BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Mass History Commons - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Mass History Commons X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://masshistorycommons.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Mass History Commons REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20190310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20191103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20200308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20201101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220318T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220318T133000 DTSTAMP:20260423T104844 CREATED:20220206T002750Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220927T214017Z UID:14043-1647604800-1647610200@masshistorycommons.org SUMMARY:Conversations on the Commons: Filmmakers and Historical Organizations DESCRIPTION:Filmmakers and Historical Organizations \nMarch 18\, 2022\, 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. \nWe’re taking public history to the silver screen in the next Conversation on the Commons! In our latest topic\, “Filmmakers and Historical Organizations” we’ll welcome twice Emmy-nominated producer Andrew Giles Buckley\, and New York Times best-selling author\, award-winning documentary producer\, and long-time history enthusiast Rick Beyer to present on their filmmaking projects with Massachusetts history connections. Have you worked with a filmmaker? Created your own video? Would you like some tips on how to create compelling video? Join us to learn about filmmaking\, innovative public history\, and their fascinating projects! \nRegistration is free. REGISTER HERE.\n \nThis 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. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rick Beyer is an award-winning documentary filmmaker\, a New York Times best-selling author\, and a long-time history enthusiast. He wrote and produced the PBS documentary The Ghost Army\, telling the story of an extraordinary U.S. Army deception unit in WWII. He also co-authored a bestselling book on the unit\, The Ghost Army of World War II\, and is president of the Ghost Army Legacy Project. Beyer has made documentary films for The History Channel\, A&E\, National Geographic\, and others. He is the author of the popular Greatest Stories Never Told series of history books. His most recent book\, Rivals Unto Death\, is a compelling account of the fateful rivalry of Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr. He leads historical tours in the US and Europe\, and has appeared on CBS\, Fox News\, MSNBC\, NPR\, CNN and elsewhere. After more than 30 years in Massachusetts\, he now lives with his wife Marilyn Rea Beyer\, in Chicago.\n \n \n \n \n \n Andrew Giles Buckley is the Host and Producer of Hit & Run History\, a historical novelist\, travel book author\, opinion journalist and world-class storyteller. A two-time Emmy-nominated producer\, Andrew founded Hit and Run History in 2008\, and the public media series has been hosted on GBH’s History site and broadcast on Rhode Island PBS and on local stations from DC to LA. Recipient of over 70 Massachusetts Local Cultural Council Grants and two grants from MassHumanities\, Andrew takes his film crew down to the street level to investigate lesser known chapters of history with a travel element — less Ken Burns and more Anthony Bourdain. He lives in Chatham with his daughter and their two dogs\, cat and rabbit.\n \n \n\nQuestions? Be in touch with Caroline Littlewood: commons@masshistoryalliance.org \n\nConversations on the Commons \nWhere people from Massachusetts history organizations get to vent\, empathize\, laugh\, complain\, think\, collaborate\, brainstorm\, plan\, and in general be up to no good. URL:https://masshistorycommons.org/event/conversations-on-the-commons-filmmakers/ LOCATION:Online\, MA\, United States CATEGORIES:Conversations on the Commons (events) ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://masshistorycommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/featured_cotc_20220318.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Mass History Alliance":MAILTO:commons@masshistoryalliance.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220304T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220304T133000 DTSTAMP:20260423T104844 CREATED:20220206T003311Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220228T224033Z UID:14050-1646395200-1646400600@masshistorycommons.org SUMMARY:Conversations on the Commons: The Community Preservation Act DESCRIPTION:The Community Preservation Act: In Your Backyard \nMarch 4\, 2022\, 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. \nWith\nMassachusetts History Alliance Advocacy Committee\nChase Mack\, Communications Director\, Community Preservation Coalition\nJason Molina\, Chair of Shrewsbury’s Community Preservation Committee\nLinnea Servey\, Chair of Lancaster’s Community Preservation Committee \nWhat is the Community Preservation Act? How can it be used to preserve history on the local level? What are allowable uses? How can your community adopt this bylaw? What kinds of local advocacy need to be done to pass CPA in a town? What are some of the strategies used in running a successful grassroots CPA adoption campaign? Join moderator Erika Briesacher of the MHA Advocacy Committee for a conversation about Community Preservation! \nRegistration is free. REGISTER HERE.\n \nThis 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. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Linnea Servey worked to bring the CPA to Lancaster with educational forums presented to Town Boards and via zoom meetings. The article passed at ATM with an overwhelming margin and passed at the ballot with a comfortable margin.\n \n \n \n \n \n Chase Mack has been the Communications Director for the Community Preservation Coalition since 2016. The Coalition is a nonprofit organization that helps municipalities in Massachusetts understand\, adopt\, and implement the Community Preservation Act (CPA)\, as well as advocating for CPA at the state level.\n \n \n \n \n \n Jason Molina was the Campaign Manager for the ballot question committee\, Community Preservation Shrewsbury\, which led the Town of Shrewsbury to successfully adopt CPA in November 2020. The road to adoption was challenged by local opposition which necessitated the use of a citizen’s petition to trigger the ballot question. Despite uncertainty with a pandemic raging\, the committee still made great progress to champion Town Meeting and voter support through campaign efforts such as a road show with town boards\, public outreach\, mailers\, newspaper articles and letters to the editor\, and a structured social media presence. Despite a pandemic\, a local debt exclusion on the ballot at the same time\, and no support from town officials\, Shrewsbury voters welcomed CPA with an impressive 59% approval. Following the successful campaign\, Jason was appointed as an At-Large member of the Community Preservation Committee and currently serves as their chairperson.\n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Erika L. Briesacher is an Associate Professor of History at Worcester State University\, where she specializes in German History and museum studies\, teaching in the areas of museum studies\, material culture\, German/French/European history\, public history\, and nationalism. She got her Ph.D. in European History from Kent State University in 2012\, and her Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Museum Studies and MA in Historical Studies from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville in 2005 and 2006 respectively. She has two books forthcoming: Nordic Days: Festival\, Identity\, and Culture in Lübeck\, 1920-1960 (Lexington Books\, 2022) and Make Me a Mask: Material/Cultural of a Pandemic (Kent State University Press\, forthcoming).\n \n \n\nQuestions? Be in touch with Caroline Littlewood: commons@masshistoryalliance.org \n\nConversations on the Commons \nWhere people from Massachusetts history organizations get to vent\, empathize\, laugh\, complain\, think\, collaborate\, brainstorm\, plan\, and in general be up to no good. URL:https://masshistorycommons.org/event/conversations-on-the-commons-4/ LOCATION:Online\, MA\, United States CATEGORIES:Conversations on the Commons (events) ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://masshistorycommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/featured_COTC_20220304.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Mass History Alliance":MAILTO:commons@masshistoryalliance.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220218T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220218T133000 DTSTAMP:20260423T104844 CREATED:20211003T024151Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220212T171331Z UID:7054-1645142400-1645191000@masshistorycommons.org SUMMARY:Conversations on the Commons: Working with the Digital Commonwealth DESCRIPTION:Sharing Your Stuff: Working with the Digital Commonwealth \nFebruary 18\, 2022\, 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. \nWith Jake Sadow\, Statewide Digitization Project Archivist at Boston Public Library\, and Betsy McKee\, Secretary and member of the Collections Committee at Longmeadow Historical Society \nHave you considered working with the Digital Commonwealth to digitize any of your collections and get them online? Join us for a conversation on what it takes to do so\, with Jake Sadow of the Boston Public Library. What does it take to get your collection up on the Digital Commonwealth? Are there any obstacles and challenges? What part is easy? What does it take to prepare? Do you have to be an archivist to do this? What is the “rights” situation and how much does it cost? \nRegistration is free. REGISTER HERE! \nThis 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. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Jake Sadow is the Statewide Digitization Project Archivist for the Boston Public Library. He project manages the Statewide Digitization program\, serving as a liaison between Massachusetts-based cultural heritage institutions and digitization staff at the Boston Public Library. He has worked with over 300 institutions to get their cultural heritage collections online\, including libraries\, museums\, historical societies and universities. He also acts as an educator\, raising awareness among library and information professionals of issues in digitization and promoting conversations between institutions to address those issues.\n \n \n \n \n \n My interest in antiques and history began when I lived in an old house in western New York. We started married life with hand-me-down furniture to furnish our two-room apartment. We began to appreciate that our “used” furniture was a lot nicer than the typical cheap student furnishings. I completed my Masters’ degree in Nursing and practiced as a Family Nurse Practitioner. We moved to Massachusetts and purchased our second old house. A chance discovery revealed that the original owner was a gravestone carver. Since that time\, we have tramped over hundreds of old cemeteries in multiple states and taken some 36\,000 photos. I am the President of the Longmeadow Cemetery Association and the Pioneer Valley History Network. I am also on the board of the Longmeadow Historical Society. I am a member of the Springfield Weavers’ Guild\, and my paying job is at Historic Deerfield.\n \n \n\nQuestions? Be in touch with Caroline Littlewood: commons@masshistoryalliance.org \n\nConversations on the Commons \nWhere people from Massachusetts history organizations get to vent\, empathize\, laugh\, complain\, think\, collaborate\, brainstorm\, plan\, and in general be up to no good. URL:https://masshistorycommons.org/event/conversations-on-the-commons-working-with-the-digital-commonwealth/ LOCATION:Online\, MA\, United States CATEGORIES:Conversations on the Commons (events) ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://masshistorycommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/COTC-promo-MHA.png ORGANIZER;CN="Mass History Alliance":MAILTO:commons@masshistoryalliance.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220204T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220204T133000 DTSTAMP:20260423T104844 CREATED:20220114T002824Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220131T020454Z UID:11586-1643976000-1643981400@masshistorycommons.org SUMMARY:Conversations on the Commons: Community History DESCRIPTION:Community History: What is it\, and what can it do for you? \nFebruary 3\, 2022\, 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. *new time* \nWhat is Community History? What formats does it take? What is the difference between local history and community history? How can we embrace both? How does community history practice require historical organizations to change their understanding of history? What are the challenges and rewards? Has your organization participated in projects that gather and share history from the local community? Are you interested in doing so? Join us for a conversation on the necessity\, joys\, and rewards of engaging with community members in doing history on February 4\, noon-1:30 with Lee Blake\, President of the New Bedford Historical Society and Penni Martorell\, curator of collections at Wistariahurst Museum and Holyoke’s City Historian \nRegistration is free. REGISTER HERE!\n \nThis 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. