Nearly 40 staffers at the Museum of the American Revolution are demanding museum leadership cancel a scheduled event hosted by Moms for Liberty, recently classified as an “anti-government extremist organization” by the Southern Poverty Law Center.
in Philadelphia at the end of this month. Featured speakers include GOP presidential candidates Donald Trump, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley. The site of the summit — the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown — has already been protested by queer and trans-led groups.Moms for Liberty is hosting its “Welcome to Philadelphia” reception at the Museum on June 29. The event has not been canceled, a museum spokesperson said.
When staffers realized the Museum was renting to Moms for Liberty, they shared the information with colleagues, including on a Microsoft Teams group chat for LGBTQ staff. Several expressed their disappointment to leadership. In response, Stephenson held an emergency town hall and a subsequent all-staff meeting last week where the matter was discussed, according to interviews with five employees. The meetings were emotional and tense, with some staffers openly crying.
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