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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. Bridging refers to an inclusive and outward looking form of linking different and diverse individuals and groups together to form new relationships. I learn a ton from her every day and wanted to share her thinking--and her graduate thesis--with you.

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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

From Cornell I went to the intergenerational, national nonprofit called Magic Me. Most of the projects with these programs were carried out collaboratively; so I had a chance to see how different kinds of organizations, from grassroots to national, operate. a different kind of teaching than the academic courses.

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Building Community: Who / How / Why

Museum 2.0

We bridge with people who are different from us. We live in an increasingly polarized world, with fewer and fewer opportunities to connect with people from different backgrounds and perspectives. So we spend most of our energy working on ways to bring people together from different walks of life in the museum.

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