From the news release:

Members of the House Committee on Education and Labor’s Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities, invited panelists, and attendees observed a moment of silence on the seventh anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attacks before proceeding with a hearing on the role of museums and libraries in strengthening community.

In her testimony, Dr. Anne-Imelda M. Radice, Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), reflected on the somber occasion, noting that, “Museums and libraries were some of the first institutions that began a process to help heal, contextualize, and provide forums for dialogue to help us reunite with the world. They continue to use knowledge and community interaction to battle prejudice and ignorance.”

Source: IMLS

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