Workshop Resources

Community resource page

Please contact a member of IPE staff if you have additional resources to share. Thank you!

Neighborhood Outreach

Broad updated pages and social media sites

Minneapolis Star Tribune has a website that is regularly updated with giving and direct engagement opportunities: Site is here.

MPR  has an on-going list of immediate Twin City needs and ways to help.

Map of food and other donation sites. Click on specific sites on the map for detailed information.

Financial Donations toward Rebuilding Businesses and Communities

Lake Street Council A nonprofit raising funds to help rebuild Lake Street businesses, many of which are family-owned and owned by immigrants and people of color. Donations are accepted here.

The Open Door Learning Center , 2700 E. Lake Street, Mpls works with immigrants and refugees providing free classes in ESL and work preparation.

West Broadway Business and Area Coalition is helping to coordinate a fund to assist and restore North Minneapolis businesses and community organizations.  You can donate through the Northside Funders Group  here.

The WFPC Mutual Aid Project is designed to share a collection of mutual aid funds and community resources, as well as provide local mutual aid networks with tools to employ political education and activism.

Partner Organizations Organizing Around Racial Justice 

COPAL MN (Communities Organizing Latinx Power and Action):  Its Facebook and Twitter accounts link people to information, events, and actions3702 E. Lake St., Mpls. 55406 612-767-3675

CTUL (Centro de Trabajadores Unidos en la Lucha):  Long-term Mac partner org focused on workers’ rights, based in South Minneapolis; Facebook and Twitter accounts link people to information, events, and actions.

CUAPB (Communities United Against Police Brutality): involved in many public events and work on issues.

ISAIAH: A multifaith community organizing group Isaiah’s Facebook and Twitter pages link people to information, events, and actions.

BLVC: Black Visions Collective is developing Minnesota’s emerging Black leadership and building movements from the ground up. Site is accepting donations.

Voices for Racial Justice: Building power and strategies for racial justice using organizing, leadership training, community policy and research.

Showing up for Racial Justice: A network of groups working to undermine white supremacy and to work toward racial justice.

Food donations and Food Sorting

Bethlehem Lutheran, a center of food distribution in the Midway neighborhood of St. Paul.  436 Roy St., St. Paul.  Accepting food and financial donations and volunteer help. Facebook page is updated with needs.

On-going, food drops offs on Lake Street at the Midtown Global Market (South Minneapolis) and on West Broadway Avenue and Emerson (North Minneapolis), 11 am – 4 p.m. daily.  This is considered a pop-up food pantry for people in need who have lost access to neighborhood grocery stores on Lake Street or in North Minneapolis. https://twitter.com/daniellemkali/status/1266798456997318657/photo/1

Division of Indian Work 1001 E. Lake St., Mpls 55407, 612-722-8722, supports and strengthens urban American Indian communities. Cash donations preferred for the food shelf.  If you want to drop off food or hygiene items, please call ahead of time, so they can manage.

LIttle Earth Residents Association is seeking food shelf donations. The Little Earth Residents Association has been seeking food pantry donations.  You can make donations here  Call ahead to confirm if you would like to drop off items.

Second Harvest Heartland Food Bank listing of food shelves and emergency food needs throughout the Twin Cities.

Resources on Anti-racism

Moving from Cultural Competence to Antiracism

How Monique Melton Is Helping You Be An Anti-Racist

Trevor Noah on death of George Floyd and logic of looting

Why I’m no longer talking to white people about race | World news | The Guardian

From The Pause, On Being with Krista Tippett, Recommended listening and reading:

Read | “White Debt” by Eula Biss
Discussed in this week’s conversation, Eula Biss’s 2015 essay on racial privilege asks: “What is the condition of white life?” 

Read | “‘The Condition of Black Life Is One of Mourning’” by Claudia Rankine
In the weeks since George Floyd’s murder, many have turned back to this 2015 essay, which asks what might come from the whole country moving closer to the grief that so many Black Americans carry every day.

Read & Listen | “Ode to My Whiteness” by Sharon Olds
The poet reads her poem on reckoning with her racial identity.

From the National Docent Symposium Council:

We believe that museums are uniquely in a position, even in these extraordinary times, to be trusted resources to turn to for information and exchange of ideas, and that includes all of us as docents and guides. One of the most comprehensive collections of relevant resources we’ve seen is by the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. We encourage you to explore their “Talking About Race” portal, https://nmaahc.si.edu/learn/talking-about-race

 

 

 

 

Discussion of virtual tours and office hour information sessions

Here is a link to the video of our discussion about virtual tours for adults, on May 19, 2020:

Virtual Tour Discussion

And here is the chat, showing all the questions:

chat virtual tours

And here are the PPT slides:

Virtual Tours at Mia

Here is a link to subsequent information “office hour” sessions, video and chat:

Office hour session on July 9

Office hour virtual tour 07.09.20 chat

and

Office hour session on July 14 video

Office hour for virtual tour 07.14.20

 

IPE Required Training, March 2020

Here are the short video links to the presentation by Chezare Warren. (Note the AV booth turned off the camera when small group discussion occurred, so that is why there are so many. Please note the camera is also unfocused for the first couple minutes of Part 5, but then it is focused):

IPE req training part 1

IPE req training part 2

IPE req training part 3

IPE req training part 4

IPE req training part 5

IPE req training part 6

IPE req training part 7

And here is Chezare’s PowerPoint:

MIA Tour Guide & Docent Empathy Workshop

Here are the five scenarios from Mia discussed during the first part of the training:

Scenarios for Chezare Warren training 2020(1)

Feedback forms:

If you attended either the session on March 5 or 7, we would love to have your feedback!

