Community Engagement & Impact

Poster

P02 - Community Engagement Through Audience-Designed Programs

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The Historical Society of Pennsylvania partnered with Taller Puertorriqueño to create the PAZ, a group of constituents from both organizations that worked together for over a year to design two programs and a website about migrant experiences and Philadelphia Puerto Rican neighborhoods. We will explain the benefits and pitfalls of the PAZ structure so other museums can refine it for their own uses and overcome challenges when designing dynamic, inclusive programs.

Learning Objectives:

• Structure and work with an audience advocate group to design programs.
• Evaluate which organizations might make good partners in work to diversify audiences.
• Assess organizational readiness to relinquish institutional authority.

Poster Presenter(s)

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  Beth Twiss Houting

  Senior Director of Programs and Services
  Historical Society of Pennsylvania