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So many programs are virtual now. How can we advocate for their value?
Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, local governments, nonprofit organizations, and their funders have had to make hard decisions about what defines an essential service. When push comes to shove, arts and humanities organizations are often left behind. We invited leaders from our original Arts Roundtable, as well as others from around the country, to talk about tracking impact in the virtual space.
To kick off the session, Dr. Janelle Junkin gave a short presentation about her consultation work with the Armed Services Arts Partnership, a D.C.-based organization that provides community building exercises and growth opportunities for veterans and families of the military. Over the past year and a half, Janelle designed a program impact evaluation for A.S.A.P.—then coronavirus happened. Please find an excerpt from the discussion below.
If you’d like to help us organize a roundtable on an issue impacting your city or cities around the country, please reach out to programs@tomtomfoundation.org.
Participants:
Chelsea Thaler, Director of Programming, Ocean City Film Festival (Ocean City, MD)
Janelle Junkin, Researcher, Consultant, and Music Therapist (Philadelphia, PA)
Ebony Lumumba, Associate Professor and Department Chair of English & Modern Languages, Tougaloo College (Jackson, MS)
Enjoli Moon, Founder and Creative Director, Afrikana Film Festival; Assistant Curator of Film, Institute for Contemporary Art at Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond, VA)
Patti Pan, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, RevArt (Charlottesville, VA)
Dwandalyn Reece, Curator of Music and Performing Arts, Smithsonian Institution National Museum of African American History and Culture (Washington, DC)
Emily Smith, Executive Director, 1708 Gallery (Richmond, VA)
Marlon Torres, Executive Director, NC Arts in Action (Durham, NC)
Jim Walker, Chief Executive Officer, Big Car Collaborative (Indianapolis, IN)
Tom Tom Foundation
Rachel Baker, Summit Director
Ben Wilkes, Program Manager
So many programs are virtual now. How can we advocate for their value?
Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, local governments, nonprofit organizations, and their funders have had to make hard decisions about what defines an essential service. When push comes to shove, arts and humanities organizations are often left behind. We invited leaders from our original Arts Roundtable, as well as others from around the country, to talk about tracking impact in the virtual space.
To kick off the session, Dr. Janelle Junkin gave a short presentation about her consultation work with the Armed Services Arts Partnership, a D.C.-based organization that provides community building exercises and growth opportunities for veterans and families of the military. Over the past year and a half, Janelle designed a program impact evaluation for A.S.A.P.—then coronavirus happened. Please find an excerpt from the discussion below.
If you’d like to help us organize a roundtable on an issue impacting your city or cities around the country, please reach out to programs@tomtomfoundation.org.
Participants:
Chelsea Thaler, Director of Programming, Ocean City Film Festival (Ocean City, MD)
Janelle Junkin, Researcher, Consultant, and Music Therapist (Philadelphia, PA)
Ebony Lumumba, Associate Professor and Department Chair of English & Modern Languages, Tougaloo College (Jackson, MS)
Enjoli Moon, Founder and Creative Director, Afrikana Film Festival; Assistant Curator of Film, Institute for Contemporary Art at Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond, VA)
Patti Pan, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, RevArt (Charlottesville, VA)
Dwandalyn Reece, Curator of Music and Performing Arts, Smithsonian Institution National Museum of African American History and Culture (Washington, DC)
Emily Smith, Executive Director, 1708 Gallery (Richmond, VA)
Marlon Torres, Executive Director, NC Arts in Action (Durham, NC)
Jim Walker, Chief Executive Officer, Big Car Collaborative (Indianapolis, IN)
Tom Tom Foundation
Rachel Baker, Summit Director
Ben Wilkes, Program Manager
![Is There Life After Death? moderated by John Cleese - 2018 Tom Tom Fest [CLIP w/ Jim Tucker]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/QOgKfnO5XSk/mqdefault.jpg "Is There Life After Death? moderated by John Cleese - 2018 Tom Tom Fest [CLIP w/ Jim Tucker]
Director of the Division of Perceptual Studies at UVA, Jim B. Tucker M.D. describes his research into children who report memories from a past life, the kinds of details they recall, and the methodology for weighing the validity of these recollections.
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