WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 1 00:00:08.760 --> 00:00:10.360 Good afternoon, everyone. 2 00:00:10.800 --> 00:00:15.142 Thank you all for joining us to learn about research to inform 3 00:00:15.142 --> 00:00:18.520 the American Latino History and Culture Program. 4 00:00:19.200 --> 00:00:23.885 This work was contracted to the Urban Institute by the Institute 5 00:00:23.885 --> 00:00:26.120 of Museum and Library Services. 6 00:00:29.680 --> 00:00:30.520 Next slide. 7 00:00:34.360 --> 00:00:37.600 First, we will cover a few basic details. 8 00:00:38.280 --> 00:00:42.588 Today's webinar will be conducted in English, but we are 9 00:00:42.588 --> 00:00:46.520 joined by live Spanish and Portuguese interpreters. 10 00:00:46.960 --> 00:00:50.567 If you would like interpretation, please click on 11 00:00:50.567 --> 00:00:54.896 the globe icon on your Zoom dashboard and then click either 12 00:00:54.896 --> 00:00:58.359 Spanish or Portuguese to hear that interpreter. 13 00:00:59.920 --> 00:01:03.467 For those who need closed captioning, you can select that 14 00:01:03.467 --> 00:01:07.320 option by clicking Show Captions at the bottom of your screen. 15 00:01:08.680 --> 00:01:12.375 The video and audio from this webinar will be recorded and 16 00:01:12.375 --> 00:01:15.320 available on IMLS's website for later viewing. 17 00:01:16.640 --> 00:01:20.283 If you have a question or comment, please use the Q&A 18 00:01:20.283 --> 00:01:23.927 button at the bottom of your screen and we will answer as 19 00:01:23.927 --> 00:01:27.320 many questions as we can at the end of this briefing. 20 00:01:28.640 --> 00:01:32.701 Lastly, we will be using the term American Latino today 21 00:01:32.701 --> 00:01:37.487 because that is the term used in the 2020 legislation authorizing 22 00:01:37.487 --> 00:01:38.720 this new program. 23 00:01:39.600 --> 00:01:43.600 However, we acknowledge and respect the diverse preferences 24 00:01:43.600 --> 00:01:46.933 that people have when referencing American Latino 25 00:01:46.933 --> 00:01:49.000 life, art, history and culture. 26 00:01:52.920 --> 00:01:57.296 In today's briefing, we will have an introduction by Laura 27 00:01:57.296 --> 00:02:00.560 Huerta Migus and Gibran Villalobos at IMLS. 28 00:02:01.400 --> 00:02:04.952 They will provide background on the American Latino History and 29 00:02:04.952 --> 00:02:05.840 Culture program. 30 00:02:06.880 --> 00:02:10.776 Following that introduction, we will present the Urban 31 00:02:10.776 --> 00:02:14.885 Institute's research, key findings and recommendations to 32 00:02:14.885 --> 00:02:15.240 IMLS. 33 00:02:15.960 --> 00:02:20.387 We focus on our main final report, but also highlight other 34 00:02:20.387 --> 00:02:24.520 products and events that our team did for this project. 35 00:02:25.280 --> 00:02:28.705 And as I mentioned, there will be time at the end for questions 36 00:02:28.705 --> 00:02:31.541 and and we will share information on how to reach us 37 00:02:31.541 --> 00:02:33.040 afterward for more feedback. 38 00:02:34.760 --> 00:02:36.440 Now we will turn it to IMLS. 39 00:02:40.240 --> 00:02:44.080 Thank you, Jennifer and hello to all of our participants. 40 00:02:44.440 --> 00:02:49.362 My name is Laura Huerta Migus and I am the Deputy Director for 41 00:02:49.362 --> 00:02:52.800 the Office of Museum Services here at IMLS. 42 00:02:53.600 --> 00:02:58.703 And I hope that many of you on the call are familiar with the 43 00:02:58.703 --> 00:02:59.280 agency. 44 00:02:59.280 --> 00:03:04.217 But in case you are not a brief introduction, IMLS is an 45 00:03:04.217 --> 00:03:09.415 independent executive branch agency, and we are the federal 46 00:03:09.415 --> 00:03:14.960 government's largest funder of libraries, museums and archives. 47 00:03:16.160 --> 00:03:21.073 The agency's mission is to advance, support, and empower 48 00:03:21.073 --> 00:03:26.159 the nation's museums, libraries, and related organizations 49 00:03:26.159 --> 00:03:31.245 through grant making, but also through research and policy 50 00:03:31.245 --> 00:03:32.280 development. 51 00:03:32.720 --> 00:03:38.001 We're very glad to be with you today and our partners at the 52 00:03:38.001 --> 00:03:43.283 Urban Institute to share this important research that really 53 00:03:43.283 --> 00:03:48.738 fulfills all three parts of our agency's mission, outreach and 54 00:03:48.738 --> 00:03:53.759 development and research and evidence gathering that will 55 00:03:53.759 --> 00:03:58.695 help shape the future of the American Latino History and 56 00:03:58.695 --> 00:04:00.600 Culture Grant program. 57 00:04:01.680 --> 00:04:06.419 And I think with that, I'm going to hand it over to my colleague 58 00:04:06.419 --> 00:04:11.085 Gibran Villalobos, who has been our lead engagement manager for 59 00:04:11.085 --> 00:04:11.960 this effort. 60 00:04:12.360 --> 00:04:19.900 Gibran, you need to unmute Gibran. 61 00:04:21.780 --> 00:04:22.580 I thought I had. 62 00:04:23.380 --> 00:04:24.380 Good afternoon, everyone. 63 00:04:24.380 --> 00:04:25.060 Thank you, Laura. 64 00:04:25.760 --> 00:04:29.389 My name is Gibran Villalobos and I was the project manager this 65 00:04:29.389 --> 00:04:30.920 past year for this project. 66 00:04:32.040 --> 00:04:35.946 The study will help us inform and advance the next phase of 67 00:04:35.946 --> 00:04:39.657 our project, which is to help launch the American Latino 68 00:04:39.657 --> 00:04:41.480 History and Culture Program. 69 00:04:41.960 --> 00:04:45.310 The results of the study will help us develop language 70 00:04:45.310 --> 00:04:48.903 guidelines and have a view of what is happening across the 71 00:04:48.903 --> 00:04:52.680 United States in terms of the needs and urgencies of museums. 72 00:04:53.160 --> 00:04:57.084 This will help us identify new goals and strategies and 73 00:04:57.084 --> 00:05:01.640 outreach and also being able to support museums in in the field. 74 00:05:01.920 --> 00:05:04.965 So I want to move on very, very quickly to pass it on to the 75 00:05:04.965 --> 00:05:07.860 team so that we can begin learning about the results from 76 00:05:07.860 --> 00:05:08.360 the study. 77 00:05:13.820 --> 00:05:15.260 Thank you Laura and Gibran. 78 00:05:16.180 --> 00:05:18.820 Next, we want to introduce our research team. 79 00:05:20.320 --> 00:05:25.029 The Urban Institute is a nonprofit, nonpartisan policy 80 00:05:25.029 --> 00:05:30.252 research organization based in Washington, DC with about 500 81 00:05:30.252 --> 00:05:31.280 researchers. 82 00:05:31.480 --> 00:05:35.800 We focus on a range of issues across multiple policy areas. 83 00:05:36.480 --> 00:05:40.334 One example was Urban's evaluation of IMLS's Museum 84 00:05:40.334 --> 00:05:44.560 Grants for African American History and Culture program. 85 00:05:45.360 --> 00:05:48.729 This was a retrospective evaluation since that program 86 00:05:48.729 --> 00:05:52.404 was already ongoing, but it has parallels with the American 87 00:05:52.404 --> 00:05:56.080 Latino History and Culture program we are discussing today. 88 00:05:59.320 --> 00:06:03.935 This research has been led by my colleague Mark Treskon and 89 00:06:03.935 --> 00:06:08.089 myself, Jennifer Yaner nee Castro with a core team of 90 00:06:08.089 --> 00:06:12.781 researchers that included Paola Echavez, Josh Fording, Sofia 91 00:06:12.781 --> 00:06:16.320 Hinojosa, Karolina Ramos and F anny Terrones. 