Recorded Session: Can Organizations Center Untapped Communities in Their Volunteer Strategy?

Session Description

Can Organizations Center Untapped Communities in Their Volunteer Strategy? is a Pre-Recorded session of the 2021 AASLH Online Conference.

Inspired by the prompt “Can organizations center untapped communities in their volunteer strategy?”, history professionals will work together interactively to examine the way their organizations think about volunteering and develop new ideas and solutions for volunteer engagement that strive for racial equity and inclusion in their recruitment and management practices. 

Speakers

Chair: Emily Dobish Director of Volunteer Engagement at History Colorado
Emily Dobish is the Director of Volunteer Engagement for History Colorado where she provides leadership and oversight of the volunteer engagement strategy. Prior to moving to Colorado, she worked as a Faculty Assistant at the Harvard Business School. She has an M.A. in Museum Studies from Harvard University, and a B.A. in History from York College of Pennsylvania.

Maria Islas-Lopez, Ph.D. Museum of Memory Manager at History Colorado
María Islas-López is a cultural sociologist (Ph.D. Rutgers University) specialized in qualitative analysis and community-engaged research and evaluation in ethnically diverse and low-income communities, especially with immigrant families and children. As History Colorado’s Museum of Memory Manager she oversees a portfolio of community-based collective memory projects for Colorado communities historically impacted by systems of oppression and inequality.

Details

RECORDED DATE: October 11, 2021

ACCESS: You will be provided with instructions on how to access the recording upon registration.

Recording Transcript

A transcript is provided with the recording.

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