Feedback from those who attended

 

If you were unable to attend the sessions, you may complete this online form to satisfy the training requirement:

Online completion of Spring 2020 training and feedback

 

 

Cultural fluency conversation (gender and pronouns)

Following are some resources and additional materials from our January 21st cultural fluency conversation on gender identity, personal pronoun use, and inclusive language.

From Planned Parenthood, definitions of Sex, Gender, and Gender Identity.

Here is a link to the Family Inclusive Language Guide, developed by Margaret Middleton.

The article below is focused on addressing racism in comments in the galleries, but the technique of “reframing” the comment could also be used to deal with gender stereotyping:

The Societal Frame_ A Tool To Address Racism in the Galleries

A great informational site on personal pronoun use is MyPronouns.org. In particular, there are some short videos that help to explain personal pronouns and trans/genderqueer identity.

 

2020 IDEA resources posted in the weekly CE message

March 9 to March 16

IDEA Tip:
From the training with Chezare Warren, he encouraged guides and docents to pay attention to the body language of tour participants. When you see kids or adults REALLY interested in something they see, leave space to address that interest! That is one of the empathetic connections you can make with your group.

March 2 to March 8

IDEA Tip:
On your next tour, consider incorporating an opportunity for inviting nonverbal participation. Participation encompasses more than voicing a response. Though open-ended questions create opportunities for discussion, not all visitors will be comfortable with voicing their ideas, so some opportunities should be presented on the tour for nonverbal participation. For more ideas, check out this link.

February 24 to March 1

IDEA Tip:
For those of you who are lead docents or guides, please consider including the above information in your initial email to your school contact or tour contact. The drum will be beating 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and a loud beat sounds in 4 to 8 second intervals. If any students will be impacted by loud noise, you can assure the school contact that the earplugs will be available for use if needed.
For all who are touring, if your route takes you by the Rotunda, it is good to give a heads-up to your group that you will be walking by the noise, and explain that it may be heard in the galleries surrounding the Rotunda.

February 17 to 23

IDEA Tip:
Guides and docents have already encountered questions from visitors about the Ai Weiwei installation on Mia’s front columns. This eye-catching installation will spark visitors’ curiosity, so take some time to learn more about the artist and the installation. For a quick summary, read the information posted on artsmia.org, via this link. Gabe Ritter also discusses this installation in his lecture (video link). Here is an article from 2016, with a brief history of this work.

February 10 to 16

IDEA Tip:
If you are giving tours this spring, visitors will definitely be curious about the new installation by PostCommodity in our Rotunda. Spend some time learning more about this site-specific installation and reflecting on the reasons for its location so you can share this on your tours. For a quick summary, read the information posted on artsmia.org, via this link. Gabe Ritter also discusses this installation in his lecture (video link).

February 3 to February 9

IDEA Tip:
As February is Black History Month, incorporate some works by African American artists into your tour. The lecture on January 17 by Suzanne Roberts and Jean Ann Durades as well as the gallery talk on January 30 for the rotation in Mapping Black Identities gives great background on various artists and their art. (For links to those training sessions, see above in this message.)

January 27 to February 2

IDEA Tip:
Resources have been posted on the IPE site in support of conversations on gender pronouns:

January 20 to 26

IDEA Tip:
Use a LED flashlight to point out details in the artwork. Allow visitors to use the flashlight, too. If you have one student or person who is not participating, ask them to assist you by shining the flashlight at the artwork. It is a way for them to participate in a nonverbal manner. Five small LED flashlights are now available in the Tour Office for your use. After you use a flashlight on your tour, please return it to the Tour Office so they will remain available for others.

January 13 to 19

IDEA Tip:
Every tour is a learning opportunity, not only for the students, but also for you. To review how best to practice cultural fluency when giving a tour to school or youth groups, read through the tips via this link.

January 6 to 12

IDEA Tip:
Your introduction is vital in setting the stage for an inclusive tour or art cart facilitation. Language matters. The choices you make in the questions you initially ask visitors and how you address visitors reverberate through the tour or facilitation. With the start of a new year, take a moment to look through the best practices for welcoming visitors to Mia, via this link.

Reimagining Migration Workshop on 11.21.19

Here are the materials from our workshop with Sheila McGuire on Re-imagining Migration, on November 21, 2019:

PPT of lecture:

Reimagining Migration Workshop

Video (in 5 parts)

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Here is a link to the Re-imagining Migration website.

Here is the link to the video Fatima’s drawings.

This is a PDF of Sheila’s slide list:

slide list reimagining migration

And here are two articles:

The Societal Frame_ A Tool To Address Racism in the Galleries

Whose culture has capital_A critical race theory discussion of community cultural wealth_1

IPE Fall required training

Here is a video of the museum updates from the start of the session:

Museum updates 2019

Here is the PowerPoint for the training:

Cultural Fluency Fall 2019

These are some supporting materials from the training:

Restoring Indigenous Perspectives

Inclusive Language Guide

Cultural Fluency Fall 2019 revised 1page

For those who attended one of the October sessions (A, B, C, or D), we would appreciate receiving your feedback of the session through this short form:
For those who were unable to attend one of the sessions in October, we have a discussion form (4 brief sections) to complete in order to fulfill the training requirement. To answer the first two questions about Image 1, you will need to read the short article, “Restoring Indigenous Perspectives” by Jaclyn Roessel (link above). After reading, please complete the discussion form. Here is a link to that form: