Linda S Blanshay Ph D

"This is no ordinary museum..." - The New York Times. Select accomplishments: -Grant writing: Over 100 successful corporate and foundation proposals ranging from 25-400k each, government awards, including multi-million$, from agencies such as IMLS, DHS, DOJ, CalOES and MEPI. -Program Development: From Theory of Change to logic model, design, delivery, and evaluation, developed award-winning SHADES Teen Court institute in partnership with the Los Angeles Superior Court; Directed Fetzer Institute funded impact evaluation of “Hate to Hope”, the story of reconciliation between the perpetrator and victim of a hate crime; Led partnership with Participant Media's "America To Me" Social Impact Campaign; Developed immigration themed anti-bias program as part of IMLS and NEH funded national project resulting in the published article "Talking About Immigration with Children Through a Social Justice Lens" (Rowman&Littlefield). Directed new curriculum development initiative for national law enforcement PD on building community trust in partnership with the Neuro-Leadership Institute. -DEI Professional Development and Dialogue: Managed and facilitated programs for clients such as Sony, Disney, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories, Union Bank, Amgen; Advised organizations such as Aspen Institute, LA City Attorney's Office, and various museums on community dialogue inclusion issues and practices; Directed the "_Space to Talk about Race" dialogue program as part of a federally funded national initiative of the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience. Interim Director of California wide inclusion and social justice PD for Educators. -Researcher and writer: Served as senior contributing sociologist for major museum exhibit development including "We the People", "Assuming Responsibility", "Power of Words", "Legacy of Light". Was responsible for writing communications for all projects.