Bracken Klar

About Bracken Klar

Experienced Engagement Director with a demonstrated history of working in knowledge management. Skilled in diversity, equity, and inclusivity work; team and community building; leadership, training, and public speaking. Adept community and social services professional with a Master of Library & Information Studies (MLIS).

Experience

1. Director Board of Directors

   Tri-City Collective

   Jul 2016 — Present · Tulsa, OK, US

   As an executive member, I help vet projects, programs, and partners. As a member, I work with Gilcrease Museum and Philbrook Museum to establish and improve relationships with BIPOC communities. These efforts include curating exhibits, leading panel discussions, and working with staff on their abilities to successfully engage and speak across difference. I played an instrumental role in bringing \"Society\'s Cage\" to Tulsa for the Race Massacre Centennial and Juneteenth. Working with the designers, SmithGroup architects Dayton Schroeter, Julian Arrington, Monteil Crawley, and Ivan O’Garro, and other Tulsa organizations, Society\'s Cage was installed on Greenwood and featured tours of the installation as well as discussions with the designers. I organized programming around the installation including dialogs with community leaders, performing arts events, and docent led tours. I began working with Philbrook helping form their positional commitment to supporting, purchasing, and showing work by African American artists. Exhibits I\'ve worked include the November 2020 exhibit \"Truth to Power: A.J. Smitherman, the Tulsa Star, and the Role of Black-Owned Media\" and current exhibit \"From the Limitations of Now.\"My work with Gilcrease Museum has included connecting local BIPOC history to the traveling exhibit \"Memories & Inspirations,\" work on the Eddie Faye Gates Tulsa Race Massacre Collection and contributing to the design of the Gilcrease Museum\'s trauma informed teachers\' institute.I have organized, moderated, hosted, and been a panelist for many of our “Real Talk: Voicing the Margins” series with support from The Woody Guthrie Center, Folk Alliance International, The Black Wall Street Times, and Tulsa Artist Fellowship. I’ve provided research and helped author two articles for “Oklahoma Today.\" “Freedom Road,” is a history of African Americans in Oklahoma from before statehood to the civil rights movement and “Hell Came to Tulsa,” is about the Tulsa Race Massacre.

Education

• Emory University

  Project Management

• Holland Hall

  High School Diploma

  1989 — 1995

• University of Oklahoma

  Master of Library & Information Science (MLIS), Library & Information Studies

  2008 — 2010

• Langston University

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Sociology

  2000 — 2002

• Tulsa Technology Center-Lemley Campus

  Project Management

Skills

• Customer Service
• Training
• Management
• Program Management
• Library
• Social Media
• Web 2.0
• Management Consulting
• Strategy
• Research
• Project Management
• Change Management
• Coaching
• Information Management
• Content Management
• Teaching
• Public Speaking
• Project Planning
• Budgets
• Community Outreach
• Writing
• Libraries
• Risk Management
• Social Media Marketing