{"id":2416,"date":"2016-11-11T06:53:25","date_gmt":"2016-11-11T13:53:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/audience\/?p=2416"},"modified":"2016-11-11T06:53:25","modified_gmt":"2016-11-11T13:53:25","slug":"75-days-to-decide-is-your-organization-part-of-the-solution-or-part-of-the-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/audience\/2016\/11\/75-days-to-decide-is-your-organization-part-of-the-solution-or-part-of-the-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"75 Days to Decide: Is Your Organization Part of the Solution – or Part of the Problem"},"content":{"rendered":"
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How will you use these 75 days?<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

In her Jumper<\/strong><\/em> blog, Diane Ragsdale delivers a stirring message for the dawn of the Trump Presidential era that deserves to be shared and contemplated with the staff, management and Board of every arts & cultural organization:<\/p>\n

“…those working in nonprofit professional cultural organizations across the US\u2014we in the so-called Creative Class\u2014are, without a doubt, among those who did not understand our country, its culture, or its values. If we are shocked and outraged by the election results this only seems to prove the point … Looking at the programming on our stages it seems that many of us have existed inside a bubble, utterly<\/em> out of touch with the Trump-supporting working poor in America, among many<\/em> others.”<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Is that true? \u00a0Are WE<\/strong>\u00a0(that is, our organizations) actually shocked and outraged? \u00a0Look beyond the reactions of the individuals who work, volunteer, govern and manage your organization. \u00a0What is the sense – and resolve – of your organization itself?<\/p>\n

Here’s how to tell:<\/p>\n

On January 20, 2017, Donald Trump will be inaugurated as President of the United States. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

How your organization uses the 75 days between election day and the presidential inauguration (noting that 2 have already expired) says EVERYTHING anybody needs to know about the soul of your organization.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n