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DEI Toolkit

New York State Office of Cultural Education

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Diversity – Equity – Inclusion

The New York State Office of Cultural Education Diversity/Equity/Inclusion Toolkit provides practical guidance for and applications of diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility, antiracism, and justice for New York’s museums, libraries, archives, historical and genealogical societies, and cultural heritage sites.

“The need for progress has never been more urgent. Amid social, political, and cultural polarization, and clear structural racism and other forms of oppression in the United States and around the world, DEAI must be at the center of how we understand and practice excellence in our institutions.”

Excellence in DEAI Report (2022), American Alliance of Museums

Acknowledgements

Toolkit Development Team

  • Jasmine Bumpers, New York State Archives
  • Aria Camaione-Lind, Aria Strategies
  • Isabel Cordova, Frank & Glory
  • John Diefenderfer, New York State Archives
  • Robert Ferenec, New York State Museum
  • Melanie Funchess, Ubuntu Village Works
  • Meredith Sorin Horsford, Independent Consultant
  • Devin Lander, New York State Historian
  • Jennifer Lemak, New York State Museum
  • Shawn LeMieux, New York State Library
  • Tor Loney, New York State Library
  • Amy Peker, New York State Library
  • Melissa Pletscher-Nizinsky, Aria Strategies
  • Erin Richardson, Frank & Glory