Charmaine Jefferson and Amparo Leyman Pino are leading an overarching project at the New Children’s Museum to squelch biases and increase their cultural competency. This eighteen-month IMLS funded project is a great example of how TMG members support each other and drive change!

Beginning in 2023, Amparo Leyman Pino (Yellow Cow Consulting) and Paul Orselli (POW) embarked on another unique TMG collaborative project at the Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum (NPM). Amparo and Paul will facilitate two creative brainstorming sessions and a design charette to guide the NPM in the renovation of their atrium.

Charmaine Jefferson provided Black History Month presentations in association with the City of Los Angeles and the Department of Cultural Affairs on the international visual artist Betye Saar on February 16 at the screening of the latest release documentary; She also gave a special presentation on the history of Blacks in Los Angeles, and tracing genealogy to Carter G. Woodson, founder of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History on Sunday, February 19.

Jefferson also consulted in Toronto, Canada for the International Association of Blacks in Dance around administrative leadership, succession planning, touring performers and historical artifacts, and boards at the IABD Conference and Festival at the end of January.  

In the fall of 2022, Amparo Leyman Pino concluded the content development of 17 exhibitions for children ages 3-6 for Dialogue House, in Hamburg. The exhibitions address the topic of empathy as a building block of inclusion. Amparo had the privilege to work with Orna Cohen, Co-founder, and Annkatrin Meyer, COO. 

Gretchen Jennings co-authored the recently published article "Nothing Can Be Changed Until it Is Faced: Museum Solidarity Statements as Reflections of Systemic Racism" with Juline Chevalier and Sara Phalen. It appeared in the January 2023 issue of Curator: The Museum Journal.