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Which New Audiences? A Great Washington Post Article and its Implications about Age, Income, and Race

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She says that the museum made changes in hiring and board recruitment practices, and invited the community in to help reshape the facility into a place that reflected and represented its people and their interests. Conference sessions on reaching young people. Access programs aimed at low-income people. The impact was dramatic.

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Guest Post: Community and Civic Engagement in Museum Programs

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We continuously and actively respond to requests as well as invite people to be a part of our programs. Bonding social capital refers to networks that bring people together with common interests to strengthen relationships in preexisting groups. All of our events require some level of participation.

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Building Community: Who / How / Why

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But when people told us what they loved about the museum, they didn’t use the word “participation.” It is a group of people connected by something shared. We exist for people who live in Santa Cruz County. In some ways, we do a good job engaging people who reflect our whole County. They talked about community building.

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Who Counts? Grappling with Attendance as a Proxy for Impact

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When you count attendance to your museum, do you include: people who eat in the cafe? people who rent the facility for private events? people who engage with your content online? It does not include facility rentals, nor people who might see us at a community event but not directly engage. volunteers? This summer, the St.