92 00:06:17.600 --> 00:06:21.325 Our research has involved a large team of colleagues at 93 00:06:21.325 --> 00:06:25.516 Urban that includes many members of our Latinx affinity group, 94 00:06:25.516 --> 00:06:28.776 and our team included consultation from 2 museum 95 00:06:28.776 --> 00:06:32.967 professionals, Patricia Laness and Antonio Rodriguez, who have 96 00:06:32.967 --> 00:06:36.360 over 40 combined years in the Latino museum space. 97 00:06:39.160 --> 00:06:43.135 Turning to our research study, IMLS gave us five key 98 00:06:43.135 --> 00:06:43.960 objectives. 99 00:06:44.680 --> 00:06:48.660 First, our research was to inform the design of IMLS's 100 00:06:48.660 --> 00:06:53.076 American Latino History and Culture program so that it would 101 00:06:53.076 --> 00:06:56.840 reflect an understanding of diverse Latino cultural 102 00:06:56.840 --> 00:06:59.880 institutions and intersecting identities. 103 00:07:01.000 --> 00:07:05.780 Second, we aimed to identify the potential universe of cultural 104 00:07:05.780 --> 00:07:10.263 institutions and organizations that could be relevant to or 105 00:07:10.263 --> 00:07:12.280 interested in this program. 106 00:07:13.760 --> 00:07:17.403 Third, we wanted to develop priorities for IMLS's 107 00:07:17.403 --> 00:07:22.067 implementation of this program to ensure it addresses the needs 108 00:07:22.067 --> 00:07:26.440 of American Latino museums and builds upon their strengths. 109 00:07:27.880 --> 00:07:31.931 4th, we hope to clarify how IMLS might work with similar federal 110 00:07:31.931 --> 00:07:35.671 programs to support, expand and sustain the American Latino 111 00:07:35.671 --> 00:07:38.040 History and Culture program's growth. 112 00:07:38.040 --> 00:07:42.785 And lastly, we aim to help IMLS measure the program's success 113 00:07:42.785 --> 00:07:46.000 for the field of American Latino museums. 114 00:07:50.800 --> 00:07:55.731 This work took place over a 15 month period from October 2022 115 00:07:55.731 --> 00:08:00.107 to December 2023, and it included a review of over 250 116 00:08:00.107 --> 00:08:05.277 pieces of literature in English, Portuguese and Spanish, Scan of 117 00:08:05.277 --> 00:08:10.050 30 databases, including online museum directories, national 118 00:08:10.050 --> 00:08:14.664 nonprofit organization data sets, and federal grant award 119 00:08:14.664 --> 00:08:18.960 records, all to map the American Latino museum space. 120 00:08:19.720 --> 00:08:24.615 We also conducted 2 community listening sessions in July of 121 00:08:24.615 --> 00:08:27.960 2023, one in English and one in Spanish. 122 00:08:28.760 --> 00:08:32.309 We conducted an online survey aimed at American Latino museum 123 00:08:32.309 --> 00:08:35.000 professionals who might apply to this program. 124 00:08:36.280 --> 00:08:39.824 And finally, we interviewed 40 American Latino museum 125 00:08:39.824 --> 00:08:44.090 practitioners, collaborators and funders both inside and outside 126 00:08:44.090 --> 00:08:45.600 the federal government. 127 00:08:49.160 --> 00:08:53.436 The next slides show our research findings, which are 128 00:08:53.436 --> 00:08:57.791 organized into four themes, Understanding the American 129 00:08:57.791 --> 00:09:02.542 Latino museum field, funding experiences of American Latino 130 00:09:02.542 --> 00:09:07.531 museums, growing the capacity of the field, and implementation 131 00:09:07.531 --> 00:09:11.886 priorities for the American Latino history and Culture 132 00:09:11.886 --> 00:09:12.519 program. 133 00:09:23.840 --> 00:09:25.440 And I'll turn it to my colleague, Mark. 134 00:09:25.440 --> 00:09:26.720 You might be muted right now. 135 00:09:26.800 --> 00:09:27.320 Mark, thank you. 136 00:09:28.280 --> 00:09:29.040 Thank you, Jennifer. 137 00:09:29.040 --> 00:09:31.800 I'm Mark Treskon as Jennifer mentioned earlier. 138 00:09:31.800 --> 00:09:32.920 Thank you for joining us today. 139 00:09:33.640 --> 00:09:36.907 So our first section focuses on the American Latino Museum 140 00:09:36.907 --> 00:09:37.240 field. 141 00:09:37.800 --> 00:09:41.934 Basically the who, where, and what of museums and institutions 142 00:09:41.934 --> 00:09:44.560 potentially interested in this program. 143 00:09:48.640 --> 00:09:51.280 There are 4 main questions that we tried to answer here. 144 00:09:52.360 --> 00:09:54.957 What are the diverse characteristics of the American 145 00:09:54.957 --> 00:09:55.840 Latino experience? 146 00:09:56.840 --> 00:10:00.107 How should these characteristics inform understanding of an 147 00:10:00.107 --> 00:10:01.360 American Latino museum? 148 00:10:02.520 --> 00:10:06.728 What criteria best define an American Latino museum for the 149 00:10:06.728 --> 00:10:07.640 ALHC program? 150 00:10:07.640 --> 00:10:11.425 And then finally, what is the universe of ALHC program 151 00:10:11.425 --> 00:10:12.320 stakeholders? 152 00:10:14.680 --> 00:10:17.259 To start off with a quote, we wanted to pull this to 153 00:10:17.259 --> 00:10:20.180 illustrate how nuanced this discussion needs to be in order 154 00:10:20.180 --> 00:10:22.759 to reflect the diversity of American Latino museums. 155 00:10:24.080 --> 00:10:27.280 As an interviewee said, we're such a diverse community. 156 00:10:27.520 --> 00:10:30.397 All have different experiences based on what part of the 157 00:10:30.397 --> 00:10:33.678 country we are in, based on the countries our families are from, 158 00:10:33.678 --> 00:10:36.000 and we all have different cultural heritages. 159 00:10:39.200 --> 00:10:42.635 So overall, in our examination we found a number of threads 160 00:10:42.635 --> 00:10:45.040 putting together American Latino museums. 161 00:10:45.720 --> 00:10:50.394 Compared to museums in general, American Latino museums tend to 162 00:10:50.394 --> 00:10:54.557 be smaller and newer, starting from grassroots community 163 00:10:54.557 --> 00:10:58.574 efforts, have less formal staffing, more likely to use 164 00:10:58.574 --> 00:11:03.248 part time staff or volunteers, and may exist in non traditional 165 00:11:03.248 --> 00:11:03.760 spaces. 166 00:11:04.240 --> 00:11:07.308 This is both programmatic spaces but also physical spaces as 167 00:11:07.308 --> 00:11:07.560 well. 168 00:11:10.920 --> 00:11:13.773 In our searching and discussions, we identified 270 169 00:11:13.773 --> 00:11:17.286 museums, which are the ones that are basically core to a lot of 170 00:11:17.286 --> 00:11:18.000 our analysis. 171 00:11:18.560 --> 00:11:20.320 We divided them into three groups. 172 00:11:21.400 --> 00:11:24.996 The first group are museums where the core and central 173 00:11:24.996 --> 00:11:28.920 missions are around and focused on American, Latino themes. 174 00:11:29.560 --> 00:11:32.120 We found 86 of these museums institutions. 175 00:11:33.480 --> 00:11:36.158 The second group, are other institutions where American 176 00:11:36.158 --> 00:11:38.789 Latino themes are part of the mission, but the mission 177 00:11:38.789 --> 00:11:40.320 includes other elements as well. 178 00:11:40.360 --> 00:11:42.040 We identified 20 of these. 179 00:11:43.280 --> 00:11:46.202 Together, these 106 museums are the core group of American 180 00:11:46.202 --> 00:11:48.680 Latino museums that we identified and focused on. 181 00:11:48.680 --> 00:11:52.318 In a fair amount of our analysis, however, we also 182 00:11:52.318 --> 00:11:56.599 identified 164 other museums that have hosted exhibits with 183 00:11:56.599 --> 00:11:58.240 American Latino themes. 