Osorio used the all-male barbershop, the place where young Puerto Rican boys are typically told not to cry when they get their first haircut, as a vehicle to look at masculinity and machismo. It is better to deal with painful decisions quickly, rather than let inaction bleed the organization. Recognizing what they are capable of is vital. Change is inevitable. An organization shouldn't try to remain the same.
Planning can build friends and create focus.
It pays to revisit mission and direction every three years. Since January 1990, Will K. Wilkins has served as the Executive Director of Real Art Ways in Hartford, Connecticut. Mr. Wilkins has served several times on grant review panels for the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as Arts International, the McKnight Fellowships and the Massachusetts Cultural Council. In 1998 he was the first recipient of the Elizabeth Mahaffey Arts Administration Fellowship, awarded by the Connecticut Commission on the Arts. Before coming to Hartford, Mr. Wilkins worked at Central Park SummerStage in New York City, and was a radio host at WBAI in New York for four years.