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Please mark your calendar for MUSEUMS AND CHANGE next Thursday 9/26 at 12:30pm EDT for a session on civic learning with Sarah Jencks

  • 1.  Please mark your calendar for MUSEUMS AND CHANGE next Thursday 9/26 at 12:30pm EDT for a session on civic learning with Sarah Jencks

    Posted 09-19-2024 11:07 AM

    Finding Your Museum's Civic Mission

     

     

    As we approach the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence in 2026, it is more important than ever that people in the museum field connect the past to the present, art and science to current issues. Sarah Jencks will introduce the idea, explored in a recent AAM blog post, of articulating your institution's particular civic strategy. She will also explore how using the tools in the Educating for American Democracy roadmap can help integrate inquiry and civic learning into your exhibitions, programs, and resources.

     

    As founder and principal of Every Museum a Civic Museum, Sarah Jencks works with museums and historic sites to help them articulate their authentic civic missions and issues of field-wide concern, including the upcoming 250th anniversary of the U.S. founding. Sarah is co-chair of the Educating for American Democracy Community Learning Partners task force. For 15 years, Jencks was Director of Education and Interpretation at Ford's Theatre Society and before that taught middle school. Sarah serves on the boards of the National Council for History Education and Literacy InterActives.

     

     Museums and Change


    Time: Sep 26, 2024 12:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)


    Join Zoom Meeting


    https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81529075957

     

    Meeting ID: 815 2907 5957

     



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