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From Crisis to Community Anchor: One Institution's Journey Toward Transformation Friday, November 3, 2023 12 - 1:30 PM EST After a decade-long restoration, Historic Cherry Hill found itself in a period of crisis—with inadequate resources, a reduced public profile, pronounced donor fatigue, and disconnection from its local community. For Cherry Hill, “finding center” was a process of self-study in order to identify our value to existing and potential stakeholders; find the intersection between our mission and the needs of our community; align board and staff structure with institutional needs and capacity; and share the stories in our collections most meaningful to contemporary audiences. This session will discuss three transformational initiatives imbedded in strategic planning and audience evaluation. |
Speakers |
Deborah Emmons-Andarawis Executive Director Historic Cherry Hill | Shawna Reilly Director of Education Historic Cherry Hill | Erin Leary Trustee Historic Cherry Hill | LaReina Torain Marketing and Community Engagement Associate Historic Cherry Hill |
Deborah Emmons-Andarawis received her BA from Barnard College, Columbia University, and continued her studies at the University at Albany, receiving a master’s in Public History in 2009. Deborah has been at Historic Cherry Hill since 2008, first serving as Curator, then as Director since 2017. Over her tenure, Deborah has overseen a major restoration project, collaborated on numerous interpretive programs, launched interpretive planning, and secured and administered numerous grants. |
Shawna Reilly is the Director of Education at Historic Cherry Hill. In that role she has managed grant-funded projects, including interpretive planning grants from IMLS and NEH, school program development funded by NEH, and a teen after-school project funded by IMLS. She has presented at local, regional and state conferences on HCH’s history and education programs. She completed a Master of Arts in Teaching Social Studies in 2006 and is a NYS certified teacher. |
Erin Leary received her PhD in Visual and Cultural Studies from the University at Rochester. While completing her MA at Parsons School of Design, Erin completed a research internship at Historic Cherry Hill, which launched her doctoral research, culminating in her thesis, Decorating for Discrimination: Nativism & Eugenics in the Decorative & Domestic Arts, 1893-1923. Erin has been a lecturer at Sotheby’s Institute of Art, a Fellow at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and is currently a Trustee of Historic Cherry Hill. | LaReina Torain, received a BA in History and Women & Gender Studies from Siena College in 2021. She has been involved with Historic Cherry Hill for over two years- first as a student intern, then as a Community Advisory Board member, and currently as a Teaching Assistant /Site Supervisor for the teen docent program, History is Now. LaReina previously taught History and Spanish at Bishop Maginn High School and Spanish at Bishop Gibbons. |
Accessibility MANY is committed to making our virtual programs as accessible as possible. All virtual programs will have ASL interpretation provided by Interpretek. |
Virtual programs are made possible by the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation. |