The Association of African American Museums Mellon Funded Working Group is a cohesive unit of African American Museum professionals that tackle three main areas of concern from the field. Those challenges include Security, Path to Accreditation, and Exhibition. Three groups of museum professionals from the African American museum field will work to tackle the areas through research, learning strategies, confronting issues, and developing solutions that can be shared via digital means and through AAAM’s in-person conferences. The goal is to establish a network and community of practice that can continue after the four-year grant period ends while increasing the knowledge and skills base of working group members and their institutions.
PARTICIPANTS
Dr. Reneé Anderson
Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, Collections Manager
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Samuel W. Black
African American Program at the Senator John Heinz History Center, Director
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Sydney Briggs
Director of Collection and Exhibitions, The Studio Museum in Harlem and Associate Registrar, The Museum of Modern Art
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Dr. Bryan Carter
University of Arizona, Director of the Center for Digital Humanities and Associate Professor in Africana Studies
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S. Marquette Folley
Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, Content Director
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Julie Hart
American Alliance of Museums, Senior Director for Museum Standards and Excellence
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Sabriyah Hassan
Banneker-Douglass Museum, Program Director
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Dr. Jacqueline Hudson
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, Exhibitions Content Developer
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Christina Shutt
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, Executive Director
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Dr. Synatra Smith
Afrofuturist Cultural Preservationist
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Deitrah J. Taylor
Joyeful Time Traveler LLC, Founder
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Lance Wheeler
National Center for Civil and Human Rights, Director of Exhibitions
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Damika Baker-Wilson
Community Foundation of Anne Arundel County, Director of Development
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ADVISORS
Dr. Dina Bennett
American Jazz Museum, Director of Collections and Curatorial Affairs
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Kiah Akosua Asabea
Sirius Web Solutions, Senior IT Consultant and Principal
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Eric Jones
AT&T, Director of Business Development, Capture, Proposals and Growth
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