Give to the SAA

Dear SAA Colleagues and Friends,

The official start of fall is upon us, and I hope that this year has been energizing for you professionally and personally. It was wonderful to see so many of you at an inspiring meeting of the SAA this past spring in Portland. I was impressed by the quality of the seminars, the stellar panels, and the dynamic events at our conference, but it was being in community with all of you that was most rewarding for me. I am consistently reminded of how fortunate we are to call SAA our intellectual home.

As we look forward to our 2025 meeting in Boston, I want to thank many of you for all the ways you support the SAA as members. The quality of programming at our annual meetings and the array of grants, awards, and member services would not be possible without you. Last year we asked you to contribute generously to the annual fund, and many of you stepped up. For that, I am deeply grateful.

At the SAA, we pride ourselves in embracing member-driven initiatives, fostering opportunities for professional growth, and creating an inclusive community of diverse scholars. Our efforts to promote access, advance innovative research and forward-looking initiatives, and sustain an ethos of hospitality remain central to our priorities. To achieve all this, we need vigorously and repeatedly to invest in the financial health of the SAA now and for the long term.

In the next few weeks, you will hear from our SAA Fundraising Committee as they outline the steps we must take to secure a healthy financial future for the SAA. I ask that you please take their appeal to heart and join me in supporting the organization from which we all gain so much.

Wishing you all a wonderful fall and looking forward to when our paths cross again!

With gratitude,

Ruben Espinosa
President, 2024-2026