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Monday Musing: When Free is Not Enough
Monday musings are my way of sharing brief, off-the-cuff thoughts about something I have read recently, both to help clarify my thinking an in the hopes of generating discussion and response. I give myself 15 minutes or so to jot down a … -
On Morning Coffee & Museum Activism
Last weekend, Starbucks announced it will stop putting the slogan “Race Together” on coffee cups. Their spokesperson said this was a previously scheduled move, but to many it looked like a response to the flak the company has been taking … -
Trust Me, I’m a Museum
Back in 2001 AAM sponsored a survey which showed that 87% of respondents viewed museums as “one of the most trustworthy sources of objective information.” We cited that figure a lot in the following decade. commissioned by the … -
How Far Have We Come? Civil rights museums evolve and transform
This article originally appeared in the January/February 2015 edition of the Museum magazine. Of necessity, museums that document the nation’s civil rights struggle must also confront the litany of moral wrongs committed against African … -
Won’t you be my neighbor?
By the time this post goes up, session submission for AAM 2015 will have closed. I’ve had a hard time keeping up with all the great proposals streaming into the site and look forward to seeing how many match topics on my wish list. You … -
Instigating Social Justice Sessions for AAM 2015
David Fleming, director of the National Museums Liverpool laid the groundwork for the next AAM annual meeting in his “Big Ideas” session at the conference last spring: “when I use the term “social justice,” he said, “I mean two things: … -
Unaccompanied Children at our Borders: Can Museums Help?
The theme of the Alliance 2015 conference is Museums and Social Value. Leading up to that meeting in Atlanta, CFM will be hosting a number of guest bloggers addressing various aspects of museums and social justice. Last month, Robert … -
Museums for Social Justice
This article originally appeared in the July/August 2014 issue of Museum magazine. Adapted from a Big Ideas presentation, May 20, 2014, at the AAM Annual Meeting in Seattle. In this spirit, the theme of the 2015 AAM Annual Meeting will be …
Tag: Social Justice
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From Fragmentation to Alignment: Project Management in Museums
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