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Penni Martorell is curator of collections at Wistariahurst Museum and Holyoke’s City Historian. Martorell’s work at Wistariahurst includes managing and preserving collections and archive\, organizing history exhibits and lectures; providing opportunities for community organizations\, college classes\, school groups and the public to engage with local history through presentations and workshops. She lectures on Holyoke’s industrial history\, local textile and paper industries\, and women history makers. She has lead workshops on preserving heirlooms\, basic textile preservation and is an oral history trainer. Martorell served 5 years on the State Historic Records Advisory Board and has served 6 years as Vice President of The Pioneer Valley History Network. Her passion is book and printing history.\n \n \n \n \n \n As president of the New Bedford Historical Society\, Lee leads a grassroots organization that preserves and celebrates the legacy of African Americans\, Cape Verdeans and Native Americans in her hometown of New Bedford\, MA. Her leadership\, vision\, and work to re-claim the history of Black people in New Bedford has changed the historical narrative of New Bedford and raised the awareness of its role as an important center of freedom and abolitionism during the 19th century. The Society has led the efforts to restore and preserve the Nathan and Mary Johnson House\, the first home in freedom of Anna and Frederick Douglass\, an Underground Railroad site and now a National Historic Landmark. Lee has been awarded 6 National Endowment for the Humanities grants over the past 15 years for the professional development of teachers across the country on the intersection between New Bedford’s history as a maritime port\, the Underground Railroad\, and African American history.\n \n \n\nQuestions? Be in touch with Caroline Littlewood: commons@masshistoryalliance.org \n\nConversations on the Commons \nWhere people from Massachusetts history organizations get to vent\, empathize\, laugh\, complain\, think\, collaborate\, brainstorm\, plan\, and in general be up to no good. URL:https://masshistorycommons.org/event/conversations-on-the-commons-community-history/ LOCATION:Online\, MA\, United States CATEGORIES:Conversations on the Commons (events) ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://masshistorycommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/cotc_featured_community-history.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Mass History Alliance":MAILTO:commons@masshistoryalliance.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220121T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220121T133000 DTSTAMP:20260423T104845 CREATED:20211120T194113Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220114T180100Z UID:7828-1642766400-1642771800@masshistorycommons.org SUMMARY:Conversations on the Commons: All About Objects DESCRIPTION:All About Objects: Artifact Care\, Description\, and Management \nJanuary 21\, 2022\, 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. *new time* \nWith Valarie Kinkade\, Principal of Museum and Collector Resource\, LLC\, and Stacen Goldman\, Curator at the Framingham History Center \nFiligree or verdigris? Crazing or cracking?  There’s a lot of talk about archival processes\, but what about object care and description? Do you know how to deal with that mildewed leather portfolio? Pigeon poop on statues or memorials? How do you tag a porcelain teapot? Describe an old painting?  What guidelines do you use? Do you have guidelines for your enthusiastic volunteers? Tell us about your projects\, share your sources\, and let’s connect over a conversation on object collections. \nRegistration is free. REGISTER HERE!\n \nThis 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. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Before beginning Museum and Collector Resource\, Valarie Kinkade worked for nearly 2 decades in curatorial and collections management in a wide variety of museums\, including the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History\, a Frank Lloyd Wright House\, house museums dating from the 17th and 18th centuries and as the Curator of the U.S. Coast Guard Museum. In the 1990’s she founded Museum and Collector Resource to address a growing need for short-term\, museum-quality collections care\, registration\, museum planning\, exhibit development\, research\, collections moves\, and collections management systems consulting. MCR clients include small\, volunteer-run\, house museums\, tribal cultural centers\, African American museums and HBC’s\, large historical societies\, art museums\, science centers\, religious institutions\, high net worth private collectors\, and multi-national corporations.\n \n \n \n \n \n Stacen Goldman has worked in local history for ten years\, and has been the Curator at the Framingham History Center for the past six. Her work is focused on democratizing historical collections and imagining creative ways of engaging with history through material culture. The goal of her work is to make people feel immersed\, empowered\, and emotionally invested in community history. Stacen holds a Bachelor of Arts in History from Bard College and a Master of Arts in History with a certificate in Historical Agencies and Administration from Northeastern University. She was previously the director of the South End Historical Society in Boston.\n \n \n\nQuestions? Be in touch with Caroline Littlewood: commons@masshistoryalliance.org \n\nConversations on the Commons \nWhere people from Massachusetts history organizations get to vent\, empathize\, laugh\, complain\, think\, collaborate\, brainstorm\, plan\, and in general be up to no good. URL:https://masshistorycommons.org/event/conversations-on-the-commons-all-about-objects/ LOCATION:Online\, MA\, United States CATEGORIES:Conversations on the Commons (events) ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://masshistorycommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/object-care.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Mass History Alliance":MAILTO:commons@masshistoryalliance.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220107T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220107T113000 DTSTAMP:20260423T104845 CREATED:20211120T193702Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211231T155640Z UID:7824-1641549600-1641555000@masshistorycommons.org SUMMARY:Conversations on the Commons: Teaching New England Slavery to Kids DESCRIPTION:Teaching New England Slavery to Kids\n \nA conversation with Kristin Gallas\, principal at Interpreting Slavery \nJanuary 7\, 2022\, 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. \nJoin us for our latest Conversation on the Common where we tackle the topic of “Teaching New England Slavery to Kids.” Kristin Gallas is the project manager for education development at the Tsongas Industrial History Center and recently published Interpreting Slavery with Children and Teens. Her work offers advice\, examples\, and replicable practices for slavery-related school and family programs at museums and historic sites. Come and learn with Kristin and share your questions and knowledge. We’d love to hear about the challenges you’ve faced\, as well as the great programs you have developed around this topic. Join us for an informative\, practical conversation with public historians across the Commonwealth. \nRegistration is free. REGISTER NOW!\n \nThis 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. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Kristin Gallas is a principal at Interpreting Slavery. She facilitates workshops for museums and historic sites on developing comprehensive and conscientious interpretation of slavery and speaks regularly at public history and museum conferences. She is the co-editor\, with James DeWolf Perry\, of “Interpreting Slavery at Museums and Historic Sites” (Rowman & Littlefield\, January 2015)\, and author of the forthcoming “Interpreting Slavery with Children and Teens” (Rowman and Littlefield\, September 2021). She developed the Tracing Center on Histories and Legacies of Slavery’s public history efforts and oversaw the design of workshops for educators. Kristin holds a bachelor’s degree in secondary history education from the University of Vermont and a master of arts in museum education from George Washington University. She has led the education and/or interpretation departments at the Montana Historical Society\, the USS Constitution Museum\, and currently at the Tsongas Industrial History Center.\n \n \n\nQuestions? Be in touch with Caroline Littlewood: commons@masshistoryalliance.org \n\nConversations on the Commons \nWhere people from Massachusetts history organizations get to vent\, empathize\, laugh\, complain\, think\, collaborate\, brainstorm\, plan\, and in general be up to no good. URL:https://masshistorycommons.org/event/conversations-on-the-commons-teaching-new-england-slavery-to-kids/ LOCATION:Online\, MA\, United States CATEGORIES:Conversations on the Commons (events) ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://masshistorycommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/cotc_featured_teachingslavery.png ORGANIZER;CN="Mass History Alliance":MAILTO:commons@masshistoryalliance.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211210T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211210T113000 DTSTAMP:20260423T104845 CREATED:20211120T193408Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211207T233039Z UID:7821-1639130400-1639135800@masshistorycommons.org SUMMARY:Conversations on the Commons: Membership...a must? DESCRIPTION:Membership: A Must?\n \nDecember 10\, 2021\, 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. \nWith Carol S. Ward\, Executive Director of the Lexington Historical Society\, and Dawn Estabrooks Salerno\, Executive Director at the Rotch-Jones-Duff House & Garden Museum \nDoes the membership model still work for 2022? Massachusetts Historical Society has just announced that they no longer have a paid membership; all donors are considered members. What is membership\, and what does it mean to your organization and the people who are members? Is membership about money\, or is it about something else\, as well? If you run a membership program\, how do you administer it? If you don’t\, how do you raise funds? How do you get people to feel a connection to your organization? Do you have any ideas for membership benefits\, or resources for reading more about membership models? We’ll discuss what works\, what doesn’t\, and the explore the meaning of membership in 2022. \nThis conversation will be moderated by Gloria Polizzotti Greis\, Executive Director of the Needham History Center & Museum. \nRegistration is free. REGISTER HERE!\n \nThis 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. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gloria Polizzotti Greis been Executive Director of the Needham History Center & Museum since June 2002. She has worked in museums since 1985. She has also taught both Anthropology and Museums Studies at the college level\, and had experience teaching in a museum setting with high school and elementary school classes. Dr Greis is a Needham resident. She holds a PhD in Anthropology\, specializing in the archaeology of prehistoric Europe. She is the author of two books on archaeology; a book and three films on local history; several articles on history\, archaeology and various other topics; and writes a weekly local history blog. She is Chair of the Needham Historical Commission\, sits on several municipal committees and nonprofit boards\, and is an elected Fellow of the Massachusetts Historical Society.\n \n \n \n \n \n Dawn E. Salerno is Executive Director of the Rotch-Jones-Duff House and Garden Museum in New Bedford\, Massachusetts. Under her leadership\, the museum received an Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) grant and a New England Museum Association (NEMA) Publications Award and realized its two highest ever annual appeals. She also serves on several New Bedford leadership groups including the Local Cultural Council\, the Education Foundation\, The Community Foundation of Southeastern Massachusetts Corporators and NBCreative. Dawn has been a grant reviewer for the IMLS\, the National Endowment for the Humanities\, the Massachusetts Cultural Council and Connecticut Humanities (CTH). She has served on the boards of CTH and NEMA. Her more recent contributions to the field include co-editing “The State of Museums: Voices from the Field” and “For Love or Money: Confronting the State of Museum Salaries” (both MuseumsEtc\, publisher\, 2018 and 2019 respectively).\n \n \n \n \n \n Carol S. Ward has 20 years of collaborative leadership in for profit and non-profit management\, financial oversight\, fundraising\, strategic planning\, Board relationships and grant-winning cultural program development. Ms. Ward is an art historian with her BA from Mary Washington College\, and two Masters Degrees\, her first in Museum Education from the College of New Rochelle\, and her second in Art History from Hunter College. Articles she has written have been published in The Magazine Antiques\, The Historic House Trust journal\, the American Alliance of Museums Magazine\, Antiques Weekly and catalogs for the Bruce Museum\, Morris-Jumel Mansion and Keno Auctions. Her book “Visions of America: The Morris-Jumel Mansion” was published in 2015 and she has recently appeared in the documentary on the making of the hit musical “Hamilton.”