[Nhcoll-l] Celebrate BlackInNHMsWeek

Fri Oct 14 01:05:01 EDT 2022

Dear colleagues,

As the weekend approaches, we are incredibly excited for our upcoming annual event. BlackInNHMs week starts this Sunday Oct 16 through Saturday 22 October.

BlackInNHMs week is a series of synchronous and asynchronous activities and content shared through social media and our website  (register here and visit our event page). We are celebrating and building community for Black folx working in NHMs; encouraging and facilitating Black people’s participation in NHMs professionally and as patrons; and engaging non-Black people as true colleagues and co-conspirators to BIackInNHM professionals.

Please join us for these synchronous events during our annual event to learn more about what we can accomplish together, register here<https://wlo.link/@BlackInNHMsRegister>:

DAY 1: Sun 16th October: 12 pm Eastern | BINHMs Panel | Allow us to reintroduce ourselves (Re-Introduction)

Come hear why we formed our non-profit, what our goals and plans are and how you can join us on this journey as colleagues in NHMs. ZOOM:https://tinyurl.com/BINHMsPSA.

Also join our BioBlitz <https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/2022-blackinnhms-bioblitz> and museum scavenger hunt,<https://www.blackinnhms.org/_files/ugd/f32a6f_d02c853a21ff4371a526574883313272.pdf> happening all week.

DAY 2: Mon 17th October: 12- 2pm Eastern | Funding Panel | Barriers to inclusion- Money matters

Come listen to one of the challenges we face in navigating NHMs and join in conversation about ways to collaborate with our non profit and BlackInNHMs folx regarding funding. ZOOM:https://tinyurl.com/BINHMsFunding

DAY 4: Wed 19th October: 2 pm Eastern | Curator Panel | Ask a Curator Like a Boss ZOOM:https://tinyurl.com/BINHMsContemporaryFigures

Please come and learn about the professional trajectories and experience of Black curators.

Please see the attached schedule for more great content throughout the entire week and keep an eye on our social media (https://twitter.com/BlackInNHMs)!

QUICK LINKS:

  *   Twitter:https://twitter.com/BlackInNHMs
  *   Website: https://www.blackinnhms.org/

  *   Donate:  https://gofund.me/e433f03c

  *   Event Registration: https://wlo.link/@BlackInNHMsRegister

  *   BioBlitz:https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/2022-blackinnhms-bioblitz <https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/2022-blackinnhms-bioblitz>

  *   Scavenger Hunt: https://www.blackinnhms.org/_files/ugd/f32a6f_d02c853a21ff4371a526574883313272.pdf

  *   Mentor:https://ufl.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6Kj7ZtFE0HCidzo

  *   Invite Mentees: https://ufl.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1HRxL36W8l9F5D8

Thank you!

Regards,
Adania Flemming M.S.
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From: Flemming,Adania
Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2022 12:31 AM
To: Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu <nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu>
Subject: Celebrate BlackInNHMsWeek

Hello NHM colleagues,

We are incredibly excited for our upcoming annual event that is less than a week away! BlackInNHMs week starts this Sunday Oct 16 through Saturday 22 October.

BlackInNHMs week is a series of synchronous and asynchronous activities and content shared through social media and our website (register here<https://wlo.link/@BlackInNHMsRegister> and visit our event page<https://www.blackinnhms.org/copy-of-black-in-natural-history-muse>). We are celebrating and building community for Black folx working in NHMs; encouraging and facilitating Black people’s participation in NHMs professionally and as patrons; and engaging non-Black people as true colleagues and co-conspirators to BIackInNHM professionals.

We want to work with you!

As a 501(c)(3) non-profit, we are a grassroots organization of dedicated professionals (curators, professors, collections managers, graduate students and communication specialists) building the infrastructure from the ground up to engage and create a community for Black folks who are in, were in, or interested in being in NHMs. We are asking that natural history museums and collections actively support this initiative by participating in the events and following us on social media to like and repost our curated content to ensure it reaches a broad and diverse audience. Even taking just a few minutes to forward this email, our newsletter<https://mailchi.mp/0d1ec6190b64/black-in-natural-history-museums-august-newsletter> or our website to the right person could have a lasting impact.

We would also love to form long-term collaborations with museums and collections who are serious about their stated commitments to diversity, equity and inclusion to bring our initiatives into physical spaces to increase their impact. Try as we might, we cannot make natural history museums (with all of their historical and contemporary issues related to race and colonialism) welcoming places for Black, Indigenous and other people of color without the earnest engagement of the institutions themselves. We hope you hear us.