their unique ability to bridge time, place, and people by reflecting on our past, creating mindfully in our present, in anticipation of a celebrated and better future. I believe that partners and visitors in this pursuit of transformation are better served when seen as relationships and not transactions or bottom-line goals, that when done in close collaboration with communities from all corners of our society, people will be muscling past one another to stand in that place and call it theirs.

But, to stay relevant and survive beyond today, they can no longer sit isolated in an ivory tower, accessible to only a select few while the rest of us visit alone in our dreams. They should, instead, look beyond their walls and extend their focus on what is experienced in others’ spaces, enabling mobility and response in real-time where people commune and create.

by utilizing history, art, and culture to enrich our understanding of what it means to be living in intersectionality with one another as experienced through current challenges and celebrations. That that empowerment anchors cultural awareness to powerful thinking and creating, to healing and growing.

That museums and cultural centers have a responsibility to educate through experiences that are both fun and mindful, that enrich our understanding of who we are in relation to our history and guide us in who we want to become in community with one another.