See You Soon
Miss me? I miss you too. But life intervenes, and I’ve had to focus elsewhere this year.
I’ll be away for the next month or so. In the meantime, please let me know if you’ve found these posts useful or if you have any requests. When I return, I look forward to exploring preservation’s image problem and what we can do about it.
In the meantime, I offer a brief roundup of items you might find of use and/or interest.
Take care, and keep those places standing. Thanks!
Recent Work
MHC Alum Rita Cofield Keeps the Spirit of Mafundi in Watts
This piece for the USC Heritage Conservation Program illustrates one of the reasons I have so much faith in the future of the field. Rita is amazing.
Faculty Member Peyton Hall, FAIA Endows Heritage Conservation Scholarship Fund
Also written for USC Heritage Conservation, this piece illustrates one of the reasons I got into the field: to work with people like Peyton. (As well as Trudi Sandmeier, director of USC’s Heritage Conservation Program, with whom I had the joy and honor of working these past several months.)
Hometown Heritage in Compton
For the latest episode of the podcast Save As (produced by, you guessed it, the USC Heritage Conservation Program), I also had the joy of talking with alum Camille Ora-Nicole about her hometown of Compton and her thoughts on small-town conservation.
Other Save As episodes
We just finished the tenth episode, “airing” Thursday. You can catch up here. There may be a quiz.
Food for Thought
Op-Ed: Vaccine hesitancy is common among Black healthcare workers. We’re trying to resolve it
This Los Angeles Times opinion piece from last week exemplifies knowing your audience and meeting them where they are.
Words to Avoid - 2021 Edition
From the good people at Big Duck. Might I add “unpack.”
So What? Making Your Messaging More Relevant
A quick primer from my go-to experts at the Nonprofit Marketing Guide.
Where Are Our Think Tanks?
From the American Association for State and Local History. I say, Ditto!
Read anything good lately? Let me know!