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Conversations on the Commons: Getting Preservation Done!
February 19, 2021 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
“Get up, Stand up”: Preserving history from the ground up
February 19, 2021, 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Advocacy for history starts in our neighborhoods and community centers, when we commit ourselves to a cause and communicate our passion to friends and associates. In a world of explosive issues and headline grabbers, how do we make a compelling case for history work? How can we craft an effective proposal and build the momentum to make a difference? Join panelists Dan Everton, Project Lead and Community Archivist at New Bedford LGBTQ+ Archive, and Diane Pursley, Chair of the Turning Mill Association, for a conversation about advocacy success stories and what we can learn from them. Bring your questions and reflections!
The session will be moderated by Eric Peterson, Executive Director of Metropolitan Waterworks Museum. Registration is free.
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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- Eric Peterson is the Executive Director of the Metropolitan Waterworks Museum in Chestnut Hill, MA. He has a Masters in Museum Studies from Harvard’s Extension School and a BA in History from Vassar College. Previously he served in the Peace Corps in Gabon Africa and worked in San Francisco for 20 years before returning home with his young family. Peterson is Vice President of the Mass History Alliance and the Chair of its Advocacy Committee.
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- Dan W. Everton’s work revolves around community based projects, public history/humanities/archaeology, and historical research. Dan’s projects include the New Bedford LGBTQ+ Archive, a community-based archive in partnership with the South Coast LGBT+ Network and the Special Collections & Archives in the Claire T. Carney Library at UMass Dartmouth, as well as work with the Benjamin Franklin print block project with Dr. Jessica Linker and The Library Company of Philadelphia. He has a BA in History from UMass Dartmouth and was recently admitted to Brown University for the Masters in Public Humanities program.
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- Diane Pursley serves on the Lexington Historical Commission, the Turning Mill Neighborhood Conservation District, the Lexington Green Teams and the Lexington Waste Reduction Task Force. Formerly, she was Co-president of the PTO and race director for the neighborhood 5K, the Run of the Mill and worked on a three-year initiative to establish a Neighborhood Conservation District to protect over 150 mid-century historically important homes. The unifying theme of her advocacy is respecting and preserving our connections to the past, to nature and the environment to improve our overall health and quality of life.
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.