Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion

Decolonizing Development: Fundraising as an Agent of Social Transformation

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Can development be “decolonized” and serve as an arena for partnership and solidarity across diverse communities? Learn how the AAM framework of DEAI can help reconceptualize and reorganize advancement and fundraising. Explore ways museum leadership can foster more supportive and inclusive environments for development staff, and rethink donor outreach with attention to diversity and inclusion.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify strategies for enhancing recruitment and career pathways for development and gift officers from historically underrepresented backgrounds.
• Rethink how to cultivate donor bases and lists of major gift prospects with attention to diversity and inclusion.
• Discuss practical solutions for overcoming barriers to forging authentic partnerships and solidarity with diverse communities.

Moderator(s)

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  Johnnetta Cole

  Co-Chaired AAM Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Working Group
  Cook Ross, Inc. and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Panelist(s)

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  Arthur Affleck, III

  Vice President of Development
  American Alliance of Museums
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  Mark Auslander

  Director
  Michigan State University Museum
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  Chong-Anna Canfora

  Director of Development
  Michigan State University Museum