Learn from an arts and culture innovator about cultivation methods, engagement strategies, and cultural advocacy practices to enrich your socially responsive practice. Liberated space is right below your feet as you discover your role in championing change; find inspiration in heritage and community histories; and seek justice in museums, society, and beyond.
This event is sponsored by the Heritage Studies and Public History program, and is co-sponsored by the Institute for Advanced Study, the Race, Indigeneity, Gender, and Sexuality Initiative, Museum Studies Program, Asian American Studies, the Departments of African American and African Studies, American Indian Studies, the States of Incarceration Collaborative, and Historical Injustices: The Working Group Collaborative.
Monica O. Montgomery is an arts and culture innovator who uses creativity and social change as a means of bridging the gap between people and movements. She holds a Bachelors of Arts in Broadcast Communication from Temple University and a Masters of Arts in Corporate Communication from LaSalle University. She is an assistant professor in the Museum Studies graduate schools of Pratt Institute and New York University, and an adjunct professor with Harvard University. As co-founder and strategic director of Museum Hue, she advocates for people of color in arts, culture, and museums, working nationally to train leaders and partner with museums to facilitate diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. In addition, Monica is the founding director of Museum of Impact, the world’s first mobile social justice museum.