Modeling Safer Spaces with Inclusive Language and Practices.  This is a joint meeting between the LGBTQ+ and Allies, the Social Justice, and the School, Teachers, and Family peer groups. We will share resources for using language inclusive to all gender identities, sexual orientations, and a variety of family structures that may be present in a…

Museums as Theatre:  Using dramatic play at historic sites.  How can we engage our visitors? By using a wide variety of different styles and techniques, we can create conversation between past and present. To RSVP, please email Historic Sites Peer Group Coordinator, Maggie Weber.

We will be visiting the exhibition “Home is a Foreign Place” and discussing our thoughts on perspectives and representation during our visit.  https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2019/home-is-a-foreign-place Please let Rebecca know if you plan to attend by Monday January 13th. Hope to see you there! To RSVP, please email Museums and International Understanding Peer Group Coordinator, Rebecca Armstrong.

RSVP: Kindly rsvp to the Museum: https://childrensmuseumofthearts.formstack.com/forms/educator_open_house_jan_20 You are welcome to reach out to me at laurakujo@yahoo.com with any questions.  Join us for an Educator Open House at the Children’s Museum of the Arts that explores their strategies for engaging early learners!  We will enjoy an art-making workshop in their stART Studio – a space…

Meet in person or online to prep for networking at the winter party!!!! Practice your elevator pitch, examine psychological tricks, and share advice. To RSVP, please email Erin Salthouse.

At this peer group meeting we’ll discuss digging into whiteness and racism on our school programs.  We’ll use resources from Teaching Tolerance and the MASS Action Tool Kit to start the conversation for this continuous and ever present work. To RSVP, please email Julia Mushalko, School, Teacher, and Family Peer Group Coordinator

Join our kickoff meeting as we explore the topic “Change is Hard: Adapting to Change Among Your Volunteer Corps.” We’ll discuss best practices when introducing and implementing changes among your volunteers, how to avoid conflict while doing it, and ways to promote stability during management changes. RSVP: Laura Sloan, lsloan@rubinmuseum.org

We will be discussing the need to bring in experts when working with ELL students and culturally diverse groups. To RSVP, please email Stephanie Zank or Jennifer Rolenz.

This is a joint meeting with the Students peer group; we will be discussing the internship application and selection process, what makes a good internship, the mentor/mentee relationship, and discussing a recent case study from the NYCMER board’s Social Justice working group.

Let’s meet in person or join us via Zoom online to discuss an actionable project our group members can complete by next summer.  To RSVP, please email Erin Salthouse.