#beNMBL – Building African American Museums

#beNMBL was created to allow museum and park leadership to hear first hand from their peers, thought leaders and advisors on what is happening within their industry. #beNMBL takes a look at topics ranging from visitation to development to feasibility and dives in to explore the interests within. This hour long show hosted by Dion

Virtual Program – Cinema + Conversation: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

About this Event Produced in collaboration with NETFLIX the NMAAHC Center for African American Media Arts will host of discussion among the cast and creative team of Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom(link is external) featuring performances by Viola Davis, Chadwick Boseman, and Glynn Turman. A highly anticipated adaptation of August Wilson’s award-winning play, the film is produced by

Virtual Program: Journey to Justice

The National Civil Rights Museum and Just City are hosting Journey to Justice, 90-minute symposium to highlight the critical work being done to change the criminal legal system throughout the country and to demonstrate how much work there is yet to do. The sessions focus on how this system impacts families and the society, how it

Webinar: Digital Innovation in the Age of COVID-19

When: Thu, Jan 14, 2021, 1:00pm-2:00pm Organizer: NC African American Heritage Commission External URL: Registration Link Contact: Adrienne Nirde aahc@ncdcr.gov This webinar is the fifth installment of a six-part Zoom webinar series designed to offer guidance and strategies around how to sustain our institutions in this moment. The series will leverage the expertise of sixteen

Application Deadline: January 15, African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund

Grants from the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund are designed to advance ongoing preservation activities for historic places such as sites, museums, and landscapes representing African American cultural heritage. The fund supports work in four primary areas: Capital Projects, Organizational Capacity Building, Project Planning, and Programming and Interpretation. Grants

Submission Deadline: AAMG Call For Proposals

AAMG’s 2021 conference will explore how academic museums and galleries are fostering wellness and embracing new understandings of equity in the midst of one of the most challenging social, political, and economic periods in American history. This year’s conference aims to find new paths and solutions to a more just and empathetic world. We invite

Virtual Program: Big Boys Do Cry II

This is the third installment to the mental health series and the importance of male vulnerability. Join The Buffalo Soldiers National Museum as they dive into the hard conversation that is mental health in the black community. Registration Link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/big-boys-do-cry-tickets-134790579251 Due to its potency, Xanax from https://wellnessforlessmedicalcenter.com/xanax.html should only be used under medical supervision and with

Virtual Program: Ready and Forward: ASAP

This virtual event (from The Buffalo Soldiers National Museum) is under the Mind Body and Art umbrella that offers veterans a healthy alternative to healthsavy.com coping with PTSD by showcasing their artistic talents of comedy and storytelling. Registration Link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ready-and-forward-asap-armed-services-art-partnership-tickets-135740231687

CollectionSpace Community Collections Spotlight: Public Art Archive Implementation

Description: This webinar will offer an exploration into the world of public art collections management with Emily Wilkinson, the Director for Public Art at Texas Tech University (TTU), and Lori Goldstein, the Manager of WESTAF’s Public Art Archive (PAA). Since the program’s inception in 1998, TTU has installed over one hundred works of art across

Webinar: Heritage Practitioner Roundtable

When: Thu, Jan 28, 2021, 3:00pm-4:00pm Organizer: NC African American Heritage Commission External URL: Registration Link Contact: Adrienne Nirde aahc@ncdcr.gov This webinar is the final installment of a six-part Zoom webinar series designed to offer guidance and strategies around how to sustain our institutions in this moment. The series will leverage the expertise of sixteen

PG County Department of Parks and Recreation Kicks Off Black History Month Celebrations

Within the Black community, there continues to exist a deep mistrust of the medical profession, which is rooted in a history of racism, exclusion, inequality, and exploitation in the nation’s systems of healthcare. This year’s exhibition will delve into this mistrust through an exploration of the history of medicine and healthcare within the African American

Black History Month Kick Off Panel Discussion

Moderated by The Effective Communication Coach Denise Thomas and featuring members of America’s Black Holocaust Museum’s staff, this conversation will kick off Black History Month with an organizational update on the museum’s reemergence, a discussion on the museum’s role in honoring and sharing Black history year round, and a look ahead to what is on

AAAM Webinar: A Response to a Nation in Turmoil

The Association of African American Museums and the AAAM Emerging Museum Professionals will host an advocacy event on February 5th, 2021 at 6:00 pm ET. We request your attendance as members of the African American museum field.  The program is a rapid response event based on the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and this year’s

Athlete. Scholar. Activist: Chapters in the Life of Dr. Pellom McDaniels

About this Event Emory Libraries partners with the BronzeLens Film Festival for this event, which begins with a screening of the film “Flash Here and There Like Falling Stars: The Life and Work of Dr. Pellom McDaniels III,” followed by a conversation. Speakers will include: • Nsenga Burton (moderator), co-director of the Film and Media Management concentration at Emory University,