\n \n \n\nQuestions? Be in touch with Caroline Littlewood: commons@masshistoryalliance.org \n\nConversations on the Commons \nWhere people from Massachusetts history organizations get to vent\, empathize\, laugh\, complain\, think\, collaborate\, brainstorm\, plan\, and in general be up to no good. URL:https://masshistorycommons.org/event/conversations-on-the-commons-membership-a-must/ LOCATION:Online\, MA\, United States CATEGORIES:Conversations on the Commons (events) ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://masshistorycommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/cotc_featured_membership.png ORGANIZER;CN="Mass History Alliance":MAILTO:commons@masshistoryalliance.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211112T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211112T113000 DTSTAMP:20260423T104845 CREATED:20211003T024327Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211114T235355Z UID:7056-1636711200-1636716600@masshistorycommons.org SUMMARY:Conversations on the Commons: Critical Race Theory (A Primer) DESCRIPTION:Critical Race Theory: A Primer for Historical Organizations \nNovember 12\, 2021\, 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. \nWith Julia Jeffries\, Ph.D. Candidate at the Harvard Graduate School of Education\, and Meadow Dibble\, Founding Director of Atlantic Black Box \nYou’ve probably heard about Critical Race Theory in the news lately\, but do you know what it is? Have you addressed it at your museum or historic site? Should you? Do you know how to? What is the difference between Critical Race Theory and African American History? As museums are reimagining their roles and messages in the wake of social\, economic\, and political changes\, join us for a primer on Critical Race Theory and see how to incorporate this work into your own. \nRegistration is free. REGISTER HERE!\n \nThis 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. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meadow Dibble is the Founding Director of Atlantic Black Box\, a public history project devoted to researching and reckoning with New England’s role in the slave trade and the economy of enslavement. Currently a Visiting Scholar at Brown University’s Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice\, she received her PhD from Brown’s Department of French with a focus on Postcolonial Studies and taught Francophone African literature at Colby College from 2005–08. Originally from Cape Cod\, Meadow lived for six years on Senegal’s Cape Verde peninsula prior to pursuing her graduate studies; there she published a cultural magazine and coordinated foreign study programs. In collaboration with the team that produces Teaching Hard History\, the Southern Poverty Law Center’s flagship podcast\, she is currently producing “The Diseased Ship Podcast” with support from the Maine Humanities Council.\n \n \n \n \n \n Julia Jeffries (she/they) is a Ph.D. candidate in Culture\, Institutions\, and Society at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Her work lies at the intersection of race and identity in K-12 classrooms in both students and teachers. She seeks to use sociological and cultural frameworks to understand how schools can foster student racial and ethnic identity development\, help students understand histories of both oppression and resistance\, and the pivotal role that teachers and their own understandings of identity play in these processes.\n \n \n\nQuestions? Be in touch with Caroline Littlewood: commons@masshistoryalliance.org \n\nConversations on the Commons \nWhere people from Massachusetts history organizations get to vent\, empathize\, laugh\, complain\, think\, collaborate\, brainstorm\, plan\, and in general be up to no good. URL:https://masshistorycommons.org/event/conversations-on-the-commons-critical-race-theory-a-primer/ LOCATION:Online\, MA\, United States CATEGORIES:Conversations on the Commons (events) ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://masshistorycommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/11.12-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Mass History Alliance":MAILTO:commons@masshistoryalliance.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211022T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211022T113000 DTSTAMP:20260423T104845 CREATED:20211003T023857Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211018T154002Z UID:7050-1634896800-1634902200@masshistorycommons.org SUMMARY:Conversations on the Commons: Connections Between Local Historical Societies and Academics DESCRIPTION:Town Meets Gown: Connections Between Local Historical Societies and Academics \nOctober 22\, 2021\, 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. \nHow can academic scholars and local museums and historical societies work together? Has your museum worked with scholars and/or researchers? Do you have a long term working relationship with a researcher or public history scholar? What have they worked on for you? How do academics work with historical societies? Have you (scholar or museum) received a grant to do this work?  What about student researchers and internship programs? What benefits can they provide to museums\, and how can museums cultivate these relationships with students and scholars to further their mission and goals? Join us for a conversation with Melissa M. Cybulski\, Vice President of the Longmeadow Historical Society; Maryann Zujewski\, Education Specialist at Salem Maritime and Saugus IronWorks National Historic Sites; Bethany Jay\, Associate Professor of History at Salem State University; Brad Austin\, Professor of History at Salem State University; and Jane Becker\, Director of Public History at University of Massachusetts Boston. The conversation will be moderated by Margo Shea\, Associate Professor of History at Salem State University.\n \nRegistration is free. REGISTER HERE!\n \nThis 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. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Melissa M. Cybulski is Vice President of the Longmeadow Historical Society and has researched\, written and presented extensively for them on topics such as Early Black Lives in Longmeadow\, Longmeadow during the Suffrage Movement\, The Storrs Family and the American School for the Deaf\, and a variety of other topics large and small. She has an M.Ed in English Education and has worked as an interpreter in several museums including The Emily Dickinson Museum and The Harriet Beecher Stowe Center.\n \n \n \n \n \n Margo Shea is Associate Professor of History at Salem State University\, where she teaches public history\, Irish history and world history\, oversees a public history certificate program and supervises internships for History majors. She is the author of Derry City: Memory and Political Struggle in Northern Ireland and several articles and chapters in anthologies on heritage\, memory and collaborative practice. At the heart of her work is a commitment to sharing the tools of public history in ways that center listening in our explorations of the past and do not ignore the larger structures around which memory and identity take and change shape\n \n \n \n \n \n Brad Austin is a professor of history and a secondary education coordinator at Salem State University\, where he teaches classes on New England and Slavery\, United States history\, the Vietnam War\, and sports history. He has authored and co-edited three books\, and he is a series editor for the University of Wisconsin Press’s Harvey Goldberg Series for Understanding and Teaching History.\n \n \n \n \n \n Maryann Zujewski has worked for the National Park Service for over 25 years. She is currently the Education Specialist at Salem Maritime and Saugus Iron Works National Historic Sites. Her professional focus is on standards-based education programs\, teacher professional development\, place-based service learning\, and community-based partnerships. Her most recent work in education at Salem Maritime and Saugus Iron Works centers on the history of slavery\, freedom\, and race–looking back in order to move forward.\n \n \n \n \n \n As Director of Public History for the History MA program at University of Massachusetts Boston\, Jane Becker develops and nurtures the program’s community partnerships\, supervises student internships with cultural organizations\, and teaches public history. Before coming to UMass Boston in 2010\, Dr. Becker worked in exhibition and program planning and as a historian for a wide range of museums and public humanities endeavors in New England\, in venues ranging from large and small history museums both nationally and locally focused; state arts and humanities councils; local and federal historic sites and parks; universities; and local preservation commissions. From 2016-2019\, she served as Massachusetts team leader for AASLH’s Leadership in History Awards\, rejuvenating her passion for supporting the history endeavors of local organizations and communities. She is a believer in and witness to the potential of history in transforming communities and empowering citizens\, and an enthusiastic supporter of the public humanities. She received her PhD in American Studies from Boston University.\n \n \n \n \n \n\nQuestions? Be in touch with Caroline Littlewood: commons@masshistoryalliance.org \n\nConversations on the Commons \nWhere people from Massachusetts history organizations get to vent\, empathize\, laugh\, complain\, think\, collaborate\, brainstorm\, plan\, and in general be up to no good. URL:https://masshistorycommons.org/event/conversations-on-the-commons-connections-between-local-historical-societies-and-academics/ LOCATION:Online\, MA\, United States CATEGORIES:Conversations on the Commons (events) ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://masshistorycommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/10.22-1-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Mass History Alliance":MAILTO:commons@masshistoryalliance.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211008T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211008T113000 DTSTAMP:20260423T104845 CREATED:20210930T233851Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211007T222812Z UID:7039-1633687200-1633692600@masshistorycommons.org SUMMARY:Conversations on the Commons: Countering Native American Erasure DESCRIPTION:Countering Native American Erasure: Practical Steps for History & Cultural Organizations \nOctober 8\, 2021\, 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. \nA conversation with Heidi K. Brandow (Diné & Kānaka Maoli)\, artist and co-founder of the Harvard Indigenous Design Collective; Annawon Weeden\, consultant\, presenter\, and performing artist; and Dawn Duncan (part Cherokee)\, Board member\, Massachusetts Center for Native American Awareness (MCNAA)\n \nHow do local organizations and towns think about Indigenous history and perspective in their own community histories? What are practical ways that we\, as members of cultural organizations\, can integrate these perspectives into the programs\, language\, and conversations we have about local history? Join us to discuss ways to counter Native American erasure and build more nuanced and inclusive narratives about Massachusetts history. \nModerated by Ymelda Laxton\, Assistant Curator at Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library. Registration is free. \nREGISTER HERE!\n \nThis 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. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Heidi K. Brandow (Diné & Kānaka Maoli) is a multi-disciplinary artist whose work is centered on the inclusion of Indigenous people and perspectives in the development of ethical and sustainable methods of creative engagement. She is a co-founder of the Harvard Indigenous Design Collective\, an organization that recognizes and promotes design by and for Indigenous communities as foundational to the history\, theory\, and practice of design fields.\n \n \n \n \n \n Dawn Duncan (part Cherokee) has been a board member for the Massachusetts Center for Native American Awareness for more than 15 years. She has also helped several Native American groups in Massachusetts\, including serving as a founding Board Member of Intertribal Council of Tolba Menahan (Turtle Island)\, a Native American nonprofit organization that was originally founded in Somerville and eventually moved to Gloucester. She has been active in the local Native communities since she attended graduate school at Boston University and the Harvard School of Public Health. Dawn holds a Master of Science Degree in Maternal and Child Health from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and a Master’s Degree in Social Work from Boston University. She is owner of The Grant Connection\, a grant writing consulting firm in Lynn\, MA.\n \n \n \n \n \n\nQuestions? Be in touch with Caroline Littlewood: commons@masshistoryalliance.org \n\nConversations on the Commons \nWhere people from Massachusetts history organizations get to vent\, empathize\, laugh\, complain\, think\, collaborate\, brainstorm\, plan\, and in general be up to no good. URL:https://masshistorycommons.org/event/conversations-on-the-commons-countering-native-american-erasure/ LOCATION:Online\, MA\, United States CATEGORIES:Conversations on the Commons (events) ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://masshistorycommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/featured_COTC_20211008.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Mass History Alliance":MAILTO:commons@masshistoryalliance.