by gmcdaniel4444@gmail.com | Sep 9, 2017 | Blog, Community Engagement, Historic Preservation, Operations, Outreach, Planning, Publication, Whole Place Preservation
I was pleased to be profiled in the Fall 2017 issue of Azalea Magazine and I thank journalist Susan Frampton for her research in bringing my “curriculum vitae” to life. I appreciated her observations regarding not only my many years as executive...
by gmcdaniel4444@gmail.com | Aug 15, 2017 | African American History, Board Development, Community Engagement, Governance, Historic Preservation, Interpretation, Operations, Outreach, Planning
Los Angeles’ African American Firefighter Museum New MAP Review Identifies Community Needs by George W. McDaniel As a Museum Assessment Project (MAP) Peer Reviewer for Community Engagement, I visited the African American Firefighter Museum for...
by gmcdaniel4444@gmail.com | Aug 5, 2017 | African American History, Blog, Community Engagement, Historic Preservation, Interpretation, Operations, Outreach, Planning, Whole Place Preservation
A New Vision for Silver Bluff? August 3, 2017 In early August, I went to Silver Bluff plantation, now a South Carolina Audubon Society sanctuary, and then to Redcliff Plantation, now a state historic site. Both were owned before and after the Civil War by...
by gmcdaniel4444@gmail.com | Jul 30, 2017 | African American History, Blog, Community Engagement, Operations, Outreach, Planning
Okra Soup: Unite! & City of Charleston Illumination Project Event Grace Church Cathedral – July 25, 2017 Breaking Bread and Building Bridges The invitation went out to the community to join authors Herb Frazier, Dr. Bernard E....
by gmcdaniel4444@gmail.com | Jun 10, 2017 | African American History, Board Development, Community Engagement, Interpretation, Operations, Outreach, Planning, Public Speaking
It Could Happen to You: Collecting in the Face of Tragedy American Alliance of Museums Annual Meeting – May 2017 UPDATED AUGUST 2017 This past May, I participated in an important session at the annual conference of the American Alliance of Museums (AAM)....
by gmcdaniel4444@gmail.com | Apr 6, 2017 | Board Development, Community Engagement, Governance, Interpretation, Operations, Outreach, Planning, Publication
UPDATED 10/11/17: The recent event in Las Vegas and the current political climate underscore how important it is for organizations to get engaged with their communities. My essay in this edition is timely in that it deals with these issues in a candid and...