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Thoughts, tools, and posts on empathy, care, and social justice—beyond the algorithm
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10 Days of Empathy
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Read more: 10 Days of EmpathyWhat do we really mean when we say Empathetic Museum? The qualities of 21st century museums are impossible without an inner core of institutional empathy: the intention of the museum to be, and be perceived as, deeply connected…
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White Supremacy Pyramid
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Read more: White Supremacy PyramidI want students to explore the ways that race and racism are part of all of our lives. Erin Stutelberg The Empathetic Museum. [@empatheticmuseum] (November 24, 2024). “From @everydayisjuneteenth Check their bio for further links.” [Image]. Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/empatheticmuseum/p/DCw8Y_yS-nz/
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Indigenous Peoples’ Day
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Read more: Indigenous Peoples’ DayIndigenous People’s Day was first proposed by Indigenous people at a 1977 United Nations conference to counteract anti-Indigenous discrimination, as well as the inaccurate narrative that Christopher Columbus discovered the Americas, which had been inhabited for millennia by over 600…
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The First Draft of the Constitution. The Haudenosaunee Peace Confederacy
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Read more: The First Draft of the Constitution. The Haudenosaunee Peace ConfederacyThe Iroquois Confederacy, founded by the Great Peacemaker in 1142, is the oldest living participatory democracy on earth. In 1988, the U.S. Senate paid tribute with a resolution that said, “The confederation of the original 13 colonies into…
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Juneteenth Rodeo by Sarah Bird
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Read more: Juneteenth Rodeo by Sarah BirdIn the late 1970s, as they had been doing for generations, Black communities across the region held local rodeos for the talented cowboys and cowgirls who were segregated from the mainstream circuit. It was to these vibrant community…
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Awe by Dacher Keltner
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Read more: Awe by Dacher KeltnerOur feelings of Awe are just a basic state of consciousnes. Dacher Keltner Keltner identifies 8 wonders, across 26 cultures: mystical experience, big ideas, nature, life/death, moral beauty, visual design, collective effervescence, and music. The Empathetic Museum. [@empatheticmuseum]…
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On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century’ by Timothy Snyder
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Read more: On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century’ by Timothy SnyderOn Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder is a survival guide for democracy in perilous times. Drawing from the rise of totalitarian regimes in the 20th century, Snyder offers 20 urgent lessons that illuminate…
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Museum Workers Walk Out, an exhibition conflated anti-Zionism with antisemitism
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Read more: Museum Workers Walk Out, an exhibition conflated anti-Zionism with antisemitismA collective of Wing Luke Museum workers participated in a walkout on Wednesday, May 22, and have been withholding labor in protest of Zionist language in the new exhibit “Confronting Hate Together”. We love the Wing Luke Museum…
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Happy 2024!
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Read more: Happy 2024!The Empathetic Museum. [@empatheticmuseum] (January 1, 2024). “Happy 2024! May your year be full of conversations, understandings, and peace.” [Image]. Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/empatheticmuseum/p/C1kI-v6LanK/
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bell hooks on dominator privilege
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Read more: bell hooks on dominator privilegebell hooks, one of America’s most influential feminists, says some writing she loves that is written by patriarchal men. In this clip, she explains why she reads it anyway.
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A Return of Tribal Land Shows How Conservation Can Succeed
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Read more: A Return of Tribal Land Shows How Conservation Can SucceedThe Penobscot Nation’s record of caring for nature while still using it inspired an effort to return a 31,000-acre tract of forested land to tribal ownership.
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Native American Heritage Month
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Read more: Native American Heritage MonthIn honor of Native American Heritage Month let’s reflect and urge awareness of Indigenous struggles.
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