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Nonprofit Law Basics: Can the Executive Director Serve on the Board of Directors?
This blog post from the Cullinane Law Group discusses the potential conflict of interest involved if the executive director or CEO serves as a voting member of…
The Transformative Power of Employee Activism
Museums and cultural institutions are undergoing a seismic shift, being rightly called to reassess norms and practices to address historical inequities and better reflect and serve their …
The BTA 2022 Art Museum Trustee Survey
The Characteristics, Roles, and Experiences of Black Trustees Foreword The Black Trustee Alliance for Art Museums (BTA) was established in 2021 to transform art museums into more equitable …
Point of View: What Matters Most
Accountability to our community means making changes from the inside out as well as from the …
Shifting the Conversation
Two Facing Change Senior Fellows talk about their work supporting board members in their diversity, equity, accessibility, and incl…
Collaboration for Community Impact
After Facing Change, four historical societies in the Twin Cities are working together to better engage the African American communities …
A Transformative Journey
Participating in Facing Change has helped the Naper Settlement board and staff transform the i…
On Board with Change
The Walker Art Center’s Racial Equity and Inclusion Action Plan aims to change the makeup and culture of the institution’s board o…
Point of View: Playground for the 1%
This article originally appeared in the January/February 2021 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. In an effort to provide the broadest possible access to this critical …
The Leadership Imperative: A Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion Primer for Museum Boards
Support Free DEAI Resources: AAM provides all of our DEAI resources for free to AAM members. In these challenging times, we ask that if you can, consider supporting this work by making a …
Recruiting for Museum Board Diversity Webinar
Support Free DEAI Resources: AAM provides all of our DEAI resources for free to AAM members. In these challenging times, we ask that if you can, consider supporting this work by making a …
Diversity & Good Governance Webinar
Developing greater board diversity is something most museum CEOs and Board Chairs yearn to accomplish, and yet many museums struggle to make incremental changes to their boards’ …