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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. A massive expansion of service is required to meet today’s challenges. First published on Ozy.com. Now should be no different.

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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 are unapologetic about focusing local.

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Guest Post: Community and Civic Engagement in Museum Programs

Museum 2.0

Writing my masters thesis for Gothenburg University’s International Museum Studies program while also working four days a week as the Director of Community Programs at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History this spring was certainly a challenge but also an incredible opportunity.

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Women of Color Resource Center: An Interview with Anisha Desai

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BB: What excites you the most about the work that the Center is doing, and its future, and then, what are some of the biggest challenges that you are facing? AD: I think what excites me the most are also probably some of our challenges, exciting challenges. That is the part that I feel very, very excited and challenged by.