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Conversations on the Commons: Civics, Politics, and History Organizations
September 11, 2020 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
September 11, 2020, 1:00pm – 2:30pm
A Conversation with Erin McGough and Nat Sheidley.
Women’s Suffrage, the Census, Black Lives Matter, the Election: How do you engage the question of politics in your organization? Engaging audiences without being partisan? How do board members feel about these issues? Where do we draw the line between history and the current political moment? How do we create/encourage conversations that transcend the ruts of what passes for contemporary political dialogue?
Peer panelists will be Erin McGough, Executive Director of the Duxbury Rural & Historical Society and Nat Sheidley, President & CEO of Revolutionary Spaces.
This Conversation will be LIVESTREAMED. We will do our best to monitor your questions and comments during the livestream. A recording will be publicly available in the Conversations on the Commons Archive.
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- Executive Director with 20 years of experience in nonprofit work. Dynamic, visionary, and collaborative approach in making nonprofits vibrant, engaging the public, and building relationships. Lifelong supporter of the arts, museums and historical societies, theater, music, and education, with a strong belief that these organizations are vital to our communities.
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- Nathaniel Sheidley is the first President and CEO of Revolutionary Spaces, a new cultural organization dedicated to connecting people to the history and continuing practice of democracy through an encounter with two of the nation’s most important Revolutionary sites. Previously Nat taught at Wellesley College and served as the Bostonian Society’s Director of Public History. He has curated and provided creative direction for numerous exhibitions and programs.
Questions? Be in touch with Caroline Littlewood: commons@masshistoryalliance.org
Conversations on the Commons
Where people from Massachusetts history organizations get to vent, empathize, laugh, complain, think, collaborate, brainstorm, plan, and in general be up to no good.