welcome to CHAACo.org ! A custom domain is simpler and more memorable, all in service to the outreach necessary to our mission.  

Future Projects Page

9/16/2025   A page highlighting our ideas for Future Projects has been added under our "About" section. 

Public Resource Hub

8/30/2025    The Public Resource Hub is a database for browsing and sharing jobs, grants, advocacy tools, training opportunities, and current events information.