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Conversations on the Commons: Tips, Tricks and Tools from Veteran Advocates
September 25, 2020 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Standing Up For What Matters: Tips, Tricks and Tools from Veteran Advocates
September 25, 2020, 1:00pm – 2:30pm
A Conversation with Peter Feinman and Alison Frazee
Activists vs. Advocates: What’s the difference? Both involve trying to effect change, but activists are action-oriented, often working outside the system, while advocates are people-oriented and work within the system to represent the concerns of others. Join us as we meet two experienced advocates. Learn how they have helped others to challenge unfair institutional systems and what inspires them to keep going. We’ll discuss:
- How do you define advocacy? Who do you advocate for?
- What methods of advocacy do you find to be most effective?
- What are common obstacles to your advocacy efforts?
- What tools do you use to strengthen your advocacy efforts?
- How can individuals and small organizations transform ideas into realities?
Peer panelists will be Peter Feinman, President of the Institute of History, Archaeology, and Education, and Alison Frazee, Assistant Director of the Boston Preservation Alliance. The conversation will be moderated by Erik Peterson, Executive Director of the 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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- Peter Feinman received his B.A. in history from the University of Pennsylvania, a M.Ed. from New York University, an MBA from New York University, and an Ed. D. from Columbia University. He is the founder of the Institute of History, Archaeology, and Education (IHARE). His interests cross disciplinary boundaries including American history, ancient civilizations, biblical history, and New York history. He is the president of the Westchester Society of the Archaeological Institute of America. He advocates for the importance of local and state history in the curriculum, community, and tourism and is the author of a blogs on The State of State History and The State of American Civics. He is a contributor to the forthcoming book Five Views of the Exodus and is writing a book The Exodus: An Egyptian Story.
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- Alison Frazee works alongside the Executive Director in advocacy efforts across all of Boston’s neighborhoods. She joined the Alliance in 2013. Alison was active in Yes for Better Boston, a campaign to fund historic preservation, affordable housing, and parks and green spaces through the Community Preservation Act. Since 2017, she has served as Co-Chair of the Steering Committee for Yes for a Better Boston and provides technical assistance to the community. Alison was appointed by Mayor Walsh to serve on the Advisory Group for PLAN: Downtown. In 2018, Alison was awarded the Paul & Niki Tsongas Award for the Next Generation by Preservation Massachusetts. In addition to her role as vocal proponent for citywide planning and historic preservation, Alison is known for being an even-handed negotiator for competing stakeholders and a frequent speaker on preservation issues. She holds a Master of Historic Preservation from the University of Kentucky and a Bachelor of Arts in Historic Preservation from the University of Mary Washington.
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- Eric Peterson has a BA in History from Vassar College. In 2009, while earning a Masters in Museum Studies from Harvard’s Extension School, he volunteered at the newly created Metropolitan Waterworks Museum in Chestnut Hill, MA and has worked there ever since. For the past 5 years, he has served as the Executive Director of the Waterworks Museum. Committed to strengthening public awareness of the vital importance of history by helping to protect the sites, artifacts and organizations that bring the past into the present, Mr. Peterson currently serves as Vice President & Treasurer of the Massachusetts History Alliance. He is also a co-founder of Industrial History New England.
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.