184 00:11:58.640 --> 00:12:02.262 This is focused in particular on those that have received federal 185 00:12:02.262 --> 00:12:05.611 grants and therefore showed up in our scan of federal grants 186 00:12:05.611 --> 00:12:06.160 databases. 187 00:12:07.040 --> 00:12:10.189 This group is not exhaustive of all museums that have hosted 188 00:12:10.189 --> 00:12:13.442 American Latino themed exhibits, but also helps us compare our 189 00:12:13.442 --> 00:12:16.644 core group to museums that are already plugged into an active 190 00:12:16.644 --> 00:12:18.400 and federal grant making efforts. 191 00:12:21.720 --> 00:12:24.760 This map shows where the museums and our database are located. 192 00:12:25.880 --> 00:12:29.889 As you can see, they're clustered in California, the 193 00:12:29.889 --> 00:12:34.428 Southwest and Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico and the Northeast 194 00:12:34.428 --> 00:12:36.319 with locations elsewhere. 195 00:12:40.040 --> 00:12:43.453 And going from the location to the types we want to say, and we 196 00:12:43.453 --> 00:12:46.866 dig into this in our report, is museums in our analysis reflect 197 00:12:46.866 --> 00:12:48.039 a wide range of types. 198 00:12:48.520 --> 00:12:51.720 A bit more than 1/3 in our database are art museums. 199 00:12:52.320 --> 00:12:54.720 After that about 50 each, 200 00:12:54.720 --> 00:12:57.982 this is out of the 270, are cultural centers or libraries, 201 00:12:57.982 --> 00:13:00.360 archives, and university research centers. 202 00:13:01.320 --> 00:13:05.197 Our sample also includes a number of history museums and 203 00:13:05.197 --> 00:13:09.142 historic sites and museums that serve more specialized or 204 00:13:09.142 --> 00:13:13.224 multiple purposes. To understand the American Latino museum 205 00:13:13.224 --> 00:13:17.510 ecosystem in the role of higher educational institutions, both 206 00:13:17.510 --> 00:13:21.727 as potential partners and as providers of training for museum 207 00:13:21.727 --> 00:13:22.680 professionals. 208 00:13:23.160 --> 00:13:26.320 We also reviewed Hispanic Serving Institutions or HSIs. 209 00:13:27.200 --> 00:13:30.863 We'll discuss this a little bit more later too, but the basic 210 00:13:30.863 --> 00:13:34.231 definition of an HSI is a college or university where at 211 00:13:34.231 --> 00:13:37.600 least 25% of the undergraduate student body is Hispanic. 212 00:13:38.200 --> 00:13:42.021 Emerging HSIs are those with between 15 and 25% undergraduate 213 00:13:42.021 --> 00:13:44.240 Hispanic population student bodies. 214 00:13:45.640 --> 00:13:48.873 Now, enrollment alone does not necessarily mean relevant museum 215 00:13:48.873 --> 00:13:51.652 related programming or programming focused on American 216 00:13:51.652 --> 00:13:52.360 Latino themes. 217 00:13:53.000 --> 00:13:56.731 For our study, we did identify 50 universities or colleges that 218 00:13:56.731 --> 00:13:58.480 had an American Latino museum. 219 00:14:02.160 --> 00:14:05.751 HSIs tend to be located in the same locations as American 220 00:14:05.751 --> 00:14:06.680 Latino museums. 221 00:14:07.200 --> 00:14:11.930 Again California, the Southwest and Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico, 222 00:14:11.930 --> 00:14:13.240 and the Northeast. 223 00:14:16.680 --> 00:14:19.252 Finally, we wanted to have a sense of museums located in 224 00:14:19.252 --> 00:14:21.600 neighbourhoods with significant Latino populations. 225 00:14:22.520 --> 00:14:26.843 So this map shows the location of all museums identified in a 226 00:14:26.843 --> 00:14:31.028 database of nonprofits across the United States, located in 227 00:14:31.028 --> 00:14:35.491 census tracts with one quarter, 25% or 50% Latino population or 228 00:14:35.491 --> 00:14:35.840 more. 229 00:14:37.400 --> 00:14:40.736 Again, while these institutions tend to cluster in a few States 230 00:14:40.736 --> 00:14:43.968 and cities across the United States, we do want to stress how 231 00:14:43.968 --> 00:14:46.680 many we actually have found and how many there are. 232 00:14:47.560 --> 00:14:51.253 If you're looking at neighbourhoods with 25% or more 233 00:14:51.253 --> 00:14:55.783 Latino population, there's over 1400 of these, and there are 532 234 00:14:55.783 --> 00:14:59.128 of these museums in neighbourhoods with half or 235 00:14:59.128 --> 00:15:01.079 higher population of Latino. 236 00:15:02.560 --> 00:15:05.221 So we do this to highlight a somewhat different approach for 237 00:15:05.221 --> 00:15:07.840 identifying museums that could speak to the American Latino 238 00:15:07.840 --> 00:15:08.320 experience. 239 00:15:08.800 --> 00:15:11.516 This is through community acknowledgement and engagement 240 00:15:11.516 --> 00:15:14.280 or even partnerships with nearby American Latino museums. 241 00:15:17.320 --> 00:15:19.970 So from this section of the work, we have 4 main conclusions 242 00:15:19.970 --> 00:15:20.840 and recommendations. 243 00:15:21.840 --> 00:15:25.332 First, the American Latino museum field is diverse and 244 00:15:25.332 --> 00:15:25.840 growing. 245 00:15:27.200 --> 00:15:30.775 Second, this diversity means IMLS should pay attention to the 246 00:15:30.775 --> 00:15:34.465 needs of institutions that may not be a traditional museum, but 247 00:15:34.465 --> 00:15:36.080 nonetheless may be eligible. 248 00:15:37.320 --> 00:15:41.361 Third, community engagement and collaboration is key to the 249 00:15:41.361 --> 00:15:45.671 identity of many American Latino museums and an opportunity for 250 00:15:45.671 --> 00:15:46.480 many others. 251 00:15:46.680 --> 00:15:49.569 Grant review should consider supporting institutions doing 252 00:15:49.569 --> 00:15:51.920 this sort of collaborative and engagement work. 253 00:15:53.000 --> 00:15:56.404 And then finally, the quick reviews of HSIs in IMLS's own 254 00:15:56.404 --> 00:15:59.162 fellowship programming illustrate the value of 255 00:15:59.162 --> 00:16:02.273 identifying and cultivating professional development 256 00:16:02.273 --> 00:16:05.560 opportunities for American Latino museum professionals. 257 00:16:11.180 --> 00:16:14.493 Next, we focused on understanding the funding 258 00:16:14.493 --> 00:16:18.671 experiences of American Latino museums, especially in the 259 00:16:18.671 --> 00:16:19.680 federal space. 260 00:16:21.200 --> 00:16:23.560 We had four main questions. 261 00:16:24.560 --> 00:16:28.533 What is the landscape of existing funding opportunities 262 00:16:28.533 --> 00:16:30.520 for American Latino museums? 263 00:16:31.480 --> 00:16:35.979 What share of American Latino museums applied previously for 264 00:16:35.979 --> 00:16:37.160 federal funding? 265 00:16:38.160 --> 00:16:42.720 What cultural considerations affect access to federal funding 266 00:16:42.720 --> 00:16:46.545 and what features of funding opportunities increase 267 00:16:46.545 --> 00:16:50.591 accessibility for potential applicants to the American 268 00:16:50.591 --> 00:16:53.240 Latino History and Culture Program? 269 00:16:55.520 --> 00:17:01.225 First, we show a graph that measures the median assets and 270 00:17:01.225 --> 00:17:03.160 revenues of museums. 271 00:17:03.200 --> 00:17:07.900 In our analysis, you can see that the museums whose central 272 00:17:07.900 --> 00:17:12.836 or partial mission was focused on American Latino art, history 273 00:17:12.836 --> 00:17:17.693 or culture were significantly smaller than other museums that 274 00:17:17.693 --> 00:17:22.081 have only hosted an American Latino exhibit, but do not 275 00:17:22.081 --> 00:17:25.920 describe themselves as American Latino oriented. 