Welcome to the Movement
The GEMM Steering Committee welcomes you!
Join us as we come together to affect change around gender equity in the museum workplace. By connecting members to research and resources that raise awareness and promote transparency, GEMM seeks to influence museum policies and practices. Together we can move these important issues forward and eliminate gender discrimination.
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Upcoming Events
GEMM Circle
Passing the Torch: A Conversation with Joan Baldwin
Wednesday, March 8, 2023
4PM PT/ 5PM MT/ 6PM CT/ 7PM ET
Join us for a special GEMM Circle as we talk with author, blogger, museum people advocate, and GEMM co-founder Joan Baldwin about her decision to sunset her popular Leadership Matters blog and what she sees next for the field.
GEMM Circle
Shifting Perspectives & Bridging Differences: VTS with a Social Justice Lens
Monday, March 20, 2023
4PM PT/ 5PM MT/ 6PM CT/ 7PM ET
Back by popular demand!
“What’s going on in this picture? What do you see that makes you say that? What more can we find?” These three questions form the basis of Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS), a facilitation method that fosters collaborative, inclusive, and community-building dialogue. In this GEMM Circle, participants will be introduced to VTS through a social justice lens. Participants will engage in practicing the principles of VTS via a group activity followed by a discussion on the applied framework, its traditional uses, and the ways in which it can impact future work in diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB).
This event is FREE and open to the public.
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Pledge to end sexual harassment in the workplace!
GEMM launched a platform for the museum field to be progressive agents of change by pledging to take an active role to end sexual harassment in the museum workplace. Will you sign?
We believe everyone on the gender spectrum is a strong and valuable resource for museums and heritage institutions; we all need to play our role in making society a better place, to no longer play the quiet bystander.