Advocacy is so important for all museums, galleries and heritage organizations in today's current economic and social environment. It is important to continually advocate with all three levels of government, not only for an enhanced funding model, but also for political support and acknowledgement of everything museums do for their communities, for their provinces and for their country at large. However, advocacy is multi-faceted. It also entails museums advocating for their communities' wellbeing, for diversity and inclusion, for Truth and Reconciliation. Participants will speak to the aspect of building relationships, as part of advocacy; to communications-the message and the delivery of the message are essential to successful advocacy; and working with and for your communities affords everyone an opportunity to take ownership of all advocacy efforts.
To encourage an inclusive learning environment, the OMA will provide 5 fully subsidized registrations for each of the following sessions: Advocacy is Multifaceted, Duties & Liabilities of Directors and Officers of Charities & NFPs, and More than a Checklist. Subsidies are available to attendees who are unemployed or underemployed, identify as Indigenous, and/or identify with groups that are often marginalized or excluded from culture and heritage due to race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality or disability. To request your registration fees be waived, simply select the Fully Subsidized registration option on the registration form. Subsidies will be allocated on a first-come first-served basis. Please contact
[email protected] if you have any questions.
Online Event (11:00-12:30, November 30, 2023).
