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Celebrating 25 Years of Innovation and Impact: Reflecting on Our Journey

The MatrixFiles

I say “officially” because May 1 is the date on our incorporation papers, but the real date is April 22, when I opened up shop in shared office space in Georgetown, Washington, DC. For a change, Leah Monica, Director of Marketing at Matrix Group, interviewed me about my personal journey and the journey of Matrix Group. There is no try.

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Women of Color Leading Essential, Activist Work in Cultural Institutions

Museum 2.0

Ravon Ruffin and Amanda Figuero - Claiming Space for Brown Women in the Digital Museum Landscape Based in Washington DC, Brown Girls Museum Blog is a new-ish site led by graduate students Ravon Ruffin and Amanda Figueroa. Check out this great interview with Monica by Elise Granata, and learn more about how you can get involved.

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How I Got Here

Museum 2.0

In DC, I worked half-time for NASA as an electrical engineer and half-time for the Capital Children's Museum (now defunct) as a science educator. For the second interview, I even built a little lie detector and brought it in. Anna accepted my proposal. So I packed up and moved down the East Coast. I made $26/hour at NASA and $7.25/hour

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Technology for Whom? Owning Our Platforms

Non Profit Quarterly

18 In this world of management by algorithm, many workers feel that they have lost dignity and voice. In 2018, a national proposal was floated for a “Bill of Rights for American Workers Building Support for Cooperatively-Owned Businesses that are Democratically-Owned and Governed.” 9</sup). 4 (November 1995): 487–523.

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