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210924T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210924T113000 DTSTAMP:20260423T104845 CREATED:20210917T174149Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210918T163039Z UID:6957-1632477600-1632483000@masshistorycommons.org SUMMARY:Conversations on the Commons: Taking History Across Town DESCRIPTION:Taking History Across Town \nSeptember 24\, 2021\, 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. \nLet’s talk about collaborations between and among historical societies\, libraries\, and schools. What do you do\, and how well does it work? What does not work? Join our panelists\, Sabrina Kaplan\, Outreach Manager at the Duxbury Rural and Historical Society\, and John Galluzzo\, President of the Hanover Historical Society\, in discussing taking history across town. We know teachers are stressed and programs are focused on the test.  What are good ways to approach teachers and school programs about creating a local history curriculum? Is it easier to visit the school or have the students visit you? What are fruitful ways in which libraries and historical societies can collaborate and cross-pollinate? Join us and share your successes\, but also the difficulties you have encountered and how you may have met them. \nRegistration is free. REGISTER HERE!\n \nThis 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. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n John Galluzzo is the author of 53 books on the history and nature of the northeast\, a Coast Guard historian\, Maritime Heritage chair for NOAA’s Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary\, newspaper columnist\, magazine contributor\, lecturer and program creator.\n \n \n\nQuestions? Be in touch with Caroline Littlewood: commons@masshistoryalliance.org \n\nConversations on the Commons \nWhere people from Massachusetts history organizations get to vent\, empathize\, laugh\, complain\, think\, collaborate\, brainstorm\, plan\, and in general be up to no good. URL:https://masshistorycommons.org/event/conversations-on-the-commons-taking-history-across-town/ LOCATION:Online\, MA\, United States CATEGORIES:Conversations on the Commons (events) ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://masshistorycommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/featured_COTC_20210924_updated.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Mass History Alliance":MAILTO:commons@masshistoryalliance.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210723T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210723T113000 DTSTAMP:20260423T104845 CREATED:20210708T220604Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210713T210016Z UID:4399-1627034400-1627039800@masshistorycommons.org SUMMARY:Conversations on the Commons: Acknowledging Loss and Archiving Experience in the Wake of Catholic Church Closures DESCRIPTION:Brainstorm Session: Acknowledging Loss and Archiving Experience in the Wake of Catholic Church Closures\n \nJuly 23\, 2021\, 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. *new time!* \nJoin historian Margo Shea in a reflective conversation about how historical societies\, museums and other history organizations can participate productively in addressing and archiving a history happening in our midst — the closure of Catholic churches across the Commonwealth. For over 150 years\, churches have served as important neighborhood institutions\, archives of ethnic\, immigrant histories\, reflections of changing neighborhoods\, town and cities and spaces for gatherings of all kinds. They are multi-generational touchstones for many families\, sites of memory rich with history.  The grief Catholics and former Catholics are experiencing at the demolition of churches or their sale and renovation into condos\, offices\, etc. is complicated by the closures’ links to the clergy sexual abuse crisis.  We will explore the layers of history in play and consider how history organizations can participate and take the lead in processes that respond to church closures. \nRegistration is free. REGISTER HERE.\n \nThis 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. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Margo Shea is Associate Professor of History at Salem State University\, where she teaches public history\, Irish history and world history\, oversees a public history certificate program and supervises internships for History majors. She is the author of Derry City: Memory and Political Struggle in Northern Ireland and several articles and chapters in anthologies on heritage\, memory and collaborative practice. Her expertise lies in planning\, implementing\, and evaluating crowdsourced projects and in decoding thoughts\, feelings\, opinions\, hopes and fears of historical actors who left few written and archived records behind. At the heart of her work is a commitment to sharing the tools of public history in ways that center listening in our explorations of the past and do not ignore the larger structures around which memory and identity take and change shape. \n \n \n \n \n \n\nQuestions? Be in touch with Caroline Littlewood: commons@masshistoryalliance.org \n\nConversations on the Commons \nWhere people from Massachusetts history organizations get to vent\, empathize\, laugh\, complain\, think\, collaborate\, brainstorm\, plan\, and in general be up to no good. URL:https://masshistorycommons.org/event/conversations-on-the-commons-acknowledging-loss-and-archiving-experience-in-the-wake-of-catholic-church-closures/ LOCATION:Online\, MA\, United States CATEGORIES:Conversations on the Commons (events) ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://masshistorycommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/COTC_20210723_featured-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Mass History Alliance":MAILTO:commons@masshistoryalliance.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210709T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210709T113000 DTSTAMP:20260423T104845 CREATED:20210628T015801Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210702T235447Z UID:4393-1625824800-1625830200@masshistorycommons.org SUMMARY:Conversations on the Commons: One Year Later DESCRIPTION:We’re Turning 1! A Commons first-year anniversary check-in\n \nA conversation with Lesley Herzberg\, Executive Director of the Berkshire County Historical Society at Herman Melville’s Arrowhead\, and Kristin L. Peszka\, Interpretation & Visitor Services Director at the Paul Revere House \nJuly 9\, 2021\, 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. *new time!* \nHow is your Summer going? Conversations on the Commons was our response to the pandemic. Like everyone else\, we worked on making hay out of our limitations. \nRestrictions have been lifted–now what? Are you still requiring masks? Have you changed your timed ticketing process? Are you able to finally re-open!? Are you missing anything from the past year? What has changed? \nEverything changed in March 2020 and now we’re at it again. Join us for a check-in with your colleagues\, to share how you are doing\, ask questions that you need help with\, and work together as we all navigate our new normal (again!). \nThis conversation will be moderated by Gloria Greis\, Executive Director of the Needham History Center & Museum. Registration is free. \nREGISTER HERE!\n \nThis 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. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gloria Polizzotti Greis been Executive Director of the Needham History Center & Museum since June 2002. She has worked in museums since 1985. She has also taught both Anthropology and Museums Studies at the college level\, and had experience teaching in a museum setting with high school and elementary school classes. Dr Greis is a Needham resident. She holds a PhD in Anthropology\, specializing in the archaeology of prehistoric Europe. She is the author of two books on archaeology; a book and three films on local history; several articles on history\, archaeology and various other topics; and writes a weekly local history blog. She is Chair of the Needham Historical Commission\, sits on several municipal committees and nonprofit boards\, and is an elected Fellow of the Massachusetts Historical Society.\n \n \n \n \n \n Lesley Herzberg is the Executive Director of the Berkshire County Historical Society at Herman Melville’s Arrowhead in Pittsfield\, Massachusetts. She received her BA in Religious Studies and Anthropology from Kenyon College and her MA in Art History from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Prior to joining the staff at Arrowhead\, Herzberg held posts at Hancock Shaker Village\, the Bidwell House Museum\, the Frelinghuysen Morris House & Studio\, the Biltmore Estate\, the National Gallery of Art\, and the Jewish Museum of London. Additionally\, she has worked on the business side of the art world as assistant curator to the sculptor J. Seward Johnson\, and as an appraiser of furniture and decorative arts at a Chicago auction house.\n \n \n \n \n \n Kristin Peszka is Interpretation & Visitor Services Director at the Paul Revere House. The Paul Revere Memorial Association operates one of the country’s most-visited historic homes with around 300\,000 visitors annually before COVID. Kristin oversees daily operations at the museum\, hiring\, training\, and managing a staff of around 20 part-time museum interpreters. Over 20 years (beginning as a part-time interpreter herself) Kristin has developed and taught educational programs for students\, adult groups\, and the general public; created and led teacher’s workshops; and worked on teams which planned and realized landmark projects including 100th anniversary celebrations\, a major expansion project\, and safe operations through the COVID pandemic. Kristin holds a master’s degree in Museum Education. Previous museum experience includes positions at both historic house museums and children’s museums.\n \n \n\nQuestions? Be in touch with Caroline Littlewood: commons@masshistoryalliance.org \n\nConversations on the Commons \nWhere people from Massachusetts history organizations get to vent\, empathize\, laugh\, complain\, think\, collaborate\, brainstorm\, plan\, and in general be up to no good. URL:https://masshistorycommons.org/event/conversations-on-the-commons-one-year-later/ LOCATION:Online\, MA\, United States CATEGORIES:Conversations on the Commons (events) ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://masshistorycommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/COTC_20210709_featured.png ORGANIZER;CN="Mass History Alliance":MAILTO:commons@masshistoryalliance.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210514T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210514T143000 DTSTAMP:20260423T104845 CREATED:20210411T161645Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210429T230255Z UID:3814-1620997200-1621002600@masshistorycommons.org SUMMARY:Conversations on the Commons: Does it spark joy? DESCRIPTION:Does It Spark Joy?\n \nMay 14\, 2021\, 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. \nDoes it spark joy? Historical organizations’ priorities change\, and storage is overflowing. How do we clean up without getting rid of that which the future will find necessary to know and see? Have you held a spring cleaning? Swept with new brooms? Created collecting policies and found ways to make them stick? Done a project to deaccession and donate or sell items that were previously in your collection? What about paying the fees on those endless gigabytes of digital storage? Join us for a conversation with Stacen Goldman\, Curator at the Framingham History Center\, and Elly Kalfus\, oral historian and founder of Organizing with empathy\, about the challenges and satisfactions of using the broom. \nRegistration is free. REGISTER HERE!\n \nThis 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. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Stacen Goldman has worked in local history for ten years\, and has been the Curator at the Framingham History Center for the past six. Her work is focused on democratizing historical collections and imagining creative ways of engaging with history through material culture. The goal of her work is to make people feel immersed\, empowered\, and emotionally invested in community history. Stacen holds a Bachelor of Arts in History from Bard College and a Master of Arts in History with a certificate in Historical Agencies and Administration from Northeastern University. She was previously the director of the South End Historical Society in Boston.\n \n \n \n \n \n elly kalfus is a personal organizer\, oral historian and prison abolitionist. elly studied English at Brandeis University (2013)\, received a master of arts in oral history at Columbia University (2018). In 2019\, elly discovered how she could use her organizational skills and empathy to support individuals and organizations in deciding what they want to keep in their lives\, what they want to ethically get rid of\, and how to ensure their decisionmaking systems are serving them. elly founded Organizing with empathy (organizingempathy.com) and continues to do historical archiving and interviewing with incarcerated people through the Emancipation Initiative\, focused on amplifying incarcerated people’s voices in government.