IF Helps Train Summer Camp Counselors

July 8, 2019 / Ieva Notturno / Blog

IF Fellows Ieva Notturno and Jeff Prudhomme worked with Lauren Wilson, Director of Community Engagement at the National Building Museum in D.C. to prepare 8 counselors for an upcoming summer camp, Investigate Where We Live, in which teens from D.C. will explore outdoor public spaces around the city. The National Building Museum’s training lasted several days, and IF’s … Read more »

Community Conversations on Eviction at the National Building Museum

June 19, 2019 / Jeff Prudhomme / Blog, Education

Before the Community Conversation I… “thought that there were few solutions to the eviction epidemic in the US.” Now I…“realize there are many ways to institute change and policy to eradicate homelessness and decrease evictions nationwide.” —Discussion Participant, April 2019 These words from our first Community Conversation on the National Building Museum’s Evicted exhibit are … Read more »

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What IF? Exploratory Discussions, Museums, and Housing Insecurity

March 22, 2019 / Jeff Prudhomme / Blog

How might museums engage their visitors in dialogue and deliberation surrounding the content of their exhibits? This is a question that IF has been exploring in very real terms with the National Building Museum in Washington DC. IF Vice President Jeff Prudhomme has been partnering with educational staff at the Museum to develop discussion experiences … Read more »

IF Trained Summer Camp Councilors

July 10, 2018 / Ieva Notturno / Blog

The Interactivity Foundation partnered with the National Building Museum (NBM) to train summer camp councilors how to use IF’s interactive small group exploratory discussion method in their upcoming summer camp. Lauren Wilson, Teen Programs Manager at the NBM, invited us to do the training. She envisioned thoughtful exploratory discussions as a part of their summer … Read more »

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IF Helps Train Summer Camp Counselors

Community Conversations on Eviction at the National Building Museum

What IF? Exploratory Discussions, Museums, and Housing Insecurity

IF Trained Summer Camp Councilors

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