Media Coverage
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Press Releases and Op-Eds
- November 17, 2011: Navigating Difference Launches in New York, Charleroi, and Genoa
- November 3, 2011: From Belgium to Bosnia, Museums Unite to Define Europe’s Future Identity
- June 23, 2011: Museums Take up Civil Rights, Immigration Issues and Their History
- June 17, 2011: New Museum Network Uses Lessons of a Painful Past to Inform Immigration Debate
- June 7, 2011: Southeast Civil Rights Museums To Spotlight Immigration: Museums from Alabama to Louisiana Form “Civil Rights Sites of Conscience” Network
- May 31, 2011: Op-Ed: At Pearl Harbor, a model memorial
- May 18, 2011: US Museums Connect Online Game with On-Site Experience
- November 21, 2010: First International Summit of Sites of Conscience in Brazil
- October 21, 2010: Museums spur public debate on immigration with new documentary: “Welcome to Shelbyville” screens at museums in Birmingham, Charlotte and Dearborn
- August 6, 2010: International Coalition of Sites of Conscience Names Elizabeth Silkes as New Executive Director
- March 29, 2010: Remembering Conflict to Foster Reconciliation — Liberians WITNESS – REMEMBER – CREATE History through Art and Memory Workshops
Selection of recent media coverage
- Chilean play about torture performed in former torture house Villa Grimaldi
The Santiago Times – Chile
January 9, 2012 - Patrimoine et droits humains (French) – “Heritage and Human Rights”
La Libre Belgique - Belgium
November 4, 2011 - The Pauli Murray Projects explores race perceptions with “Are We So Different?” (funded by the Coalition)
The Herald Sun – USA
October 24, 2011 - A Museum of Repression Aims to Shock the Conscience
New York Times – USA
September 12, 2011 - Sites of Conscience
Catholic Charities “Just Love” Sirius radio show – USA
August 10, 2011 - Michelle Obama tours Cape Town segregation museum
Associated Press – USA
June 23, 2011 - Museums Take up Civil Rights, Immigration Issues and Their History
Nieman Watchdog Blog – USA
June 23, 2011 - New Museum Network Uses Lessons of a Painful Past to Inform Immigration Debate
Crossroads Charlotte – USA
June 17, 2011 - Conference Dedicated to the Missing
Oslobodenje – Bosnia and Herzegovenia
May 10, 2011 - Press coverage of ICMP: Sites of Conscience workshop on memory in Sarajevo (Bosnian)
May 9-10, 2011 - Coverage of the Navigating Difference project: Le Cazier au coeur de la Conscience (French) – “Le Cazier at the heart of conscience”
L’Avenir – Belgium
April 6, 2011 - Coverage of the Navigating Difference project: Mieux appréhender l’immigration (French) - “To better understand immigration”
La Dernière Heure – Belgium
April 6, 2011 - Coverage of the Navigating Difference project: Les visiteurs en liaison avec l’Italie et les USA (French) – “Foreigners working with Italy and the USA”
La Nouvelle Gazette – Belgium
April 6, 2011 - Una Doble Lección de Memoria (Spanish)- “A Double Lesson in Memory”
ARQ
March 29, 2011 - Death in Dhaka
The Express Tribune – Pakistan
March 20, 2011 - Harnessing the power of the past for a better future
Anglican Journal – Canada
March 15, 2011 - Transitional Justice: Memory as an Instrument of Peace
Philantopic – USA
February 28, 2011 - Touring History’s Dark Side
BBC Travel – UK
February 11, 2011 - A Decade of Dialogue at Sites of Conscience
National Council on Public History – USA
September 2010 - BBC World: Sites of Conscience discuss “politics of memory” in Latin America
BBC Mundo – UK
September 14, 2010 - Sites of Conscience draw on the past to make a better future: an account from the Liberation War Museum
Daily Star – Bangladesh
August 6, 2010 - Why Sites of Conscience? Perspective from Nepal
The Kathmandu Post – Nepal
July 20 2010 - Bangladeshi media reports on Asian Sites of Conscience regional meeting
Desh TV – Bangladesh
July 18, 2010
- Asian Sites of Conscience call to spread peace education
Daily Star – Bangladesh
July 18, 2010 - Sites of Conscience shed light on Dark Tourism in Australian radio program
ABC Radio National – Australia
July 8, 2010 - Op-Ed Cites Sites of Conscience as Examples in Opening Spaces of Painful Memory
The Huffington Post – USA
May 29, 2010 - Star Magazine describes how the Gandhi Ashram and the Liberation War Museum Promote Tolerance through Annual Youth camp