276 00:17:28.960 --> 00:17:33.804 Next, we looked at the museums who responded to our survey and 277 00:17:33.804 --> 00:17:36.880 asked for their top sources of funding. 278 00:17:37.800 --> 00:17:41.680 The top three listed were philanthropic foundations, 279 00:17:41.680 --> 00:17:46.000 individual donors, and local or state government agencies. 280 00:17:46.960 --> 00:17:50.800 Only a third of these museums listed the federal government as 281 00:17:50.800 --> 00:17:52.080 a top funding source. 282 00:17:56.240 --> 00:18:00.145 We also asked survey participants what limited them 283 00:18:00.145 --> 00:18:04.877 from applying to federal grants and the top three reasons were 284 00:18:04.877 --> 00:18:09.083 not having enough time or staff, not being aware of the 285 00:18:09.083 --> 00:18:13.740 opportunity, and feeling that the application process was too 286 00:18:13.740 --> 00:18:17.120 complicated. One person we interviewed said, 287 00:18:17.560 --> 00:18:23.751 "I think a lot of Latino museums tend to be understaffed, and the 288 00:18:23.751 --> 00:18:29.474 thought of taking on a federal grant if their staff does not 289 00:18:29.474 --> 00:18:34.915 have the bandwidth can be overwhelming." When considering 290 00:18:34.915 --> 00:18:38.479 whether to apply for a federal grant, 291 00:18:39.240 --> 00:18:43.676 The museum participants we surveyed listed the grant 292 00:18:43.676 --> 00:18:49.033 management requirements and the ease of the application process 293 00:18:49.033 --> 00:18:53.803 as two of their top three considerations, we also wanted 294 00:18:53.803 --> 00:18:58.993 to understand how Latino museums might use the funds from the 295 00:18:58.993 --> 00:19:02.760 American Latino History and Culture Program. 296 00:19:03.480 --> 00:19:08.970 So we asked survey participants to prioritize what they used 297 00:19:08.970 --> 00:19:13.200 grant funding for on a scale from one to five. 298 00:19:14.560 --> 00:19:18.995 Participants consistently indicated grant funding is 299 00:19:18.995 --> 00:19:24.015 prioritized to exhibits and programs, but they also used it 300 00:19:24.015 --> 00:19:29.120 for organizational planning, staffing, community engagement, 301 00:19:29.120 --> 00:19:33.890 and partnerships, as well as improving their capacity to 302 00:19:33.890 --> 00:19:35.480 manage collections. 303 00:19:39.400 --> 00:19:44.214 From this assessment of Latino museums, funding experiences, 304 00:19:44.214 --> 00:19:49.185 and other research described in our final report, we extracted 305 00:19:49.185 --> 00:19:51.080 several recommendations. 306 00:19:52.280 --> 00:19:56.615 First, the American Latino History and Culture Programs 307 00:19:56.615 --> 00:20:00.485 application process should support the ability of 308 00:20:00.485 --> 00:20:05.439 applicants to easily search for and find program opportunities. 309 00:20:05.840 --> 00:20:08.240 And see what has been funded previously. 310 00:20:09.600 --> 00:20:13.475 Also, the review process for the program should be informed by 311 00:20:13.475 --> 00:20:16.120 culturally relevant equity considerations. 312 00:20:17.840 --> 00:20:21.777 IMLS should consider using the program to offer strategic 313 00:20:21.777 --> 00:20:25.850 planning or seed funding grants, given that American Latino 314 00:20:25.850 --> 00:20:29.720 museums tend to be smaller and newer than other museums. 315 00:20:30.880 --> 00:20:35.262 And IMLS should offer culturally responsive technical assistance 316 00:20:35.262 --> 00:20:38.969 and engage in outreach that encourages American Latino 317 00:20:38.969 --> 00:20:42.880 museums to see this program as a key funding opportunity. 318 00:20:44.400 --> 00:20:47.884 It's also important that the application requirements be 319 00:20:47.884 --> 00:20:49.840 streamlined as much as possible. 320 00:20:55.880 --> 00:20:59.618 So we next turn to the question of capacity, specifically the 321 00:20:59.618 --> 00:21:02.935 ways that IMLS can assist museums to build and sustain 322 00:21:02.935 --> 00:21:03.840 their missions. 323 00:21:07.800 --> 00:21:10.902 This part of our research focuses on three question 324 00:21:10.902 --> 00:21:11.320 themes. 325 00:21:12.280 --> 00:21:16.678 The alignment between the goals of IMLS for the ALHC program and 326 00:21:16.678 --> 00:21:20.806 the goals of American Latino museums, the assets, resources, 327 00:21:20.806 --> 00:21:25.205 and needs that can be supportive of applicants and participants, 328 00:21:25.205 --> 00:21:29.130 and also the question about performance metrics to assess 329 00:21:29.130 --> 00:21:32.920 progress in ways to make them valuable both to IMLS and 330 00:21:32.920 --> 00:21:33.799 participants. 331 00:21:37.320 --> 00:21:41.738 So as grounding in this section, we have a basic theory of change 332 00:21:41.738 --> 00:21:43.680 diagram for the ALHC program. 333 00:21:44.480 --> 00:21:47.296 It's high level and I won't be going through all of the bullets 334 00:21:47.296 --> 00:21:50.112 and parts of it right now, but we want to highlight the ways in 335 00:21:50.112 --> 00:21:52.400 which there are three interconnected program goals. 336 00:21:53.760 --> 00:21:58.240 The first is to support the existing field, The 2nd is to 337 00:21:58.240 --> 00:22:02.951 grow and strengthen that field and identify new participants 338 00:22:02.951 --> 00:22:04.960 and, yeah, and colleagues. 339 00:22:05.160 --> 00:22:07.446 And the third is to support professionals and 340 00:22:07.446 --> 00:22:08.440 professionalization. 341 00:22:10.080 --> 00:22:12.757 So I'll pause a bit briefly here to show the same slide in 342 00:22:12.757 --> 00:22:13.120 Spanish. 343 00:22:16.080 --> 00:22:19.133 This is basically seen as a diagram, as a way to kind of 344 00:22:19.133 --> 00:22:22.455 understanding some of the main goals of IMLS and figuring out 345 00:22:22.455 --> 00:22:25.830 how to link them with content to the goals of the museums that 346 00:22:25.830 --> 00:22:27.920 will be participating in this program. 347 00:22:33.440 --> 00:22:36.502 So in terms of capacity building recommendations, what our 348 00:22:36.502 --> 00:22:39.875 research stressed was the value of aligning museum grantee goals 349 00:22:39.875 --> 00:22:41.640 and needs with the goals of IMLS. 350 00:22:42.960 --> 00:22:46.364 There's natural alignment here, of course, but based on 351 00:22:46.364 --> 00:22:50.133 interviews and the survey, we identified 5 themes for IMLS to 352 00:22:50.133 --> 00:22:53.720 consider to best support the American Latino Museum field. 353 00:22:55.680 --> 00:22:58.687 1st is the importance of connections, partnerships, 354 00:22:58.687 --> 00:23:00.480 collaborations, and networking. 355 00:23:00.520 --> 00:23:04.392 This is something we heard across our our our conversations 356 00:23:04.392 --> 00:23:05.360 and the survey. 357 00:23:05.360 --> 00:23:07.720 And going back to the listening sessions as well, This came up 358 00:23:07.720 --> 00:23:08.320 again and again. 359 00:23:09.320 --> 00:23:13.567 I'll also say the value next is the value of linking intended 360 00:23:13.567 --> 00:23:15.760 program impact to grantee goals. 361 00:23:16.280 --> 00:23:18.947 Again, this is an area of alignment, but IMLS should 362 00:23:18.947 --> 00:23:22.067 reflect on potential ways in which a museum grantee may think 363 00:23:22.067 --> 00:23:24.784 about goals differently or define them differently or 364 00:23:24.784 --> 00:23:27.200 consider different ways of meeting those goals. 