\n \n \n\nQuestions? Be in touch with Caroline Littlewood: commons@masshistoryalliance.org \n\nConversations on the Commons \nWhere people from Massachusetts history organizations get to vent\, empathize\, laugh\, complain\, think\, collaborate\, brainstorm\, plan\, and in general be up to no good. URL:https://masshistorycommons.org/event/conversations-on-the-commons-does-it-spark-joy/ LOCATION:Online\, MA\, United States CATEGORIES:Conversations on the Commons (events) ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://masshistorycommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/COTC-514.png ORGANIZER;CN="Mass History Alliance":MAILTO:commons@masshistoryalliance.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210430T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210430T143000 DTSTAMP:20260423T104845 CREATED:20210411T161235Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210422T225523Z UID:3810-1619787600-1619793000@masshistorycommons.org SUMMARY:Conversations on the Commons: See You Online! DESCRIPTION:See You Online! Acing the virtual conference\n \nApril 30\, 2021\, 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. \nConferences and meetings are in full virtual swing! Here at the Mass History Alliance\, we’re in the midst of making sure this year’s Mass History Conference on June 7th will be a smashing success. Join MHA’s IT pundit Matt Friedman and Susan Grabski\, executive director of the Lawrence History Center (Virtual Community Symposium: Public Safety in Lawrence on MAY 1!) for a chat about the do’s and don’ts of virtual conferencing. We’ll have a look behind the scenes as we share what we’re working on and how we’re meeting the opportunities and challenges of organizing an interactive virtual event. \nHave you attended or organized a virtual conference? What worked\, and what didn’t? Share your experiences\, questions\, and observations as we discuss the fun (and occasionally frustrating!) features of virtual conferencing\, for the benefit of us all! \nRegistration is free. REGISTER HERE! \nThis 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. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n In addition to being the MHA’s technology guy\, Matthew Friedman is the editor of The Typescript\, as well as a writer\, filmmaker\, and a historian of modernism and of Diaspora Jewish life. He has taught at Rutgers University\, Dominican University\, and the University of Illinois at Chicago. Friedman is currently at work on a study of the relationship between the State of Israel and the Jewish Diaspora since 1948. He has worked as a journalist for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation\, the Montreal Gazette\, The National Post\, Wired News\, and InternetWeek.\n \n \n \n \n \n Susan Grabski\, M.Ed.\, has been executive director of the Lawrence History Center (LHC) since 2011. She serves as a member of the MA State Historical Records Advisory Board\, as a member of the Friends of the Lawrence Heritage State Park Board\, and is a Commissioner for the Essex National Heritage Area. In 2013\, she co-authored Lawrence\, Massachusetts and the 1912 Bread & Roses Strike with UMass Lowell History Professor Robert Forrant and co-curated the LHC online exhibition\, Bread and Roses Strike of 1912: Two Months in Lawrence\, Massachusetts\, that Changed Labor History\, which is included among other stories of national significance on the Digital Public Library of America.\n \n \n\nQuestions? Be in touch with Caroline Littlewood: commons@masshistoryalliance.org \n\nConversations on the Commons \nWhere people from Massachusetts history organizations get to vent\, empathize\, laugh\, complain\, think\, collaborate\, brainstorm\, plan\, and in general be up to no good. URL:https://masshistorycommons.org/event/conversations-on-the-commons-virtual-conferencing/ LOCATION:Online\, MA\, United States CATEGORIES:Conversations on the Commons (events) ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://masshistorycommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/featured_cotc_20210430.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Mass History Alliance":MAILTO:commons@masshistoryalliance.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210416T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210416T143000 DTSTAMP:20260423T104845 CREATED:20210227T181157Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210409T013515Z UID:3621-1618578000-1618583400@masshistorycommons.org SUMMARY:Conversations on the Commons: Take it outside! DESCRIPTION:Take it Outside: Summer 2021 and outdoor programming \nApril 16\, 2021\, 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. \nA conversation with Kate Bibeau\, Engagement Manager\, The Trustees \, and Thom Roach\, Director of Interpretation and Programs\, Gore Place \nTake it outside! 2021 is the year of the garden as many cultural institutions try to adjust their programming and exhibitions to provide safe and engaging experiences to their patrons. What outdoor activities are you planning this summer? How are you adjusting your usual programming to COVID-19? What exciting new things are you planning? Walking tours\, bike tours\, gardens\, outdoor exhibits\, fire pits…tell us when you’re going outside and what you’re going to do there. Join moderator Penni Martorell\, curator of collections at Wistariahurst Museum\, and colleagues from across the state to share your challenges and successes. \nRegistration is free. REGISTER NOW! \nThis 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. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Penni Martorell is curator of collections at Wistariahurst Museum and Holyoke’s City Historian. Martorell’s work at Wistariahurst includes managing and preserving collections and archive\, organizing history exhibits and lectures; providing opportunities for community organizations\, college classes\, school groups and the public to engage with local history through presentations and workshops. She lectures on Holyoke’s industrial history\, local textile and paper industries\, and women history makers. She has lead workshops on preserving heirlooms\, basic textile preservation and is an oral history trainer. Martorell served 5 years on the State Historic Records Advisory Board and has served 6 years as Vice President of The Pioneer Valley History Network. Her passion is book and printing history.\n \n \n \n \n \n Thom Roach has worked at Gore Place\, the historic house museum and estate in Waltham\, Massachusetts\, for more than twenty-five years\, where he serves as Director of Interpretation and Programs.\n \n \n \n \n \n Kate Bibeau manages public programming and events for The Trustees at their properties in the Merrimack Valley\, including Ward Reservation\, Weir Hill\, Stevens-Coolidge House & Gardens and newly added last year\, Mary Cummings Park. Her love of everything outdoors combined with a BA in History from Providence College and an MA in Museum Studies from Harvard Extension School led to this role of Engagement Manager\, allowing her to be a perpetual student and teacher at the intersection of nature and culture. Before working for The Trustees\, Kate ran public programming for the Cape Ann Museum in Gloucester. On days off you’ll find her outside with her husband and dog\, probably at another Trustees property or the beach.\n \n \n\nQuestions? Be in touch with Caroline Littlewood: commons@masshistoryalliance.org \n\nConversations on the Commons \nWhere people from Massachusetts history organizations get to vent\, empathize\, laugh\, complain\, think\, collaborate\, brainstorm\, plan\, and in general be up to no good. URL:https://masshistorycommons.org/event/conversations-on-the-commons-outdoor-summer/ LOCATION:Online\, MA\, United States CATEGORIES:Conversations on the Commons (events) ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://masshistorycommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/cotc-featured-20210416.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Mass History Alliance":MAILTO:commons@masshistoryalliance.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210402T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210402T143000 DTSTAMP:20260423T104845 CREATED:20210227T180941Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210403T220806Z UID:3619-1617368400-1617373800@masshistorycommons.org SUMMARY:Conversations on the Commons: 12 months and counting of COVID DESCRIPTION:Twelve Months and Counting of COVID-19\n \nApril 2\, 2021\, 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. \nA conversation with Natalie Richards\, Adult Education Coordinator at Storrowtown Village Museum\, and Kate Boylan\, the Director of Archives and Digital Initiatives at Wheaton College \nIt’s been one long year of ups and downs since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. We are still wearing our masks and social distancing while anxiously awaiting vaccines and wondering about a “new normal.” After all this time\, how are you doing? How is it affecting your organization? Are you open? What are you planning for the summer? What are your challenges in staffing\, engaging visitors\, and the bottom line? Join us for a peer to peer conversation about COVID-19 and the public and local history field in Massachusetts. This conversation will be moderated by Brianne Zulkiewicz\, Visitor Services and Administrative Coordinator at Wistariahurst Museum. \nRegistration is free. REGISTER HERE! \nThis 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. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Natalie Richards is the Adult Education Coordinator at Storrowton Village Museum. She has previously worked as a Collections Intern and the Archivist & Historian prior to this role. Natalie holds a Bachelor’s Degree in the History of Art & Architecture from the University of Massachusetts Amherst\, and has worked in Collections\, Curation\, Education\, and Visitor Services at numerous museums throughout the Pioneer Valley including the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art\, the University Museum of Contemporary Art\, and the Springfield Museums.\n \n \n \n \n \n Kate Boylan is director of archives and digital initiatives in Wheaton’s Madeleine Clark Wallace Library. She oversees the library’s strategic development\, maintenance\, preservation and curation of historical\, special\, and digital collections. Boylan partners with faculty\, students and staff to identify materials to cultivate internal and external interdisciplinary partnerships for resource acquisition and sharing\, as well as for collaborative scholarship and teaching. Boylan serves as the administrator of the Wheaton College Digital Repository\, and JSTOR Forum collections\, serving as liaison and support staff for many academic and institutional digital initiatives. She was previously the digital archivist at Facing History and Ourselves\, Inc. in Brookline\, Mass. She holds an MLIS from Simmons College\, and is also a Wheaton College alumna.\n \n \n \n \n \n Brianne Zulkiewicz is the Visitor Services and Administrative Coordinator at Wistariahurst Museum and serves as an associate board member for Pioneer Valley History Network. She is on track to graduate with her master’s in Public History at Central Connecticut State University in May 2021.\n \n \n\nQuestions? Be in touch with Caroline Littlewood: commons@masshistoryalliance.org \n\nConversations on the Commons \nWhere people from Massachusetts history organizations get to vent\, empathize\, laugh\, complain\, think\, collaborate\, brainstorm\, plan\, and in general be up to no good. URL:https://masshistorycommons.org/event/conversations-on-the-commons-12-months-and-counting/ LOCATION:Online\, MA\, United States CATEGORIES:Conversations on the Commons (events) ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://masshistorycommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/COTC-April-2.png ORGANIZER;CN="Mass History Alliance":MAILTO:commons@masshistoryalliance.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210319T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210319T143000 DTSTAMP:20260423T104845 CREATED:20210106T224629Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210315T235025Z UID:3374-1616158800-1616164200@masshistorycommons.org SUMMARY:Conversations on the Commons: Merchandising history DESCRIPTION:Selling History: Let’s talk about making money on merchandising our holdings\n\nFebruary 19\, 2021\, 1:00pm – 2:30pm \nA conversation with Amy Consalvi\, Director of Education and Visitor Services at the Museum of Russian Icons\, and Erica McAvoy\, Executive Director of the Lexington Historical Society \nFrom bake sales to the annual calendar\, most historical organizations occasionally sell something to raise funds. Many have also hosted someone’s event\, upon occasion. But what does it take to make this a regular part of  your income?  What’s involved in having a shop\, merchandising your collections\, or running an event or wedding venue? Have you tried it? Where do you have things printed or made? What are some questions you have? Do you stock 200 logo tees or work with print on demand suppliers? How are you doing at creating income? \nRegistration is free. REGISTER NOW! \nThis 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. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Amy Consalvi is the Director of Education & Visitor Services at the Museum of Russian Icons. As an experienced educator that specializes in visitor-centered and object-based learning\, she develops engaging programming for a wide variety of audiences and looks for new and exciting way to connect audiences to the Museum’s collection. She received her M.A. in Museum Education from Tufts University\, and her B.A. in American Studies from the University of Massachusetts\, Lowell. She previously held positions at the Concord Museum and the Lowell National Historical Park.