Star Magazine – Bangladesh
April 4, 2010 - BBC Radio characterizes Liberian Art and Memory Workshop as First Step to Implement TRC Recommendation for Memorialization
BBC Radio – Liberia
March 31, 2010 - Memory Workshop by Coalition Members Opens Discussion on Liberia’s Civil Wars reports THE NEWS
THE NEWS – Liberia
March 31, 2010 - THE NEWS reports in pictures: Launch of WITNESS-REMEMBER-CREATE in Liberia
THE NEWS – Liberia
March 30, 2010 - Coalition Members’ exchange program enables Liberians to share memories through art, writes the Daily Observer
Daily Observer – Liberia
March 31, 2010 - Chile’s Museum of Memory and Human Rights hopes to join the International Coalition, writes the Santiago Times
Santiago Times – Chile
January 21, 2010 - La Nación describes Chile’s new Museum for Memory and Human Rights, and its potential membership in the Coalition
La Nación – Chile
January 8, 2010 - Organización Sociedad Civil Las Abejas joins the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience, reports La Jornada
La Jornada – Mexico
December 22, 2009 - Veintitrés describes how documentary film of Casa por la Memoria y la Cultura Popular shares local memories of State Terrorism
Veintitres – Argentina
December 3, 2009 - “Exhibits of Conscience” contribute to immigration debate, writes In These Times
In These Times- USA
November 20, 2009 - Tenement tour triggers conversation: The Lo-Down highlights Tenement Museum’s new dialogue program
The Lo-Down – USA
October 29, 2009 - Liz Sevcenko shares how the International Coalition ‘connects history and action’ at Concordia University
Concordia Journal – Canada
October 29, 2009 - Immigration Sites of Conscience foster dialogue on local issues says USARiseup.com
USARiseup- USA
October 22, 2009 - The San Francisco Examiner Discusses the Role of Museums in the Immigration Debate
The San Francisco Examiner – USA
October 7, 2009 - Media Highlight New Programs of Immigration Sites of Conscience
Asscoiated press – USA
September 30, 2009 - The Detroiter Features the Arab American National Museum’s Public Dialogue and Participation in the Immigration Sites of Conscience network
The Detroiter – USA
September 16, 2009 - Página 12 describes Rosario’s Museo de la Memoria’s collaboration with the International Coalition
Página 12 – Argentina
August 2, 2009 - Commercial Appeal reports on the Coalition’s International Summit in Memphis
Commercial Appeal – USA
June 27, 2009 - Chicago Tribune describes the “Power of Place” at the National Public Housing Museum
Chicago Tribune – United States
June 24, 2009 - The New York Times highlights the Coalition’s impact on the field of museology and heritage
New York Times – United States
March 19, 2009 - Democracy Begins in Conversation: Mail & Guardian Features Youth Discussing the Constitution at Constitution Hill
Mail & Guardian – South Africa
February 4, 2009 - Times Colonist describes Tenement Museum’s “Kitchen Conversations” as avenue to discuss modern housing
Victoria Times Colonist – Canada
October 10, 2008 - TIME magazine explores efforts to remember the ‘unreconciled’ Liberation War of Bangladesh
TIME magazine – USA
September 24, 2008 - Phnom Penh Post covers Asian Sites of Conscience regional meeting
Phnom Penh Post – Cambodia
August 26, 2008 - Chicago Tribune describes Immigration Sites of Conscience
Chicago Tribune – USA
August 22, 2008 - The Times (London) reports on formation of European Sites of Conscience network
Times Online – UK
July 22, 2008 - Inter Press Service interviews Liz Sevcenko, director of the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience (Italian)
IPS – Italy
June 18, 2008 - San Diego Tribune features New Americans Museum among immigration Sites of Conscience network
San Diego Union Tribune – USA
June 14, 2008 - New Democrat identifies Lutheran Church as potential site for memorialization from Coalition workshop
New Democrat – Liberia
May 22, 2008 - Le Monde Diplomatique highlights District Six Museum as a living place of memory
Le Monde Diplomatique – France
May 2008 - New York Times describes Lower East Side Tenement Museum’s dialogue program ‘Kitchen Conversations’
New York Times – USA
March 12, 2008
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