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COVID-related National Service cannot just be gap year for privileged youth

ASU Lodestar Center

America has a long and rich history of national service, often turning to it as a powerful lever in times of crisis, as it did after 9/11, Hurricane Katrina and the Great Recession of 2008. posted by Jaime Ernesto Uzeta, CEO, Public Allies. First published on Ozy.com. Now should be no different.

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Guest Post: Community and Civic Engagement in Museum Programs

Museum 2.0

Visitors bond and bridge through participatory experiences at MAH. To apply the results of my analysis to produce a community-driven program design specifically for implementation at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History (the MAH). You can download and read the full version of my thesis here.

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Building Community: Who / How / Why

Museum 2.0

These are the slides and notes for the talk I gave at the American Alliance of Museums conference on Monday, April 27 about the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. When I became the director of the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History four years ago, I took this work with me. We exist for people who live in Santa Cruz County.

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Women of Color Resource Center: An Interview with Anisha Desai

Have Fun - Do Good

We have two main program areas, one that is focused on peace and solidarity, and we are quite intentional about the peace and solidarity work focusing on global women's struggles, so, looking at the experience of women of color as they are affected by U.S. AD: It was a pretty incredible experience. I have always loved the Bay Area.

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Who Counts? Grappling with Attendance as a Proxy for Impact

Museum 2.0

Summertime concerts at the history museum? These sparks grew into sustained lifelong learning for at least 400 people, who got involved in local technology hobbyist projects, who pursued careers in science and technology, and helped us facilitate learning experiences as volunteers at the museum. Louis count it. There''s quite a range.

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[VIDEO] How to Tap Into Gen Y & Z Donors

Bloomerang

I come to you today with about six years of fundraising experience, traditionally, and lots of other additional nonprofit experience as well. So I will always be a millennial and I will always have the characteristics that kind of come with being a millennial because of my lived experience as a millennial growing up.

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