365 00:23:27.200 --> 00:23:29.480 That might be where IMLS is starting from. 366 00:23:29.840 --> 00:23:32.260 This is where you know, conversation and engagement 367 00:23:32.260 --> 00:23:34.680 discussion ongoing will actually be really helpful. 368 00:23:36.160 --> 00:23:40.018 Again reflecting on the sizable share of American Latino museums 369 00:23:40.018 --> 00:23:43.639 that may be small, new or non traditional, we heard a lot on 370 00:23:43.639 --> 00:23:47.142 the value of seed funding, planning, grants, cost matching 371 00:23:47.142 --> 00:23:50.169 flexibility and multi year timelines for providing 372 00:23:50.169 --> 00:23:52.959 sustained support and capacity building value. 373 00:23:54.840 --> 00:23:57.729 Related to this technical assistance, a range of 374 00:23:57.729 --> 00:24:01.385 partnership models and mentoring were also expressed as being 375 00:24:01.385 --> 00:24:01.680 done. 376 00:24:03.520 --> 00:24:07.257 Finally, contacts stress the value of flexible and user 377 00:24:07.257 --> 00:24:11.529 friendly reporting requirements, keeping in mind that there are 378 00:24:11.529 --> 00:24:14.800 structures within which IMLS needs to adhere to. 379 00:24:14.800 --> 00:24:18.277 But there might be some options to make it less foreboding and 380 00:24:18.277 --> 00:24:21.148 more easy for, you know, grantees and applicants to 381 00:24:21.148 --> 00:24:23.080 basically do what they need to do. 382 00:24:29.550 --> 00:24:33.214 The last section of our final report summarizes the 383 00:24:33.214 --> 00:24:37.582 implementation priorities for the American Latino History and 384 00:24:37.582 --> 00:24:38.710 Culture Program. 385 00:24:41.310 --> 00:24:46.021 Specifically, IMLS wanted to know what ALHC program 386 00:24:46.021 --> 00:24:51.095 implementation priorities would be most effective, what 387 00:24:51.095 --> 00:24:56.170 considerations from other cultural museums could inform 388 00:24:56.170 --> 00:25:01.334 the ALHC program, and how IMLS could capitalize on other 389 00:25:01.334 --> 00:25:06.590 federal models to develop the American Latino History and 390 00:25:06.590 --> 00:25:08.040 Culture program. 391 00:25:12.040 --> 00:25:16.306 This quote from an American Latino Museum collaborator 392 00:25:16.306 --> 00:25:20.418 summarizes what many participants we interviewed saw 393 00:25:20.418 --> 00:25:22.280 as much needed outreach. 394 00:25:23.760 --> 00:25:28.271 IMLS has to be proactive about reaching out to the Latino 395 00:25:28.271 --> 00:25:32.783 community to expand the pool and educate other non museum 396 00:25:32.783 --> 00:25:37.450 organizations on how they can partner with an IMLS eligible 397 00:25:37.450 --> 00:25:39.240 applicant on a project. 398 00:25:40.240 --> 00:25:44.372 IMLS has to be inspiring and creative in their outreach 399 00:25:44.372 --> 00:25:48.948 efforts, especially to launch and make this new grant program 400 00:25:48.948 --> 00:25:49.760 successful. 401 00:25:53.560 --> 00:25:58.476 So looking across all the research we just presented and 402 00:25:58.476 --> 00:26:03.651 more that is described in our final report, we see four key 403 00:26:03.651 --> 00:26:04.600 priorities. 404 00:26:06.160 --> 00:26:09.758 IMLS should build upon the technical assistance it already 405 00:26:09.758 --> 00:26:12.320 offers for many of its existing programs. 406 00:26:13.200 --> 00:26:17.000 I would tailor this TA to the interests and needs of American 407 00:26:17.000 --> 00:26:17.920 Latino museums. 408 00:26:19.960 --> 00:26:23.520 IMLS should consider best practices of other funders. 409 00:26:24.320 --> 00:26:28.522 In our interviews, we found some practices that both funders and 410 00:26:28.522 --> 00:26:29.880 grantees appreciated, 411 00:26:30.080 --> 00:26:34.837 that IMLS could incorporate. The outreach efforts for the 412 00:26:34.837 --> 00:26:39.349 American Latino History and Culture program need to be 413 00:26:39.349 --> 00:26:43.942 sustained, creative and flexible and stay up to date on 414 00:26:43.942 --> 00:26:47.880 happenings in the American Latino museum space. 415 00:26:49.280 --> 00:26:53.972 And lastly, much of our research supported the importance of 416 00:26:53.972 --> 00:26:58.433 collaboration and networking for American Latino museums, 417 00:26:58.433 --> 00:27:01.818 funders, educational institutions and other 418 00:27:01.818 --> 00:27:03.280 interested parties. 419 00:27:06.840 --> 00:27:08.600 So thank you. 420 00:27:10.360 --> 00:27:14.282 Everything that we just presented can be found in our 421 00:27:14.282 --> 00:27:18.205 final report and it's publicly available on the Urban 422 00:27:18.205 --> 00:27:22.564 Institute's website in both English and Spanish, along with 423 00:27:22.564 --> 00:27:26.560 more details in that report than we could cover today. 424 00:27:27.840 --> 00:27:32.253 Our team also produced eight additional products in English 425 00:27:32.253 --> 00:27:36.520 and Spanish that my colleagues will briefly discuss next. 426 00:27:38.400 --> 00:27:39.480 Turn it to Paola. 427 00:27:41.600 --> 00:27:42.640 Hello everyone. 428 00:27:42.640 --> 00:27:46.983 My name is Paola Echavez and I co wrote a research brief with 429 00:27:46.983 --> 00:27:50.977 Josh Bordin looking at the US communities where Hispanic 430 00:27:50.977 --> 00:27:53.920 serving institutions or HSIs are located. 431 00:27:54.920 --> 00:27:58.475 We found that communities with HSIs had a larger Latino 432 00:27:58.475 --> 00:28:02.220 population and were more likely to have an American Latino 433 00:28:02.220 --> 00:28:04.760 Museum compared to communities without. 434 00:28:04.760 --> 00:28:09.698 HSIs making these institutions well positioned to collaborate 435 00:28:09.698 --> 00:28:14.000 with Latino museums and to engage Latino communities. 436 00:28:14.880 --> 00:28:19.016 We also found that Spanish is spoken by the majority of the 437 00:28:19.016 --> 00:28:23.152 Latino population and that 1/4 of Latinos are immigrants in 438 00:28:23.152 --> 00:28:24.600 communities with HSI. 439 00:28:26.920 --> 00:28:33.360 Next slide, we're in the US and American and Latino museums. 440 00:28:34.040 --> 00:28:36.040 This was discussed earlier by Mark. 441 00:28:36.320 --> 00:28:40.409 He produced a brief exam examining museums in Latino 442 00:28:40.409 --> 00:28:45.039 neighborhoods, which has given greater detail than what was 443 00:28:45.039 --> 00:28:46.120 shown earlier. 444 00:28:49.280 --> 00:28:53.960 I will now pass it to my colleague Fanny Terrones. 445 00:28:54.320 --> 00:28:58.937 My name is Fanny Terrones and I co-wrote a brief with Sofia 446 00:28:58.937 --> 00:29:03.247 Hinojosa describing how Urban engaged with community of 447 00:29:03.247 --> 00:29:06.480 American Latino museums for this project. 448 00:29:07.560 --> 00:29:11.340 In this brief, we emphasized the importance of using data methods 449 00:29:11.340 --> 00:29:14.432 that respectfully engage marginalized communities and 450 00:29:14.432 --> 00:29:17.640 talk about the ways in which Urban was able to do that. 451 00:29:19.320 --> 00:29:23.209 We outlined these methods by first identifying the right 452 00:29:23.209 --> 00:29:26.894 audience, accommodating community needs, and relaying 453 00:29:26.894 --> 00:29:28.600 information with dignity. 