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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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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." So here''s the story of how we are trying to take another approach at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History, through a group called C3.

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Funding & Grant Resources For Women’s Empowerment Organizations

Bloomerang

As we celebrate Women’s History Month, honoring the countless contributions women have made and continue to make in our country and around the world, it’s important to recognize the many organizations whose focus and missions revolve around helping women. Activities can be local, regional, or, in some instances, statewide.

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2021 Funding & Grant Resources For Women’s Empowerment Organizations

Kindful

As we celebrate Women’s History Month, honoring the countless contributions women have made and continue to make in our country and around the world, it’s important to recognize the many organizations whose focus and missions revolve around helping women. Activities can be local, regional, or, in some instances, statewide.

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Meditations on Relevance, Part 3: Who Decides What's Relevant?

Museum 2.0

Who interprets the interests of the community and decides on the relevant themes and activities for the year? Community First Program Design At the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History , we've gravitated towards a "community first" program planning model. That's a more complicated question. It's pretty simple.

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Off the Mat, Into the World: An Interview with Seane Corn

Have Fun - Do Good

Off the Mat, Into the World is an educational, experiential and motivational process for people interested in conscious activism and service. On one level, Off the Mat, Into the World is bridging the yogis and activism through training programs. --Seane Corn, co-Founder, Off the Mat, Into the World.

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Alli Chagi-Starr, Art in Action/Ella Baker Center, Podcast Interview Transcription

Have Fun - Do Good

In addition to being an artist, performer and dancer, Alli is also a writer whose most recent piece can be found in the Code Pink anthology, Stop the Next War Now. So I really didn't know what I was doing, and sometimes still don't know what I'm doing, but I'm still trying to build bridges between the world of art and activism.

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