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MOHA executive director urges arts community to plan for state limits on DEI language and to strengthen grant accessibility

2154648 · January 27, 2025
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Zach Traeger, executive director of the Museum of Human Achievement (MOHA), urged the commission to prepare for bills restricting DEI language, described MOHA’s grant workshops and urged staff to protect space for community-led approaches and fiscal-sponsorship-informed policies.

Zach Traeger, executive director of the Museum of Human Achievement (MOHA), briefed the Austin Arts Commission on MOHA’s grant application workshops, mentorship programs and concerns about state bills that would ban or restrict the use of certain DEI-related language in public programs.

Traeger said MOHA ran 14 free grant-application workshops in 2024 that led to approximately $140,000 in funding for participants and that 80 attendees were first-time grant applicants. He described the museum’s Touch the Art partnership with the Texas School for the Blind and…

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