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

Museum 2.0

This list doesn't include many approaches that I see transforming museum audiences, like political activism, multilingual programming, intergenerational events, or cultural festivals. Even in the section about the MAH, Kate chose to only obliquely reference the work we've done to involve, feature, and hire more people of color.

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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. Design to Invite Active Participation Participatory design can be one of the most effective vehicles for developing relationships, building social capital and engaging with community members in museum programs. Cardboard tube orchestra at Radical Craft Night.

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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. whether the collaboration is across sectors, disciplines and organizations, or within a given organization, with participatory decision-making and teamwork. A premise for this work is that we need to be better at working collaboratively???whether

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Building Community: Who / How / Why

Museum 2.0

As we developed new 3rd Friday community festivals , we were careful to design them as intergenerational experiences. When I first came to the museum, it was not perceived as a family-friendly place. More and more families showed up. Now, families are dominant at 3rd Friday, and some adults feel like "it's a kid thing."

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Four Ways to Transform Organizational Culture to Advance Access, Equity, and Justice

Saleforce Nonprofit

Before the global pandemic, intergenerational poverty and entrenched patterns of inequality dampened the future livelihoods of millions of children and their families across the globe.