Diversity and Inclusion in the 21st Century Workshop Reflection

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The Incluseum was honored to be invited to last week’s “Diversity and Inclusion in the 21st Century: Reimagining The Future of Museums” Invitational Workshop, which I (Aletheia) attended. The workshop was hosted in Washington, D.C. by the National Museum of African Art and Dr. Johnnetta Betsch Cole and made possible by a grant from the Ford Foundation. I first want to thank Dr. Cole, Makeba Clay and Alexandra Topalsky for the invitation to participate in this workshop and represent the Incluseum. Today, I want to share some of the aspects of the workshop that particularly stood out for me, along with their implications for the field broadly.

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The recently released Andrew R. Mellon Report on Diversity in American Art Museums uses data as a tool to broaden our understanding of inequities that exist regarding racial and gender diversity in museum staff. This report played an integral role in framing…

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