The EMBARC Toolkit

Abstract

This document is formatted as a PDF for submission to the University of Washington. For a more accessible version, email embarcproject@gmail.com. This toolkit is intended to be a living, changing document. To view the toolkit in its intended format with functional links and bookmarks, click here: The EMBARC Toolkit. What follows is the work as it stood in June of 2021. We know from research, evaluations, anecdotes and personal experiences that many museum staff face barriers in their museums while working toward anti-racist goals. These barriers include leadership, museum structures, and white supremacy culture. We also know that effective efforts toward anti-racism must involve individual and collective efforts over the long-term. Efforts that are exclusively high-level or reactionary are inherently ineffective. The topics and strategies covered in this document are the result of a front-end evaluation, continuous consultation with an advisory board of museum and museum-adjacent practitioners and student focus groups.