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<main id="main" class="site-main"> <article id="post-131176" class="post-131176 featured-topic type-featured-topic status-publish hentry"> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="wp-block-cover alignfull is-post-hero" style="min-height:489px;aspect-ratio:unset;"><span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-cover__background has-black-background-color has-background-dim-80 has-background-dim"></span><img data-recalc-dims="1" fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" width="5568" height="3712" class="wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-131177" alt="Photo of a child and adult laughing. 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They maintain our cultural heritage and teach us about all the ways we are different and the same. DEAI and anti-racism work is critical to the sustainability and vibrancy of the museum field and its impact on our communities. Browse hundreds of DEAI resources below.</p> <div class="wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex"> <div class="wp-block-button"><a class="wp-block-button__link wp-element-button" href="https://www.aam-us.org/topic/resource-library/">Navigate back to the AAM Resource Library</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div> <div class="wp-block-group alignfull has-aam-light-gray-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained" style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-right:0;padding-left:0"> <div style="height:16px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <p class="has-text-align-center has-text-color" style="color:#707070">Jump to:</p> <div class="wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex" 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Titles</a></h5> </div> <div class="wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow" style="flex-basis:16.67%"></div> </div> <div style="height:16px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> </div> <div style="height:83px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <div class="wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile" style="grid-template-columns:31% auto"><figure class="wp-block-media-text__media"><a href="https://www.aam-us.org/2022/08/02/excellence-in-deai-report/"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" width="1200" height="1552" src="https://www.aam-us.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/AAM-Excellence-in-DEAI-Report-cover-with-shadow.png?w=1200&crop=0%2C0px%2C100%2C1552px" alt="Cover of Excellence in DEAI Report" class="wp-image-131178 size-full"/></a></figure><div class="wp-block-media-text__content"> <h4 class="wp-block-heading" style="font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-weight:300"><strong>New!</strong> Report from the DEAI Task Force</h4> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="report">Excellence in DEAI</h2> <p>As a core component of AAM’s Facing Change initiative, the Excellence in DEAI report:</p> <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li>Highlights the results from the task force</li> <li>Lays the groundwork that allows our field to establish a common set of Core Concepts and Key Indicators of excellence in DEAI</li> <li>Offers strategies for assessing and measuring excellence in DEAI in museums</li> <li>Provides recommendations for how AAM can better embed DEAI within the Framework for Museum Excellence</li> </ul> <div class="wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex"> <div class="wp-block-button"><a class="wp-block-button__link wp-element-button" href="https://www.aam-us.org/2022/08/02/excellence-in-deai-report/">Download the report</a></div> </div> <p class="has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-background"><strong>DEAI to Become Required for Museum Accreditation, Standards </strong><br>We recently announced a multi-year initiative to transform the standards that guide best practices and accreditation for museums with new requirements focusing on DEAI. <a href="https://www.aam-us.org/2022/10/17/diversity-equity-to-become-required-for-museum-accreditation-standards/">Learn more <strong>»</strong></a></p> <div class="wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained"></div> <div class="wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex"></div> </div></div> <div style="height:61px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <div class="wp-block-group alignfull variation-aam-media-text has-white-color has-aam-dark-teal-background-color has-text-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow"> <div class="wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile"><div class="wp-block-media-text__content"> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="museum-junction">New Museum Junction Communities for DEAI Leaders and the LGBTQ+ Community!</h2> <p>Are you charged with leading diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion efforts at your museum? Join the DEAI Leaders Community on Museum Junction to connect with your peers around your unique roles and grow a strong support network.</p> <p>Calling all museum professionals who identify as part of the LGBTQ+ Community! Join the new LGBTQ+ Community on Museum Junction to build your network, share your experiences, and foster new connections in a safe space. </p> <p><em><em>This AAM Membership benefit is available to anyone through 2024.</em></em></p> <div class="wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex"> <div class="wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--1"><a class="wp-block-button__link wp-element-button" href="https://community.aam-us.org/communities/community-home?CommunityKey=a6f41652-fa7a-4a53-984b-01896c7f8e81" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Join the DEAI Leaders Community</a></div> <div class="wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--2"><a class="wp-block-button__link wp-element-button" href="https://community.aam-us.org/communities/community-home?CommunityKey=3eaa9ab5-1031-430a-8645-018952b2e4a7" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Join the LGBTQ+ Community</a></div> </div> </div><figure class="wp-block-media-text__media"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" width="5120" height="2880" src="https://www.aam-us.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/AdobeStock_408757448-e1667431084235.jpeg?w=5120&crop=0%2C0px%2C100%2C2880px" alt="A person of color smiling while sitting in front of a laptop" class="wp-image-130259 size-full"/></figure></div> </div> <div style="height:61px" aria-hidden="true" id="all-resources" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <div id="dynamic-library-root" data-api-root="aam-us/v1/search-posts/get" data-category-slug="diversity-equity-accessibility-inclusion-and-anti-racism" ></div> <div style="height:49px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <div class="wp-block-group alignfull is-style-fluid has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow"> <div style="height:32px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <h2 class="wp-block-heading has-text-align-center" id="facingchange">Facing Change: <br>Advancing Museum Board Diversity & Inclusion</h2> <div style="height:4px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <div class="wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-3 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex"> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow" style="flex-basis:20%"></div> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"> <p>In 2019, backed by $4 million in grants from three foundations (The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Alice L. Walton Foundation, and Ford Foundation), AAM launched <em>Facing Change: Advancing Museum Board Diversity & Inclusion</em>. This three-year initiative set out to advance museum board diversity and inclusion from the top by providing the framework, training, and resources for museum leaders to build inclusive cultures within their institutions and more accurately reflect the communities they serve. </p> </div> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow" style="flex-basis:20%"></div> </div> <div class="wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-4 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex"> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow" style="flex-basis:20%"></div> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> <p>Facing Change bolstered our efforts, giving us a common language that empowered us to use the right words in the right way. It also gave us a framework to operationally define what DEAI work meant for the Zoo. </p> <cite>Dr. Megan Ross, Zoo Director, Lincoln Park Zoo</cite></blockquote> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <iframe loading="lazy" title="AAM Facing Change Introduction" width="500" height="281" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ib1aU4ZOhjs?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div></figure> </div> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow" style="flex-basis:20%"></div> </div> <div style="height:62px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <div class="wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-5 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex"> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow" style="flex-basis:20%"></div> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"> <div class="wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile" style="grid-template-columns:30% auto"><figure class="wp-block-media-text__media"><a href="https://www.aam-us.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/AAM-DEAI-Working-Group-Full-Report-2018.pdf"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="360" height="466" src="https://www.aam-us.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/AAM-DEAI-Report-Cover_556x720.webp?w=360&crop=0%2C0px%2C100%2C466px" alt="Facing Change report cover" class="wp-image-131180 size-full"/></a></figure><div class="wp-block-media-text__content"> <h4 class="wp-block-heading" style="font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-weight:300">Insights from the AAM Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion Working Group</h4> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Facing Change</h2> <p>In spring 2017, AAM convened the Working Group on Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion (DEAI). Twenty museum professionals, representing a variety of disciplines, organizational sizes and types, and perspectives, came together for six months to examine the characteristics of effective museum inclusion practices and consider what steps the field could take to promote DEAI. This report provides insights from the working group’s conversations about big-picture ideas and specific examples from their collective experiences. This report jumpstarted <em>Facing Change: Advancing Museum Board Diversity & Inclusion</em>.</p> <div class="wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex"> <div class="wp-block-button"><a class="wp-block-button__link wp-element-button" href="https://www.aam-us.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/AAM-DEAI-Working-Group-Full-Report-2018.pdf">Download the report</a></div> </div> </div></div> </div> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow" style="flex-basis:20%"></div> </div> <div style="height:62px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <div class="wp-block-columns is-style-fluid is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-6 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex"> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow" style="flex-basis:15%"> <div class="wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex"></div> </div> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"> <h3 class="wp-block-heading">Facing Change <br>Fellows</h3> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="682" src="https://www.aam-us.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/2019_AAM_Herp_00418-sized.png?w=1024&crop=0%2C0px%2C100%2C682px" alt="a group photo of the Facing Change Fellows" class="wp-image-131351"/></figure> <p>As part of <em>Facing Change</em>, we enlisted the help of ten senior diversity fellows who worked over 5,000 hours to advance the DEAI efforts of individual museums, staff, and boards. Forty museums are working on their new equity plans thanks to the commitment of their fellows.</p> <div class="wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex"> <div class="wp-block-button"><a class="wp-block-button__link wp-element-button" href="https://www.aam-us.org/2019/10/17/meet-the-facing-change-senior-diversity-fellows/">Meet the fellows</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"> <h3 class="wp-block-heading">Trustee Resource <br>Center</h3> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1013" height="675" src="https://www.aam-us.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/AdobeStock_107324814-crop-edited.png?w=1013&crop=0%2C0px%2C100%2C675px" alt="a photo of a laptop" class="wp-image-131353"/></figure> <p>The Trustee Resource Center was established as a hub of resources for museum board members committed to DEAI and advocating for their museums. With resources on advocacy, governance, and DEAI, the trustee resource center is updated regularly. </p> <div class="wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex"> <div class="wp-block-button"><a class="wp-block-button__link wp-element-button" href="https://www.aam-us.org/programs/trustees/">Trustee resource center</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"> <h3 class="wp-block-heading">1,800 Trustees & <br>50 Museums</h3> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1296" height="864" src="https://www.aam-us.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/20191104_132754-edited.png?w=1296&crop=0%2C0px%2C100%2C864px" alt="a photo of Facing Change participants seated at rounds during a training" class="wp-image-131352"/></figure> <p>1,800 trustees from over fifty museums across five cities in the US participated in this initiative. 1,326 have taken the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) assessments to understand their unconscious biases better. Thirty museums have added board candidates from underrepresented identity groups that better represent their communities. </p> <div class="wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex"> <div class="wp-block-button"><a class="wp-block-button__link wp-element-button" href="https://www.aam-us.org/2019/07/23/51-museums-selected-for-board-diversity-and-inclusion-program-as-part-of-4-million-national-initiative/">Facing Change museums</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow" style="flex-basis:15%"></div> </div> <div style="height:32px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <div style="height:32px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> </div> <div style="height:41px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <h2 class="wp-block-heading alignwide has-text-align-center" id="book-titles">Recent DEAI Book Titles</h2> <div class="wp-block-columns alignwide is-not-stacked-on-mobile 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