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Cultural Competence Learning Institute (CCLI)

The Cultural Competence Learning Institute (CCLI) is a process and set of resources designed to help museums increase their organizational capacity around diversity, inclusion, and culture. Developed by a collaborative group of museum and diversity professionals, CCLI encourages institutions to identify and build from their strengths, so that they can maximize the benefits of diversity within their workforce and improve the services offered to people from different cultural backgrounds.

Building from the document Museums, Libraries and 21st Century Skills, published by the Institute of Museum and Library Services in 2009, CCLI focuses on three 21st Century skills that are particularly relevant to helping institutions advance their cultural competency: Creativity and Innovation, Communication and Collaboration, and Global Awareness. CCLI introduces a framework for thinking about these 21st Century skills within the context of cultural competence and diversity, and offers accompanying tools and resources.

The Cultural Competence Learning Institute is a partnership between the following institutions:

Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose (CDM), a 52,000 sq. ft. facility whose programs and exhibits inspire creativity, curiosity and lifelong learning;
Association of Science-Technology Centers (ASTC), a global organization providing collective voice, professional support and programming opportunities for science centers, museums and related institutions;
Association of Children’s Museums (ACM), a professional service organization for children's museums around the world; and
Garibay Group, a nationally recognized audience research and consulting firm.

Current Cohort

The following institutions are participating in CCLI Cohort 6:

Cultural Competence

Cultural Competence is a process of lifelong learning. It results in knowledge, skills, behaviors, and attitudes that allow us to work effectively with others from different cultural backgrounds, increases the ability of organizations to maximize the benefits of diversity within their workforces, and improves the services we offer to our various stakeholders.

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This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services grants MP-00-12-0021 and MG-10-17-0040-17.

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