454 00:29:29.480 --> 00:29:32.610 We also provided some suggestions for improving 455 00:29:32.610 --> 00:29:36.653 community engaged methods with similar populations and future 456 00:29:36.653 --> 00:29:37.240 projects. 457 00:29:38.360 --> 00:29:39.360 Next slide please. 458 00:29:42.880 --> 00:29:44.880 What is an American Latino Museum? 459 00:29:45.160 --> 00:29:49.880 This was written by my colleague Mark, who wrote this blog 460 00:29:49.880 --> 00:29:54.840 reflecting on what an American Latino museum is based on ALHC 461 00:29:54.840 --> 00:29:58.440 program legislation and our team's research. 462 00:30:00.040 --> 00:30:01.440 Pass it over to Patricia. 463 00:30:02.960 --> 00:30:03.640 Thank you. 464 00:30:04.440 --> 00:30:06.680 Thank you for my name is Patricia Lanis. 465 00:30:06.960 --> 00:30:10.486 I am a museum consultant and Co founder of Cultures and 466 00:30:10.486 --> 00:30:13.320 Literacies Through Art for the 21st Century. 467 00:30:13.840 --> 00:30:17.790 I Co wrote a blog for the Urban Institute with Jennifer and 468 00:30:17.790 --> 00:30:21.280 Sophia on the importance of American Latino museums. 469 00:30:21.600 --> 00:30:25.890 As you know, American Latino museums hold great value in 470 00:30:25.890 --> 00:30:30.257 preserving the diversity of Latino cultures across the US 471 00:30:30.257 --> 00:30:33.720 need advancing equity for Latino communities. 472 00:30:33.920 --> 00:30:38.359 They also foster the development of Latino professionals and 473 00:30:38.359 --> 00:30:42.289 serve as a place for interdisciplinary dialogue about 474 00:30:42.289 --> 00:30:43.600 Latino priorities. 475 00:30:44.560 --> 00:30:45.520 Next, please. 476 00:30:49.320 --> 00:30:49.800 Thank you. 477 00:30:50.440 --> 00:30:55.255 I was also pleased to be part of an urban-hosted panel with Laura 478 00:30:55.255 --> 00:30:59.633 Huerta Migus and Selena Arias Milner discussing the ways in 479 00:30:59.633 --> 00:31:04.084 which American Latino museums advanced cultural equity in US 480 00:31:04.084 --> 00:31:04.960 communities. 481 00:31:05.280 --> 00:31:10.128 This webinar was recorded and is available for view viewing on 482 00:31:10.128 --> 00:31:11.360 Urban's website. 483 00:31:11.720 --> 00:31:13.800 Now I pass it to Antonio Rodriguez. 484 00:31:15.160 --> 00:31:16.240 Thank you Patricia. 485 00:31:16.440 --> 00:31:18.480 My name is Antonio Rodriguez. 486 00:31:19.080 --> 00:31:23.408 I am a museum consultant and chair of the Advisory Council at 487 00:31:23.408 --> 00:31:26.480 the International Council of Museums, ICOM. 488 00:31:27.240 --> 00:31:32.548 As part of this project, I co wrote a brief with Jennifer and 489 00:31:32.548 --> 00:31:36.915 Mark looking at funding opportunities for American 490 00:31:36.915 --> 00:31:38.200 Latino museums. 491 00:31:38.840 --> 00:31:42.963 Historically, the funding landscape for culturally 492 00:31:42.963 --> 00:31:46.440 specific museum has been very challenging. 493 00:31:47.840 --> 00:31:53.366 Through the research for this project, we identified potential 494 00:31:53.366 --> 00:31:55.560 founders, including Imls. 495 00:31:57.120 --> 00:32:02.378 We also compiled some tips or suggestions for Latino museums 496 00:32:02.378 --> 00:32:07.378 who are seeking funding, but also for funders who wish to 497 00:32:07.378 --> 00:32:12.120 improve Latino museum access to funding opportunities. 498 00:32:13.080 --> 00:32:18.475 Much of these tips, especially for funders, focus on proactive 499 00:32:18.475 --> 00:32:24.041 outreach to diverse communities and being able to offer a robust 500 00:32:24.041 --> 00:32:25.840 technical assistance. 501 00:32:26.480 --> 00:32:28.120 Next slide, please. 502 00:32:31.640 --> 00:32:37.165 Another product that emerged from this work is a brief by 503 00:32:37.165 --> 00:32:42.975 Karolina Ramos that focuses on the commitment to equity that 504 00:32:42.975 --> 00:32:48.120 federal founders of American Latino Museum have made. 505 00:32:49.560 --> 00:32:55.791 It described equity action plans put in place in 2022 by IMLS, 506 00:32:55.791 --> 00:33:02.023 the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment 507 00:33:02.023 --> 00:33:07.859 for the Humanities, as well as the progress they have been 508 00:33:07.859 --> 00:33:09.639 making since then. 509 00:33:10.880 --> 00:33:11.920 Thank you, Mark. 510 00:33:12.160 --> 00:33:12.600 Back to you. 511 00:33:17.400 --> 00:33:17.840 Thank you. 512 00:33:22.720 --> 00:33:24.000 I was just trying to advance the slide here. 513 00:33:25.280 --> 00:33:27.200 So we've covered a lot of ground today. 514 00:33:27.760 --> 00:33:32.428 We have a lot of materials and those materials have a lot more 515 00:33:32.428 --> 00:33:36.726 in the way of context and content and examples throughout 516 00:33:36.726 --> 00:33:39.319 all of these, all of these things. 517 00:33:39.520 --> 00:33:42.359 But we want to leave you with a few summary points, again based 518 00:33:42.359 --> 00:33:44.400 around the four themes that we covered today. 519 00:33:47.480 --> 00:33:51.794 1st is the diversity and growth of the American Latino museum 520 00:33:51.794 --> 00:33:55.830 sector and field and the implications for IMLS as it sets 521 00:33:55.830 --> 00:33:57.640 up the ALHC grant program. 522 00:33:58.680 --> 00:34:02.645 IMLS has experience working with other you know somewhat similar 523 00:34:02.645 --> 00:34:03.560 grant programs. 524 00:34:03.560 --> 00:34:06.048 We mentioned the African American grant museum grant 525 00:34:06.048 --> 00:34:06.800 program earlier. 526 00:34:07.120 --> 00:34:09.702 There are similarities and differences here, and this is 527 00:34:09.702 --> 00:34:12.284 something that IMLS, you know, we we have, we've been in 528 00:34:12.284 --> 00:34:15.138 contact and discussions with and our interviews talked about a 529 00:34:15.138 --> 00:34:15.319 lot. 530 00:34:16.280 --> 00:34:19.564 Second, and related to the first, is the ways in which 531 00:34:19.564 --> 00:34:23.266 smaller and newer museums may have distinct goals and benefit 532 00:34:23.266 --> 00:34:24.640 from tailored supports. 533 00:34:28.320 --> 00:34:32.030 Third, we heard a lot about connections, both about the 534 00:34:32.030 --> 00:34:35.608 value of formal partnerships, but also of networking, 535 00:34:35.608 --> 00:34:39.518 knowledge sharing and impact measurement that benefit IMLS 536 00:34:39.518 --> 00:34:41.440 and the museum's it supports. 537 00:34:43.480 --> 00:34:46.840 And 4th, we stress the importance for communication. 538 00:34:47.640 --> 00:34:51.426 This includes grantee supports and technical assistance, but 539 00:34:51.426 --> 00:34:55.400 also outreach and communications more broadly and consistently. 540 00:34:56.760 --> 00:35:01.227 IMLS should continue creative outreach and support to identify 541 00:35:01.227 --> 00:35:05.341 new museums and potential partnerships that could benefit 542 00:35:05.341 --> 00:35:08.320 from the ALHC program in the years ahead. 543 00:35:11.920 --> 00:35:15.311 Finally, and again, thank you for your time and consideration 544 00:35:15.311 --> 00:35:15.640 today. 545 00:35:16.400 --> 00:35:19.915 You can reach out to us via the emails or the project landing 546 00:35:19.915 --> 00:35:22.240 page URL found at the left of the slide. 547 00:35:23.120 --> 00:35:26.683 And also again, thank you to IMLS and to the museums, 548 00:35:26.683 --> 00:35:30.444 institutions, collaborators and funders who made time to 549 00:35:30.444 --> 00:35:32.160 participate in this study. 