\n \n \n \n \n \n Erica is the executive director of Lexington Historical Society in Lexington\, MA. She holds a BA in history from Salem State and an MA in history from UMass Boston. She manages a staff of eight people and her organization operates three historic house museums. In addition to the museums\, Lexington Historical Society holds programs and events geared toward both locals and visitors from around the world.\n \n \n\n  \nQuestions? Be in touch with Caroline Littlewood: commons@masshistoryalliance.org \nConversations on the Commons \nWhere people from Massachusetts history organizations get to vent\, empathize\, laugh\, complain\, think\, collaborate\, brainstorm\, plan\, and in general be up to no good. URL:https://masshistorycommons.org/event/conversations-on-the-commons-merchandising/ LOCATION:Online\, MA\, United States CATEGORIES:Conversations on the Commons (events) ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://masshistorycommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/merch-cotc-image.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Mass History Alliance":MAILTO:commons@masshistoryalliance.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210305T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210305T143000 DTSTAMP:20260423T104845 CREATED:20210128T232454Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210226T145543Z UID:3517-1614949200-1614954600@masshistorycommons.org SUMMARY:Conversations on the Commons: Show and tell! DESCRIPTION:The first in a quarterly series of Conversations on the Commons: Show and Tell edition!\n \nMarch 5\, 2021\, 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. \nCommons Show and Tell! Share with us the best or most intriguing object or archival piece in your collection. Do you have a white elephant? An item around which you have been dying to build an entire exhibit? Or maybe you have done so?  Something that is so cool or so weird you find yourself telling people about it again and again? Something that is rare and valuable and you need advice preserving it?  Share it with us! Bring and show it\, post a picture\, brag\, ask for help interpreting\, share what you have done with it. Join us for the first of a quarterly series of Conversations on the Commons that will focus on items in our collections and what we do with them. Bring an item (or a picture of your item!) and be ready to give a 1-2 minute spiel about why you brought it! This conversation will be moderated by Gloria Greis\, Executive Director of the Needham History Center & Museum. \nRegistration is free. REGISTER NOW. \nThis 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. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gloria Polizzotti Greis been Executive Director of the Needham History Center & Museum since June 2002. She has worked in museums since 1985. She has also taught both Anthropology and Museums Studies at the college level\, and had experience teaching in a museum setting with high school and elementary school classes. Dr Greis is a Needham resident. She holds a PhD in Anthropology\, specializing in the archaeology of prehistoric Europe. She is the author of two books on archaeology; a book and three films on local history; several articles on history\, archaeology and various other topics; and writes a weekly local history blog. She is Chair of the Needham Historical Commission\, sits on several municipal committees and nonprofit boards\, and is an elected Fellow of the Massachusetts Historical Society.\n \n \n\nQuestions? Be in touch with Caroline Littlewood: commons@masshistoryalliance.org \n\nConversations on the Commons \nWhere people from Massachusetts history organizations get to vent\, empathize\, laugh\, complain\, think\, collaborate\, brainstorm\, plan\, and in general be up to no good. URL:https://masshistorycommons.org/event/conversations-on-the-commons-show-and-tell-your-best-thing/ LOCATION:Online\, MA\, United States CATEGORIES:Conversations on the Commons (events) ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://masshistorycommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/COTC-3.5.21.png ORGANIZER;CN="Mass History Alliance":MAILTO:commons@masshistoryalliance.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210219T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210219T143000 DTSTAMP:20260423T104845 CREATED:20210128T232320Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210217T133810Z UID:3515-1613739600-1613745000@masshistorycommons.org SUMMARY:Conversations on the Commons: Getting Preservation Done! DESCRIPTION:“Get up\, Stand up”: Preserving history from the ground up \nFebruary 19\, 2021\, 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. \nAdvocacy 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! \nThe session will be moderated by Eric Peterson\, Executive Director of Metropolitan Waterworks Museum. Registration is free. \nREGISTER NOW \nThis 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. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n 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.\n \n \n \n \n \n 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. \n \n \n \n \n \n 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.\n \n \n\nQuestions? Be in touch with Caroline Littlewood: commons@masshistoryalliance.org \n\nConversations on the Commons \nWhere people from Massachusetts history organizations get to vent\, empathize\, laugh\, complain\, think\, collaborate\, brainstorm\, plan\, and in general be up to no good. URL:https://masshistorycommons.org/event/conversations-on-the-commons-advocacy/ LOCATION:Online\, MA\, United States CATEGORIES:Conversations on the Commons (events) ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://masshistorycommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Emmeline-Pankhurst-Trafalgar-Square-1913.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Mass History Alliance":MAILTO:commons@masshistoryalliance.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210205T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210205T143000 DTSTAMP:20260423T104845 CREATED:20210106T224324Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210129T162016Z UID:3371-1612530000-1612535400@masshistorycommons.org SUMMARY:Conversations on the Commons: Archives’ Hour with the State Historical Records Advisory Board (SHRAB) DESCRIPTION:Archives’ Hour with the State Historical Records Advisory Board \nA conversation with Alejandra Dean\, Digital Archivist at the Massachusetts Archives\, and Evan Knight\, Preservation Specialist for the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners (MBLC). \nFebruary 5\, 2021\, 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. \nJoin us for an informal conversation with members of the State Historical Records Advisory Board (SHRAB). Alejandra Dean\, Digital Archivist at the Massachusetts Archives\, will provide information about this year’s round of Veterans Heritage Grants (due April 9\, 2021)\, and Evan Knight will lead a conversation about climate control in your archives. What are the challenges you face in creating a climate-controlled archives? Have a success story to tell? Plus\, you can always ask any other questions about what SHRAB can do for you of course! The session will be moderated by Joan Ilacqua\, Executive Director of The History Project: Documenting LGBTQ Boston.  Have your stories and questions ready! \nRegistration is free. REGISTER NOW. \nThis 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. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Alejandra Dean is the Digital Archivist at the Massachusetts Archives. She joined the Massachusetts Archives as the Assistant Digital Archivist in 2017. Alejandra holds an M.S. in Archives Management from the Simmons School of Library and Information Science and a B.A. in History of Art and Architecture from Harvard College. She is a member of the State Historical Records Advisory Board (SHRAB)\, co-chair of Coordinated Statewide Preparedness in Massachusetts (COSTEP MA)\, co-chair of the New England Archivists (NEA) Preservica Roundtable\, and co-chair of the Council of State Archivists (CoSA) State Electronic Records Initiative (SERI) Steering Committee.\n \n \n \n \n \n Joan Ilacqua is Executive Director of The History Project: Documenting LGBTQ Boston. Previously\, Ilacqua served as Co-Chair of The History Project’s board of directors and as Harvard Medical School’s Archivist for Diversity and Inclusion. She is a former member of the New England Archivists’ Inclusion and Diversity Committee\, and has a background in advocacy and oral history. She is a graduate of UMass Boston’s Public History master’s program\, holds a Nonprofit Management Certificate from Harvard University\, and earned her Bachelor of Arts at the University of Puget Sound.\n \n \n \n \n \n Evan Knight is Preservation Specialist for the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners. Previous to this administrative position\, Evan had ten years of conservation experience treating bound and unbound works on paper at the Boston Athenaeum\, Northeast Document Conservation Center\, the Library of Congress (as the 2010 Harper-Inglis Fellow)\, the Benson Latin American Collection at the University of Texas\, and the Municipal Archives of New York City. He received a Master’s of Science in Information Studies\, with a Certificate of Advanced Study in Library and Archive Conservation\, from the University of Texas at Austin\, and Bachelor’s of Science from Washington University in St Louis.\n \n \n\nQuestions? Be in touch with Caroline Littlewood: commons@masshistoryalliance.org \n\nConversations on the Commons \nWhere people from Massachusetts history organizations get to vent\, empathize\, laugh\, complain\, think\, collaborate\, brainstorm\, plan\, and in general be up to no good. URL:https://masshistorycommons.org/event/conversations-on-the-commons-shrab2/ LOCATION:Online\, MA\, United States CATEGORIES:Conversations on the Commons (events) ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://masshistorycommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/archives-hour-draft-1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Mass History Alliance":MAILTO:commons@masshistoryalliance.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210122T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210122T143000 DTSTAMP:20260423T104845 CREATED:20210106T223629Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210115T165100Z UID:3369-1611320400-1611325800@masshistorycommons.org SUMMARY:Conversations on the Commons: Researching and discussing slavery in Massachusetts DESCRIPTION:Researching and Discussing Slavery in Massachusetts \nA conversation with Kristin Gallas\, principal at Interpreting Slavery\, and Meadow Dibble\, Director of Atlantic Black Box \nJanuary 22\, 2021\, 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. \nJoin us for a conversation on researching and interpreting slavery and the slave trade in Massachusetts. Kristin Gallas and Meadow Dibble will discuss opportunities for opening up discussion both in schools and historical organizations about Massachusetts’ role in the Atlantic world slave economy and will review sources and research methods for locating free and enslaved Black and Indigenous community members in the archive. Are you interested in starting a conversation on the history of enslavement in your local community? Thinking about how to frame the conversation? Have you done research on slavery in your town? Investigated your community’s participation in various aspects of the slave trade and economy?  When people ask\, do you know where to send them?  If we do not have artifacts or documents\, what else can we do? What do you do if your town is largely white? Are you curious what sources to consult? What local materials teachers might be able to use?  Tell us about your successes and obstacles you’ve met. Bring your insights and questions to the Conversation! \nRegistration is free. REGISTER NOW. \nThis 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. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Kristin Gallas is a principal at Interpreting Slavery. She facilitates workshops for museums and historic sites on developing comprehensive and conscientious interpretation of slavery and speaks regularly at public history and museum conferences. She is the co-editor\, with James DeWolf Perry\, of “Interpreting Slavery at Museums and Historic Sites” (Rowman & Littlefield\, January 2015)\, and author of the forthcoming “Interpreting Slavery with Children and Teens” (Rowman and Littlefield\, September 2021). She developed the Tracing Center on Histories and Legacies of Slavery’s public history efforts and oversaw the design of workshops for educators. Kristin holds a bachelor’s degree in secondary history education from the University of Vermont and a master of arts in museum education from George Washington University. She has led the education and/or interpretation departments at the Montana Historical Society\, the USS Constitution Museum\, and currently at the Tsongas Industrial History Center.