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Charlie Hersh

@charliehersh

Educator, historian, nerd (pronouns: they/them)

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Charlie Hersh
@charliehersh Apr 24, 2018, 2:40 AM UTC

So... Now What?

What a semester it's been! Over the past three months, my class has explored the possibilities of how steemit can support non-profit ventures. We attempted to award grants fueled by cryptocurrency, w…

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Charlie Hersh
@charliehersh Apr 18, 2018, 2:02 AM UTC

Who Ya Gonna Call? Volunteers!

This week, the @phillyhistory #explore1918 crew is talking about non-profit health when it comes to collections preservation. Using a field-wide report from 2005, we have read about how only 20% of c…

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Charlie Hersh
@charliehersh Apr 4, 2018, 1:39 AM UTC

Bodily Death: Recent News from Our Bodies, Ourselves

As we have been learning about and discussing non-profit health, one topic that has repeatedly popped up (thanks in part to @jfeagan) is non-profit death. What happens when a non-profit can no longer…

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Charlie Hersh
@charliehersh Mar 31, 2018, 12:31 AM UTC

A Change of Scenery: Job Swaps and Non-Profit Health

What a busy time of year it's been! At school, I've been finishing up my thesis, and at work, we opened a major exhibit and now get to welcome the 2,300+ people who prebooked tours. So I'm very behin…

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Charlie Hersh
@charliehersh Feb 28, 2018, 4:32 PM UTC

Making the Cultural Sector More Accessible from the Bottom Up

The job structure within the national cultural sector is broken. According to a 2015 report by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, only 28% of art museum employees are people of color, despite being 38%…

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Charlie Hersh
@charliehersh Feb 27, 2018, 1:44 AM UTC

Art-Reach and the Possibilities of Accessibility

As we move forward in our #explore1918 project, my classmates and I are preparing to establish criteria for our @phillyhistory grant. To do that, this week, we are identifying needs within Philadelph…

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Charlie Hersh
@charliehersh Feb 21, 2018, 3:55 AM UTC

Revenge is a Dish Best Served in... Chicago?

In recent discourse about the minimum wage and working conditions in service positions, tipping often becomes a divisive topic. For food service employees, tipping is a necessity in an industry that…

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Charlie Hersh
@charliehersh Feb 18, 2018, 3:53 AM UTC

Philadelphia History Museum(s)

VisitPhilly.com, a tourist information site, features a list of the 25 most visited attractions in Philadelphia. A significant number of the places listed here involve experiencing a part of Philadel…

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Charlie Hersh
@charliehersh Feb 12, 2018, 12:48 AM UTC

The Centennial of a Centennial: #explore1818

Through the #explore1918 tag, my classmates and I have been looking at different parts of what was going on in 1918. We've covered huge events like the Spanish flu and the end of WWI, to topics with…

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Charlie Hersh
@charliehersh Feb 6, 2018, 9:25 PM UTC

Who's Paying? Funding Sources in the Cultural Sector

This week, my classmates and I are reimagining how funds can operate within the cultural sector. We'll be discussing the different sources from which museums and other historical institutions generat…

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