550 00:35:32.920 --> 00:35:35.823 The views expressed in this study and its reports are those 551 00:35:35.823 --> 00:35:38.582 of the authors and should not be attributed to the Urban 552 00:35:38.582 --> 00:35:40.760 Institute, its trustees or its funder, IMLS. 553 00:35:41.640 --> 00:35:42.880 Thank you again for your time. 554 00:35:56.480 --> 00:35:57.400 Thank you so much. 555 00:35:57.400 --> 00:35:57.880 Mark. 556 00:35:59.360 --> 00:36:04.220 I would just encourage anyone who has any questions to please 557 00:36:04.220 --> 00:36:07.200 use the Q&A button at the bottom. 558 00:36:08.600 --> 00:36:10.360 It does appear we have a few questions. 559 00:36:10.360 --> 00:36:13.760 I'm not sure they're who would be best to answer. 560 00:36:15.040 --> 00:36:16.920 So let me just take a look. 561 00:36:16.920 --> 00:36:20.195 But please, we have plenty of time for you to to submit any 562 00:36:20.195 --> 00:36:21.560 questions you might have. 563 00:36:26.200 --> 00:36:31.561 Someone is specifically requesting if we could show 564 00:36:31.561 --> 00:36:37.438 slide 31 again and I believe that might be the theory of 565 00:36:37.438 --> 00:36:38.160 change. 566 00:36:40.360 --> 00:36:42.160 Oh yes, OK. 567 00:36:42.640 --> 00:36:44.120 So I might I'll be able to pull that up. 568 00:36:51.340 --> 00:36:55.910 As I try pulling that up, I know there's another question as I 569 00:36:55.910 --> 00:36:59.827 scroll a little bit about the research disaggregating 570 00:36:59.827 --> 00:37:04.325 institutions that use Latino, Latina, Latinx, Museum of Latin 571 00:37:04.325 --> 00:37:07.880 American Art versus nationally specific museums. 572 00:37:09.080 --> 00:37:12.078 We discussed that and we did a lot of work in our searches on 573 00:37:12.078 --> 00:37:12.320 that. 574 00:37:12.600 --> 00:37:15.783 One thing I didn't explicitly mention is our final report has 575 00:37:15.783 --> 00:37:18.556 a technical appendix where we actually talk about our 576 00:37:18.556 --> 00:37:19.840 processes for doing that. 577 00:37:19.840 --> 00:37:23.057 And I think we mentioned further up our number of the number of 578 00:37:23.057 --> 00:37:23.560 databases. 579 00:37:23.560 --> 00:37:26.868 We searched how we actually did that both for institutional 580 00:37:26.868 --> 00:37:29.680 names and mission statements, but also for grants. 581 00:37:30.280 --> 00:37:35.000 So that played into our analysis and searching in particular. 582 00:37:38.880 --> 00:37:42.800 And maybe Mark, if I can jump in on that as well. 583 00:37:42.800 --> 00:37:47.741 Just as a reminder that all of these questions were guided by 584 00:37:47.741 --> 00:37:52.443 the language that was in the legislation that creates this 585 00:37:52.443 --> 00:37:53.400 new program. 586 00:37:54.120 --> 00:37:58.983 And so the language does not actually create the field or 587 00:37:58.983 --> 00:38:03.680 even the name of the sector of American Latino museums. 588 00:38:03.680 --> 00:38:11.259 And so this work was really to explore how IMLS can create a 589 00:38:11.259 --> 00:38:18.714 working definition for our use that might be useful for the 590 00:38:18.714 --> 00:38:21.200 field to respond to. 591 00:38:21.720 --> 00:38:28.387 And I think those kinds of questions about content focus 592 00:38:28.387 --> 00:38:35.991 and community focus are going to be workshopped by the community 593 00:38:35.991 --> 00:38:40.320 and we will learn from that as well. 594 00:38:41.080 --> 00:38:47.680 I did want to address, if I can, another related question that 595 00:38:47.680 --> 00:38:53.232 came very early in the presentation around Mark, the 596 00:38:53.232 --> 00:38:59.414 types of organizations, the bucket, the three buckets that 597 00:38:59.414 --> 00:39:05.700 you talked about in terms of organizations that are clearly 598 00:39:05.700 --> 00:39:12.300 have a content focus on Latino Latinx cultures broadly, but as 599 00:39:12.300 --> 00:39:18.481 their primary content focus those that were geographically 600 00:39:18.481 --> 00:39:24.977 in a majority Latino community And then the third, those that 601 00:39:24.977 --> 00:39:28.120 have exhibited Latino content. 602 00:39:28.160 --> 00:39:35.692 And so just as a reminder that you use that as a framework to 603 00:39:35.692 --> 00:39:43.468 then sort of winnow down what a functional definition might be, 604 00:39:43.468 --> 00:39:44.440 correct? 605 00:39:48.280 --> 00:39:48.520 Yeah. 606 00:39:49.600 --> 00:39:55.140 And I will say that was also referencing language that is in 607 00:39:55.140 --> 00:40:00.771 the legislation if you all would like to look up the National 608 00:40:00.771 --> 00:40:05.947 Muse National Museum of the American Latino Act, much of 609 00:40:05.947 --> 00:40:08.400 this research was exploring 610 00:40:09.560 --> 00:40:15.920 openings that that legislative language directed us to. 611 00:40:24.670 --> 00:40:27.641 I can pull up the slide shortly and it was clarified that it was 612 00:40:27.641 --> 00:40:28.830 actually a question slide. 613 00:40:29.070 --> 00:40:37.659 So I will, yeah, there are a few other questions about 614 00:40:37.659 --> 00:40:45.000 institutional eligibility that I will address. 615 00:40:45.000 --> 00:40:50.185 But I want to make sure that this is the, the question slide 616 00:40:50.185 --> 00:40:53.840 that you're responding to the request for. 617 00:40:57.720 --> 00:41:03.793 Yes, and I did let her know and I guess everyone knows this is 618 00:41:03.793 --> 00:41:05.240 being recorded. 619 00:41:05.240 --> 00:41:09.622 So you can feel free to look at the presentation more closely 620 00:41:09.622 --> 00:41:10.400 afterwards. 621 00:41:10.800 --> 00:41:16.038 And we're happy to to e-mail anyone the slides if you contact 622 00:41:16.038 --> 00:41:18.320 me at JYAHNER at urban.org. 623 00:41:24.640 --> 00:41:25.120 Thank you. 624 00:41:31.140 --> 00:41:35.820 There are some questions about institutional eligibility, I 625 00:41:35.820 --> 00:41:39.876 think, for the future IMLS program that I'd like to 626 00:41:39.876 --> 00:41:40.500 clarify. 627 00:41:42.820 --> 00:41:50.498 IMLS's work as a grant maker is defined by statute and 628 00:41:50.498 --> 00:41:57.757 regulation and in general we are only able to fund, 629 00:41:57.757 --> 00:42:03.760 not-for-profit, museum or museum services. 630 00:42:04.720 --> 00:42:11.130 More of that will be coming out as we develop this program and 631 00:42:11.130 --> 00:42:17.337 eligibility, but all of our funding, we can only make awards 632 00:42:17.337 --> 00:42:22.119 directly to United States based organizations. 633 00:42:22.280 --> 00:42:24.280 We cannot fund internationally. 634 00:42:26.400 --> 00:42:30.353 And so if you are not an eligible organization, it is 635 00:42:30.353 --> 00:42:34.381 important to find a partner organization that might be 636 00:42:34.381 --> 00:42:35.040 eligible. 637 00:42:35.800 --> 00:42:39.581 That is really a successful strategy across all of our 638 00:42:39.581 --> 00:42:40.200 programs. 639 00:42:50.400 --> 00:42:54.162 There are have been a couple questions about the the 640 00:42:54.162 --> 00:42:58.493 publications that we referenced and we have a single website 641 00:42:58.493 --> 00:43:02.895 that I think I've typed in an answer, but it also appeared on 642 00:43:02.895 --> 00:43:03.960 our last slide. 643 00:43:05.760 --> 00:43:07.640 It Ron just added it too. 644 00:43:08.840 --> 00:43:09.720 Oh wonderful. 