early decision panelsPlease find a listing of selected sessions. Dates and times have not been indicated; however, all concurrent sessions will occur July 27 & 28.

  • The Body as a Site of Liberation: A Self-Care Manifesto to Combat Activism Burnout
  • Fight the Power: Museum Activism to Combat Sophisticated Racism/Wokeism
  • Leaders of the New School: Cultivating the Now and Next Generations of Cultural Leaders to Advance the Black Museum Movement
  • Get Ready for Your Next Fundraising Campaign: Planning for Success
  • Let Your Building Sing: Leveraging Music to Engage Visitors and Staff in Your Museum
  • How Safe Are You? Combatting Security Issues in Black Museums
  • Where Do You Start? Creating Environmental Justice Programs in Your Institution
  • Musical Crossroads: A Methodology for Interpreting African American History and Culture
  • A New Model of Practice: HBCU History and Culture Access Consortium
  • Addressing Critical Concerns in Ethical Museum Practice: A Roundtable Discussion
  • Place-Making for Black History through Parks, Environmental Spaces and Historical Sites
  • It Happened in Your Town – Black History and National Parks Service National Historic Networks
  • Chronicling Black Miami through Digitization and IMLS Project
  • Finding Common Ground
  • Song of America: Music of Public Housing
  • Sounds of Chocolate Cities: Exploring Gentrification Through Music and Culture
  • Two Pioneers of Music Collecting in Museums: John Kinard and Bernice Johnson Reagon
  • A New Pathway for Collection Professionals: The ART-CC Fellowship. A Partnership with Fisk University and LACMA
  • Transforming Visitor Experience through the Power of Storytelling and Art: The Making of Waddell, Withers, Smith: A Requiem for King
  • Looking Back, Forging Ahead: 45 Years After the 1978 Founding of AAAM – A Conversation with the Living Legends
  • What’s the 411 for Black Museums? A Roundtable Discussion for the AAAM Mellon Working Groups
  • Museum Grants for African American History and Culture: 20 Years of Service – IMLS Listening Session
  • The Muddy Waters MOJO Museum and Black Chicago, Past, Present and Future
  • STANDING TOGETHER: CULTURALLY SPECIFIC MUSEUMS AS ALLIES FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
  • Ain’t No Mountain High Enough: The Journey to NMAAM
  • Beat It: A Majazztic Experience
  • Same Mission: New Vision
  • Collecting the Sounds: Music Collections as Community History
  • Honoring Monticello’s Enslaved Community: From Getting Word to Sharing Stories
  • OurStoryBridge: Our Stories in Our Voices
  • The Ethel Ennis Legacy: Jazz History and Community-Engaged Storytelling in Baltimore
  • Digital Treasures: Amplifying the Work of Gullah Geechee Preservationists

PLEASE NOTE:  Sessions are subject to change.  Additional sessions will be added.  The sessions above are early decision selections.