\n \n \n \n \n \n Meadow Dibble is the Founding Director of Atlantic Black Box\, a public history project devoted to researching and reckoning with New England’s role in the slave trade and the economy of enslavement. Currently a Visiting Scholar at Brown University’s Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice\, she received her PhD from Brown’s Department of French with a focus on Postcolonial Studies and taught Francophone African literature at Colby College from 2005–08. Originally from Cape Cod\, Meadow lived for six years on Senegal’s Cape Verde peninsula prior to pursuing her graduate studies; there she published a cultural magazine and coordinated foreign study programs. In collaboration with the team that produces Teaching Hard History\, the Southern Poverty Law Center’s flagship podcast\, she is currently producing “The Diseased Ship Podcast” with support from the Maine Humanities Council.\n \n \n\nQuestions? Be in touch with Caroline Littlewood: commons@masshistoryalliance.org \n\nConversations on the Commons \nWhere people from Massachusetts history organizations get to vent\, empathize\, laugh\, complain\, think\, collaborate\, brainstorm\, plan\, and in general be up to no good. URL:https://masshistorycommons.org/event/conversations-on-the-commons-researching-and-discussing-slavery-in-massachusetts/ LOCATION:Online\, MA\, United States CATEGORIES:Conversations on the Commons (events) ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://masshistorycommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/COTC-January-22-2021.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Mass History Alliance":MAILTO:commons@masshistoryalliance.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201218T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201218T143000 DTSTAMP:20260423T104845 CREATED:20201025T194841Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201214T184734Z UID:2847-1608296400-1608301800@masshistorycommons.org SUMMARY:Conversations on the Commons: Baking with Historians DESCRIPTION:Baking with Historians\n \nDecember 18\, 2020\, 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. \nJoin Margo Shea and Noah Berman as they prepare holiday treats\, share historical recipes and cookbooks\, and offer tips for busy cooks during the festive season.  Margo Shea\, editor at Historians Cooking the Past\,  whose philanthropic virtual bake sales have raised thousands of dollars in 2020\, will offer guidance and tools for organizing and implementing a flash virtual bake sale to support nonprofit organizations during the COVID-19 pandemic. \nRegistration is free. REGISTER HERE! \nThis 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. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Margo Shea is Associate Professor of History at Salem State University\, where she teaches public history\, Irish history and world history\, oversees a public history certificate program and supervises internships for History majors. She is the author of Derry City: Memory and Political Struggle in Northern Ireland and several articles and chapters in anthologies on heritage\, memory and collaborative practice. Her expertise lies in planning\, implementing\, and evaluating crowdsourced projects and in decoding thoughts\, feelings\, opinions\, hopes and fears of historical actors who left few written and archived records behind. At the heart of her work is a commitment to sharing the tools of public history in ways that center listening in our explorations of the past and do not ignore the larger structures around which memory and identity take and change shape. \n \n \n \n \n \n Noah has spent the last 15 plus years living a very nomadic life\, living in many unique places around the world. During this time he worked his way up in restaurants becoming a chef and helped open many restaurants in the US\, Caribbean and Mediterranean regions. These travels allowed him to pursue his love of history\, learning not just the local foods but their stories as well. Most recently he returned to the US after the hurricanes of 2017 which made Noah and his dog climate refugees. He is now a graduate student at Salem State working towards becoming a history teacher and sharing the stories and histories of all the wonderful places he has had the benefit of experiencing.\n \n \n\nQuestions? Be in touch with Caroline Littlewood: commons@masshistoryalliance.org \n\nConversations on the Commons \nWhere people from Massachusetts history organizations get to vent\, empathize\, laugh\, complain\, think\, collaborate\, brainstorm\, plan\, and in general be up to no good. URL:https://masshistorycommons.org/event/conversations-on-the-commons-holiday-cooking-show/ LOCATION:Online\, MA\, United States CATEGORIES:Conversations on the Commons (events) ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://masshistorycommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/featured_COTC_2202012182.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Mass History Alliance":MAILTO:commons@masshistoryalliance.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201113T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201113T143000 DTSTAMP:20260423T104845 CREATED:20201025T194541Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201105T011315Z UID:2843-1605272400-1605277800@masshistorycommons.org SUMMARY:Conversations on the Commons: Six Months and Counting DESCRIPTION:Six Months and Counting of COVID: What are you doing? \nNovember 13\, 2020\, 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. \nA conversation with Nina Zannieri\, Executive Director of the Paul Revere Memorial Association\, and Katie MacDonald\, Executive Director of Old Colony History Museum \nSix months into the COVID pandemic\, we’re settling into new routines. Many organizations are implementing new versions of what it means to interpret and teach history as a public history organization. Where are you now? How do you see the coming year\, the future? What technologies are you adopting? How are you adapting them to provide quality historical experiences\, create AHA!-moments\, gain participation\, and supplant the “hands-on” experiences that are the strong suit of public history? Are you mixing and matching in-person and virtual experiences? What is going well? What is not? Join us for a conversation about the value and challenges of our transitions\, sharing our successes and also our failures so that we may\, as a field\, continue to bring indispensable history education to the public. \nRegistration is free. REGISTER HERE. \nThis 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. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Katie has been the Executive Director of the Old Colony History Museum in Taunton\, Massachusetts since 2013. In this role\, she leads a team of five in all aspects of the museum’s mission. Under her leadership\, the museum has rebranded\, created an education department\, renovated public gallery spaces\, and enhanced its standing in the local community. Katie holds an undergraduate degree in history from UMass Amherst and an M.A. in History and Museum Studies from Tufts University.\n \n \n \n \n \n Executive Director of the Paul Revere Memorial Association in Boston\, MA since 1986. Previously\, she was Curator at the Rhode Island Historical Society. Vice Chair of the AAM from 2002-2003 and on the board from 1999 – 2003. President of the NEMA from 1998 – 2002 after many years of service on the Board. AASLH Council from 2004-2008. She sits on the board of the Freedom Trail Foundation and is also involved with several North End community groups. Ms. Zannieri is on the Advisory Committee for the Museum Studies Program at Harvard and the Public History Program at Suffolk. Recent Publications: an entry on house museums in Inclusive Historians Handbook and a chapter in Reimagining Historic House Museums: New Approaches and Proven Solutions. 2015 New England Museum Association Lifetime Achievement Award 2019 Finalist\, Commonwealth Award. BA in history from Boston College MA in Anthropology/Museum Studies from Brown University.\n \n \n\nQuestions? Be in touch with Caroline Littlewood: commons@masshistoryalliance.org \nConversations on the Commons \nWhere people from Massachusetts history organizations get to vent\, empathize\, laugh\, complain\, think\, collaborate\, brainstorm\, plan\, and in general be up to no good. URL:https://masshistorycommons.org/event/conversations-on-the-commons-six-months-and-counting/ LOCATION:Online\, MA\, United States CATEGORIES:Conversations on the Commons (events) ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://masshistorycommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Featured_COTC_20201113.png ORGANIZER;CN="Mass History Alliance":MAILTO:commons@masshistoryalliance.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201106T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201106T143000 DTSTAMP:20260423T104845 CREATED:20201018T210405Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201106T235618Z UID:2759-1604667600-1604673000@masshistorycommons.org SUMMARY:Conversations on the Commons: History Funding from Local Cultural Councils DESCRIPTION:History Funding from Local Cultural Councils: Talking through and workshopping LCC grant applications\n \nNovember 6\, 2020\, 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. \nA Conversation with Ymelda Laxton\, Assistant Curator at Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library\, and Heather Kowalski\, Executive Director of the Bidwell House Museum.\nSPECIAL GUEST: Lisa Simmons\, Manager of the Local Cultural Council Program\, Massachusetts Cultural Council. \nOutside of Boston\, Local Cultural Councils are a good source of funding for programming for history organizations. Applications are due on November 16. **Update: The deadline has been extended to December 14th.** What should you apply for? What makes an application likely to get funded? Join us for a conversation on cultural councils and their preferences. Plus\, we’ll be workshopping applications! Bring your draft application as well as any priorities statements by your Local Cultural Council. (Check out online application information here!) \nThe conversation will be moderated by Penni Martorell\, curator of collections at Wistariahurst Museum and Holyoke’s City Historian. Registration is free. \nREGISTER HERE \nThis 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. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Heather Kowalski joined the Bidwell House Museum staff in the fall of 2015 after moving to the Berkshires with her husband and two children. She became Executive Director in 2017. Prior to working at the Bidwell House Museum\, Heather served as Registrar for the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh for 11 years and before that she spent six year as Assistant Registrar at the Carnegie Museum of Art\, also in Pittsburgh. Heather grew up in nearby Niskayuna\, NY and holds a BA in Art History from Penn State University.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Penni Martorell is curator of collections at Wistariahurst Museum and Holyoke’s City Historian. Martorell’s work at Wistariahurst includes managing and preserving collections and archive\, organizing history exhibits and lectures; providing opportunities for community organizations\, college classes\, school groups and the public to engage with local history through presentations and workshops. She lectures on Holyoke’s industrial history\, local textile and paper industries\, and women history makers. She has lead workshops on preserving heirlooms\, basic textile preservation and is an oral history trainer. Martorell served 5 years on the State Historic Records Advisory Board and has served 6 years as Vice President of The Pioneer Valley History Network. Her passion is book and printing history.\n \n \n \n \n \n Lisa Simmons is the Program Manager for the Community Initiative at the Mass Cultural Council which includes the Local Cultural Council Program. The Community Initiative works with 351 cities and towns in Massachusetts to support arts and culture in every community. In addition\, Ms. Simmons was the former deputy director of the Mass Office of Travel & Tourism. She is the Artistic Director and Producer of the Roxbury International Film Festival (RoxFilm)\, now in its 23rd year whose mission it is to support filmmakers\, and present films and film programs that celebrate people of color around the world.\n \n \n\nQuestions? Be in touch with Caroline Littlewood: commons@masshistoryalliance.org \nConversations on the Commons \nWhere people from Massachusetts history organizations get to vent\, empathize\, laugh\, complain\, think\, collaborate\, brainstorm\, plan\, and in general be up to no good. URL:https://masshistorycommons.org/event/conversations-on-the-commons-history-funding-lcc/ LOCATION:Online\, MA\, United States CATEGORIES:Conversations on the Commons (events) ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://masshistorycommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/featured_COTC_20201030.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Mass History Alliance":MAILTO:commons@masshistoryalliance.