645 00:43:09.720 --> 00:43:10.440 OK, great. 646 00:43:10.880 --> 00:43:15.538 Please visit that web page and you can find clickable links to 647 00:43:15.538 --> 00:43:18.200 all the resources that we produced. 648 00:43:18.960 --> 00:43:22.434 I'll also say that you can search in Google and they'll pop 649 00:43:22.434 --> 00:43:25.040 up and we have English and Spanish versions. 650 00:43:25.040 --> 00:43:28.572 So you search with English, it'll pop up on the name of, you 651 00:43:28.572 --> 00:43:30.600 know, Hispanic serving institutes. 652 00:43:30.600 --> 00:43:33.000 Where in the US are Latino museums? 653 00:43:33.920 --> 00:43:37.565 And you search in Spanish and the same will be should be true, 654 00:43:37.565 --> 00:43:40.400 but that website houses all of the the products. 655 00:43:43.400 --> 00:43:46.234 I can take a stab at one of the questions that was asked as 656 00:43:46.234 --> 00:43:48.880 well, which is what are the next steps after the study. 657 00:43:49.240 --> 00:43:51.995 So in the upcoming year, we're going to be looking, as an 658 00:43:51.995 --> 00:43:55.083 agency, the IMLS will be looking at the data, will be looking at 659 00:43:55.083 --> 00:43:58.029 what are some of the responses that we heard in the field and 660 00:43:58.029 --> 00:44:00.120 addressing this in the forthcoming program. 661 00:44:00.120 --> 00:44:03.350 What this means is that as we develop the guidelines and the 662 00:44:03.350 --> 00:44:06.528 goals and objectives of future funding opportunities, we're 663 00:44:06.528 --> 00:44:09.599 going to be cognizant of what we have heard in the field. 664 00:44:10.360 --> 00:44:15.455 So stay tuned for more on potential upcoming Notice of 665 00:44:15.455 --> 00:44:20.643 Funding Opportunity as we like to call it which will be 666 00:44:20.643 --> 00:44:22.960 available on our website. 667 00:44:23.520 --> 00:44:27.386 And if you would like more of a peek into what a current notice 668 00:44:27.386 --> 00:44:30.951 of funding opportunity looks like, again, please visit the 669 00:44:30.951 --> 00:44:34.636 website where we have sample applications of of what we have 670 00:44:34.636 --> 00:44:38.201 done in the past as well as what you might expect from the 671 00:44:38.201 --> 00:44:40.920 American Latino history and culture program. 672 00:44:52.320 --> 00:44:53.960 Maybe we'll do one last call. 673 00:44:53.960 --> 00:44:58.700 For any more questions, please put them in the Q and A. I 674 00:44:58.700 --> 00:45:03.440 believe the other ones have been addressed live by Laura. 675 00:45:05.960 --> 00:45:09.875 Maybe there are a couple at the very bottom, Jennifer, that I 676 00:45:09.875 --> 00:45:10.760 might address. 677 00:45:12.320 --> 00:45:19.323 There is a question here about resources for opening museum or 678 00:45:19.323 --> 00:45:21.880 cultural events sector. 679 00:45:22.440 --> 00:45:26.793 Unfortunately, that is not a space that IMLS provides 680 00:45:26.793 --> 00:45:27.600 resources. 681 00:45:27.800 --> 00:45:33.118 However, there are a number of other resource organizations 682 00:45:33.118 --> 00:45:37.640 that do have that kind of information and support. 683 00:45:38.000 --> 00:45:42.760 The American Alliance of Museums is certainly one resource. 684 00:45:43.160 --> 00:45:48.718 And then I think also organizations like NALAC and 685 00:45:48.718 --> 00:45:54.712 other arts and culture organizations are going to have 686 00:45:54.712 --> 00:45:58.200 good resources that can support. 687 00:46:00.000 --> 00:46:03.496 And then there is a question I think that is related also 688 00:46:03.496 --> 00:46:07.353 around some challenges that we anticipate with dispersing these 689 00:46:07.353 --> 00:46:08.680 funding opportunities. 690 00:46:09.880 --> 00:46:16.175 As Mark mentioned, IMLS has been given this mandate before for 691 00:46:16.175 --> 00:46:22.071 other specific parts of the museum field disciplines, even 692 00:46:22.071 --> 00:46:27.867 naming them like our African American History and culture 693 00:46:27.867 --> 00:46:33.762 grants programs, as well as being a funder in the way that 694 00:46:33.762 --> 00:46:37.960 we are the only public funder of museums. 695 00:46:37.960 --> 00:46:44.309 We have a special interest in reaching small volunteer run 696 00:46:44.309 --> 00:46:51.196 grassroots organizations and so we really are very glad to hear 697 00:46:51.196 --> 00:46:57.976 that the recommendations that Urban found through its research 698 00:46:57.976 --> 00:47:04.755 very much aligns with the needs that we hear from all types of 699 00:47:04.755 --> 00:47:09.813 other small and grassroots museum and cultural 700 00:47:09.813 --> 00:47:11.320 organizations. 701 00:47:12.800 --> 00:47:18.806 Community driven engagement, looking at lowering structural 702 00:47:18.806 --> 00:47:24.612 barriers to getting into the system and the importance of 703 00:47:24.612 --> 00:47:31.219 relationship building is are all messages that we hear across our 704 00:47:31.219 --> 00:47:31.720 work. 705 00:47:32.080 --> 00:47:36.602 And so that helps us know that we have some good lessons 706 00:47:36.602 --> 00:47:41.760 learned on what we can bring to this program from the beginning. 707 00:47:43.120 --> 00:47:48.603 And we know that talking to the field in this way is so 708 00:47:48.603 --> 00:47:53.989 important and then being out in the field and being in 709 00:47:53.989 --> 00:47:58.200 conversation is also very, very important. 710 00:48:16.000 --> 00:48:17.960 Well, thank you so very much. 711 00:48:18.520 --> 00:48:24.227 I think we have answered most of the questions that we could get 712 00:48:24.227 --> 00:48:29.760 to and we have hopefully shared the, the web page and and also 713 00:48:29.760 --> 00:48:35.204 IMLS will be making products available on its website as well 714 00:48:35.204 --> 00:48:37.400 including this recording. 715 00:48:38.120 --> 00:48:43.136 So we hope that you all enjoy the presentation and our work 716 00:48:43.136 --> 00:48:47.901 and we're so proud to have worked on this effort and for 717 00:48:47.901 --> 00:48:48.320 IMLS. 718 00:48:49.600 --> 00:48:52.280 And thank you all for taking time to join us today. 719 00:48:56.120 --> 00:49:01.130 And if I can, before we sign off, I want to give big thanks 720 00:49:01.130 --> 00:49:05.640 to the entire Urban Institute team on behalf of IMLS. 721 00:49:06.120 --> 00:49:12.240 It is important and part of our transparency practice to engage 722 00:49:12.240 --> 00:49:17.978 external partners to do this work, to make sure that we are 723 00:49:17.978 --> 00:49:22.760 listening and being responsive with public funds. 724 00:49:23.120 --> 00:49:29.652 And we know that this work has been thorough and done with a 725 00:49:29.652 --> 00:49:33.080 lot of heart and thoughtfulness. 726 00:49:33.080 --> 00:49:36.571 So thank you all for your excellent, excellent work and 727 00:49:36.571 --> 00:49:37.320 partnership. 728 00:49:45.680 --> 00:49:47.360 Thank you so much, Laura. 729 00:49:47.640 --> 00:49:51.932 It's been our pleasure and and Gibran as well thank you for 730 00:49:51.932 --> 00:49:55.080 your partnership throughout this past year. 731 00:49:57.640 --> 00:50:01.400 I believe that can conclude this briefing. 732 00:50:03.560 --> 00:50:04.800 Thank you so much. 733 00:50:05.600 --> 00:50:06.320 Take care. 734 00:50:07.640 --> 00:50:08.040 Thank you. 735 00:50:08.040 --> 00:50:08.840 Bye, bye. 736 00:50:12.160 --> 00:50:12.680 Thank you.