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Guest Post: Community and Civic Engagement in Museum Programs

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Visitors bond and bridge through participatory experiences at MAH. Assess and Respond to Community Assets and Needs If you want to activate community engagement in your programs, you first need to work together with your communities to determine their diverse needs, assets and interests.

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

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The whole second half of the article was dedicated to our work: Smaller museums can be especially scrappy in finding ways to connect with the community. It’s something that any museum, of any size, can work toward. This weekend was thrilling for me. This is both an issue of practice and of media coverage.

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From Community Arts To Community of Online Learners: Janet Salmons, Ph.D

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I met Janet Salmons many years ago while I working on various arts and technology projects in New York State for the New York Foundation for the Arts. Tell me a little about your professional background, particularly the work you do with nonprofits? From Cornell I went to the intergenerational, national nonprofit called Magic Me.

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Building Community: Who / How / Why

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When I became the director of the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History four years ago, I took this work with me. We invited community members in, to be active contributors, collaborators, and co-creators in our museum space. Right now, we're working hard to empower Latino residents to see themselves in our museum.

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