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Entrepreneurship and Internet Diplomacy in the Muslim and Arab World

Forum One

government, members of the diplomatic corps, successful business and civil society leaders, philanthropists, media professionals, academics, artists etc. Online tools can greatly assist with collaboration, cultural education and developing business ideas. Tags: Influence Events Collaboration Communication Events Government.

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Rethinking Community Advisory Boards: the Story of C3

Museum 2.0

As one African-American artist on a prominent museum board told me, "I felt even more tokenized than if I had been part of some kind of Artists'' Council or African-American Council." Our work would become more relevant, our collaborations more timely, our network more diverse.

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Our Museum: Extraordinary Resources on How Museums and Galleries Become Participatory Places

Museum 2.0

And in several cases, the projects constituted "empowerment lite" for participants rather than true collaboration, co-creation, or transformation. Critical friends are trusted outside observers who may raise tough questions and uncomfortable truths that a collaborating community group cannot or will not share.

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Building Community: Who / How / Why

Museum 2.0

We invited community members in, to be active contributors, collaborators, and co-creators in our museum space. For example, in Santa Cruz there is a huge community of creative people who identify as artists in non-traditional media. That’s why we partner with fire sculptors, knitters, graffiti artists, and bonsai growers.

Build 20
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Funding & Grant Resources For Women’s Empowerment Organizations

Bloomerang

They invest in women across the Americas by funding community initiatives and fostering collaborations to create social change. Their Art Meets Activism grant supports feminist artists and organizations in Kentucky to engage individuals and communities in artmaking that directly advances positive social change. Mary’s Pence.

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2021 Funding & Grant Resources For Women’s Empowerment Organizations

Kindful

They invest in women across the Americas by funding community initiatives and fostering collaborations to create social change. Their Art Meets Activism grant supports feminist artists and organizations in Kentucky to engage individuals and communities in artmaking that directly advances positive social change. Mary’s Pence.

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The Participatory Museum, Five Years Later

Museum 2.0

Our museum is highly participatory: plenty of opportunities for visitors to contribute, for artists to collaborate, for community members to co-create. I''ve gotten more comfortable and more confident with the idea of the museum as political body that advocates for empowerment and social bridging. Empowerment?