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Preparing Your Time Portal Session Proposal for AAM2020

By Elizabeth Merritt
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The high point of my year may well be reading the session proposals you all submit for the Time Portal track at the AAM 2020 conference! These sessions will take place in some specific …

An Intergenerational “School of Drag” Connects LGBTQIA+ Youth and Elders

By Eli Burke
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Last year, 20 organizations enrolled in a special museum cohort of Aroha Philanthropies’ Seeding Vitality Arts program. With funding from Aroha, and training provided by Lifetime …

Think of a Time When You Didn’t Feel Welcome

By Barbara Cohen-Stratyner
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This article originally appeared in the July/August 2017 issue of Museum magazine. Aligning and applying the LGBTQ welcoming guidelines in your internal and external museum operations. …

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