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201023T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201023T143000 DTSTAMP:20260423T104845 CREATED:20200913T230808Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201019T215844Z UID:2540-1603458000-1603463400@masshistorycommons.org SUMMARY:Conversations on the Commons: 400 Years and Beyond DESCRIPTION:400 Years and Beyond: Commemorating historic events in the twenty-first century\n \nOctober 23\, 2020\, 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. \nA Conversation with Linda Coombs\, board member of Plymouth 400 and chair of the Wampanoag Advisory Committee\, Desiree Mobed\, Director at the Alden House Historic Site\, and Michelle Pecoraro\, Executive Director of Plymouth 400\n \nAfter 400 years of colonization of Massachusetts by Europeans\, we enter a period of town anniversaries. How can we use them as an occasion to start addressing that “settlement” in Massachusetts also meant “displacement”\, the beginning of attenuated conflict\, and the “disappearing” of Native American presence and history\, often in plain sight? As some leading organizations change their identities to be more inclusive\, how are you approaching these events in your own towns and institutions? Do you have celebrations coming up? What can we do to bring residents together and start telling these complex stories? Are you working on this? Are you wondering how to move forward\, and thinking about how to mark significant anniversaries without celebrating conflict and dispossession? Bring your questions\, observations\, and experiences\, as well as your obstacles and successes in reframing narratives and using your collections in a new way. \nThe conversation will be moderated by Gloria Greis\, Executive Director at the Needham History Center & Museum. Registration is free. \nREGISTER HERE \nThis 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. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Linda Coombs’ background is in museum work\, focusing on history\, analysis of historical and Native American representation in museums. I have worked at the Boston Children’s Museum\, Wampanoag Indigenous Program of Plimoth Plantation\, and the Aquinnah Cultural Center. I also consult with museums\, and provide public presentations and workshops on Wampanoag and Native history and culture.\n \n \n \n \n \n Desiree Mobed has been the executive director of the Alden House Historic Site since 2016. Before going to Duxbury\, she served as the museum director for the Harwich Historical Society on Cape Cod\, the museum administrator for the Nathan Hale Homestead in Connecticut\, and as a museum educator for several historic sites around the country. \n \n \n \n \n \n Michele Pecoraro brings 25+ years of leadership experience to the helm of Plymouth 400\, Inc. Michele’s education and business background\, knowledge of tourism and connections with industry leaders and legislators have helped her increase awareness and engagement for Plymouth 400 regionally\, nationally\, and internationally. Much has changed since joining Plymouth 400 in Spring 2014. In the throes of a pandemic\, Michele led the Plymouth 400 team in transforming the work accomplished over seven years into virtual programs reaching thousands. Ms. Pecoraro is the architect of Massachusetts 400\, a concept to sustain the momentum of the Plymouth Colony commemoration for 10 years as MA communities reach significant anniversaries. Formerly\, Ms. Pecoraro worked at the Cape Cod Chamber for seven years as the Vice President of Operations and International engagement.\n \n \n \n \n \n Gloria Polizzotti Greis been Executive Director of the Needham History Center & Museum since June 2002. She has worked in museums since 1985. She has also taught both Anthropology and Museums Studies at the college level\, and had experience teaching in a museum setting with high school and elementary school classes. Dr Greis is a Needham resident. She holds a PhD in Anthropology\, specializing in the archaeology of prehistoric Europe. She is the author of two books on archaeology; a book and three films on local history; several articles on history\, archaeology and various other topics; and writes a weekly local history blog. She is Chair of the Needham Historical Commission\, sits on several municipal committees and nonprofit boards\, and is an elected Fellow of the Massachusetts Historical Society.\n \n \n\nQuestions? Be in touch with Caroline Littlewood: commons@masshistoryalliance.org \nConversations on the Commons \nWhere people from Massachusetts history organizations get to vent\, empathize\, laugh\, complain\, think\, collaborate\, brainstorm\, plan\, and in general be up to no good. URL:https://masshistorycommons.org/event/conversations-on-the-commons-400-years-and-beyond/ LOCATION:Online\, MA\, United States CATEGORIES:Conversations on the Commons (events) ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://masshistorycommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/400YearsandBeyond.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Mass History Alliance":MAILTO:commons@masshistoryalliance.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201009T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201009T143000 DTSTAMP:20260423T104845 CREATED:20200913T232854Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201009T142406Z UID:2538-1602248400-1602253800@masshistorycommons.org SUMMARY:Conversations on the Commons: Preserving COVID-19 and other digital collections DESCRIPTION:Archiving Your Gigabytes: Preserving COVID-19 and other digital collections \nOctober 9\, 2020\, 1:00pm – 2:30pm \nA Conversation with Veronica Martzahl\, Digital Records Archivist at the Massachusetts Archives\, Kathie Gow\, Curator of the Hatfield Historical Museum\, and Vanessa Formato\, archivist at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear\n \nCovid-diaries\, Zoom events\, oral histories\, social media. Under the COVID regime\, online activity is sending our digital footprints into the stratosphere. Not to mention everything else we already had and are developing. How do we archive and preserve it? How can we do it without breaking the bank and boggling the mind? Do you have a protocol? Do you collect and preserve Facebook posts\, web specials\, and so forth? What are best practices and what can you make happen? What solutions have you found? What hurdles overcome? What are some of your questions and problems?  \nThe conversation will be moderated by Pleun Bouricius. Registration is free. \nREGISTER HERE \nThis 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. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Kathie Gow has been Curator of the Hatfield Historical Museum (which is owned by the Town of Hatfield and managed by the Hatfield Historical Society)\, for 10 years\, and is also on the board of the Hatfield Historical Society. She served on the board of the Pioneer Valley History Network for six years (2013-2019)\, where she started the “rap session” program of local history organizations sharing tips and expertise. Prior to working in museums\, Kathie worked in publishing and as a producer of digital stories. She is a graduate of Colgate University.\n \n \n \n \n \n Veronica Martzahl is the Digital Records Archivist at the Massachusetts Archives. In this role\, she provides advice and recommendations on digital preservation and records management activities for state agencies and municipalities\, and oversees the digital preservation program at the Massachusetts Archives. She is a member of the Massachusetts State Historical Records Advisory Board and COSTEP MA. Additionally\, she is active in the Council of State Archivists and their State Electronic Records Initiative (SERI). She has served on the SAA Digital Archives Specialist (DAS) education sub-committee from 2012 through 2015. Veronica holds a Master of Library and Information Science with a concentration in Archives and a Master of History from Simmons College.\n \n \n \n \n \n Vanessa Formato is an archivist at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear\, where she does everything from writing policies to preserving rare medical instruments. She is an active member of the Massachusetts Health Sciences Library Network and New England Archivists\, where she serves as Session Reports Editor for the Newsletter. Prior to becoming an archivist\, Vanessa was a journalist and publishing professional. She is a graduate of Clark University and Simmons University. \n \n \n\nQuestions? Be in touch with Caroline Littlewood: commons@masshistoryalliance.org \nConversations on the Commons \nWhere people from Massachusetts history organizations get to vent\, empathize\, laugh\, complain\, think\, collaborate\, brainstorm\, plan\, and in general be up to no good. URL:https://masshistorycommons.org/event/conversations-on-the-commons-preserving-covid-19-digital-collections/ LOCATION:Online\, MA\, United States CATEGORIES:Conversations on the Commons (events) ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://masshistorycommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/tesource_guide_digital_preservation_image-e1593011197237.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Mass History Alliance":MAILTO:commons@masshistoryalliance.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200925T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200925T143000 DTSTAMP:20260423T104845 CREATED:20200913T232835Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200917T004133Z UID:2535-1601038800-1601044200@masshistorycommons.org SUMMARY:Conversations on the Commons: Tips\, Tricks and Tools from Veteran Advocates DESCRIPTION:Standing Up For What Matters: Tips\, Tricks and Tools from Veteran Advocates \nSeptember 25\, 2020\, 1:00pm – 2:30pm \nA Conversation with Peter Feinman and Alison Frazee \nActivists 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: \n\nHow do you define advocacy? Who do you advocate for?\nWhat methods of advocacy do you find to be most effective?\nWhat are common obstacles to your advocacy efforts?\nWhat tools do you use to strengthen your advocacy efforts?\nHow can individuals and small organizations transform ideas into realities?\n\n\nPeer 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. \nREGISTER HERE \nThis 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. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n 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.\n \n \n \n \n \n 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.\n \n \n \n \n \n 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.\n \n \n\nQuestions? Be in touch with Caroline Littlewood: commons@masshistoryalliance.org \nConversations on the Commons \nWhere people from Massachusetts history organizations get to vent\, empathize\, laugh\, complain\, think\, collaborate\, brainstorm\, plan\, and in general be up to no good. URL:https://masshistorycommons.org/event/conversations-on-the-commons-advocating-for-your-organization-advocating-for-history/ LOCATION:Online\, MA\, United States CATEGORIES:Conversations on the Commons (events) ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://masshistorycommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/1280px-George_Caleb_Bingham_-_Stump_Speaking.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Mass History Alliance":MAILTO:commons@masshistoryalliance.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200911T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200911T143000 DTSTAMP:20260423T104845 CREATED:20200903T210500Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200911T004308Z UID:2530-1599829200-1599834600@masshistorycommons.org SUMMARY:Conversations on the Commons: Civics\, Politics\, and History Organizations DESCRIPTION:Civics\, Politics\, and History organizations: History as neutral ground?\n\nSeptember 11\, 2020\, 1:00pm – 2:30pm \nA Conversation with Erin McGough and Nat Sheidley. \nWomen’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? \nPeer panelists will be Erin McGough\, Executive Director of the Duxbury Rural & Historical Society and Nat Sheidley\, President & CEO of Revolutionary Spaces. \nREGISTER HERE \nThis 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. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n 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. \n \n \n \n \n \n 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.\n \n \n \n\n  \nQuestions? Be in touch with Caroline Littlewood: commons@masshistoryalliance.org \nConversations on the Commons \nWhere people from Massachusetts history organizations get to vent\, empathize\, laugh\, complain\, think\, collaborate\, brainstorm\, plan\, and in general be up to no good. URL:https://masshistorycommons.org/event/conversations-on-the-commons-civics-politics-and-history-organizations/ LOCATION:Online\, MA\, United States CATEGORIES:Conversations on the Commons (events) ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://masshistorycommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/vote.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Mass History Alliance":MAILTO:commons@masshistoryalliance.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200724T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200724T143000 DTSTAMP:20260423T104845 CREATED:20200715T015549Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200717T185922Z UID:2411-1595595600-1595601000@masshistorycommons.org SUMMARY:Conversations on the Commons: Reopening\, part III: Planning for the Fall DESCRIPTION:Join us July 24th for our third conversation about reopening\, as Massachusetts proceeds through Phase III. URL:https://masshistorycommons.org/event/conversations-on-the-commons-reopening-part-iii/ LOCATION:Online\, MA\, United States CATEGORIES:Conversations on the Commons (events) ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://masshistorycommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/featured_COTC_20200724_Opening.png ORGANIZER;CN="Mass History Alliance":MAILTO:commons@masshistoryalliance.org END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR