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January 30, 2023

American LGBTQ+ Museum an Interview with Ben Garcia

Join the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience (ICSC) as we welcome Ben Garcia, the Executive Director of the American LGBTQ+ Museum, to discuss the Museum’s scheduled 2024 opening, its mission and programming, and how you can be involved.
The conversation is part of ICSC’s Webinar Short series which features 30-minute sessions on the latest developments in the world of Sites of Conscience and their allies.

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March 18, 2018

Beyond Bollywood: Indian Americans Shape the Nation

This toolkit was written by the Coalition’s Secretariat to accompany Beyond Bollywood: Indian Americans Shape the Nation, an exhibit created by the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center and the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES). It provides basic grounding in the methodology behind facilitated dialogue, including the crafting of evocative questions, the use of appropriate dialogue techniques and suggested facilitator responses. Additionally, there are three program models to open new conversations about immigration, identity, race and social justice.

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June 14, 2023

Body Mapping for Advocacy: A Toolkit

Shirley Gunn for the Global Initiative for Justice, Truth and Reconciliation Founded by the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience, the Global Initiative for Justice,…

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March 18, 2018

Building Peace By Teaching Peace

Created by Coalition member Nonviolence International Southeast Asia, this toolkit assists teachers and peace educators on conducting peace education with school-age children and youth.  The toolkit  includes planning activities and check lists, personal narratives of historic events and evaluation processes.

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March 18, 2018

Carte Del Norte

Carta del Norte Una Historia de Migracion includes two publications from the Museo de la Palabra y la Imagen (MUPI) which describe the immigration experience from El Salvador to the United States as part of their Memory of Migration Program. The publications contain facts and images about the migration from El Salvador to the United States, letters from a parent in the U.S. to their child in El Salvador, and lesson plans on how to use these resources with students.

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October 9, 2022

Centering Indigenous Experiences

Listen and learn as facilitators and artists discuss their experience with the Coalition’s recently concluded In Dialogue: A Community-Centered Public Art Project Reflecting Tulsa’s Inter-tribal Identity…

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March 18, 2018

Citizenship and Memories: Using Sites of Conscience to Teach Human Rights

Corporacion Parque por la Paz Villa Grimaldi gathered academics and practitioners for a seminar and workshop in 2010 to consider the role of Sites of Conscience in the construction of a democratic society. This publication includes the presentations from that gathering, covering Villa Grimaldi’s and other Sites of Conscience approaches to how to create spaces that promote democratic debate and how to build collective memory of difficult histories. The report is only available in Spanish.

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October 8, 2022

Collecting the Now

Sites of Conscience examine different types of contemporary collecting around civil rights, activism and truth and reconciliation efforts. View the resource here.

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October 8, 2022

Considering Dialogue

Presenters consider dialogue used by Sites of Conscience to examine what is necessary for dialogue to be effective. View the resource here.

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March 18, 2018

Conversation Guide on Dealing with the Past

Produced by Sites of Conscience member, Healing Through Remembering, this Conversation Guide provides dialogue parameters and questions for communities grappling with the past conflict in and about Northern Ireland. The Guide is written for facilitators and others with group facilitation skills interested in supporting individuals and groups on the issue of dealing with the past and remembering.

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March 18, 2018

Conversations on Courage

An evaluative study of Conversations on Courage, dialogues conducted by the Levine Museum of the New South in Charlotte, North Carolina around their exhibit, Courage: The Carolina Story that Changed America. The study captures the knowledge, reflections and attitudes of 792 participants, 62 groups, and 38 organizations, including leaders from Charlotte’s corporate, civic and government sectors, that participated in Conversations on Courage from February 1 – May 31, 2004.

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October 8, 2022

Covid-19 and Vulnerable Groups

Members from Sri Lanka, South Africa and Bosnia and Herzegovina share strategies for helping vulnerable communities during challenging times. View the resource here.

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June 6, 2023

Descendant Communities

In post-conflict settings around the world, family members often play a galvanizing role in advocating for truth and justice for their loved ones lost to…

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October 9, 2022

Dialogo Sombre Covid-19

Una guía de Diálogo de Primera Plana en español destinada a facilitar conversaciones productivas sobre Covid-19. Vea el recurso aquí. A Front Page Dialogue guide…

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September 20, 2022

Dialogue on Covid-19

A dialogue guide, written in 2020, on helping communities cope with the challenges posed by Covid-19. View the resource here.

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October 8, 2022

Digital Dialogue – Webinar Short

Director of Methodology and Practice Braden Paynter offers strategies for engaging staff and visitors in dialogue in digital spaces. View the resource here.

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January 12, 2023

Disarming Americans: Museums Take on Gun Control

Situated in “red” states and “blue” states, big cities and rural communities, Sites of Conscience and their allies are uniquely positioned to foster constructive dialogue on gun control among a wide subset of people. But how? On February 16, 2023 – shortly after the fifth anniversary of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, which killed 17 people and injured 17 more – join us as we discuss how museums and memory sites can memorialize gun violence, deepen our understanding of the history and mythology surroundings guns in America, and spark productive conversations on gun control that transcend political and ideological divides.

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October 8, 2022

Engaging Exhibit Labels

Senior Specialist of Methodology and Practice Linda Norris introduces practical exercises to help Sites of Conscience craft powerful labels for their exhibitions. View the resource here.

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March 18, 2018

Environmental & Climate Justice Dialogue Guide

Created by Coalition member Raphael Ortiz Latino Cultural Center, the Environmental & Climate Justice Dialogue Guide provides guidelines for facilitators in discussing environmental and climate issues with their communities through participants’ diverse cultural values and environment friendly practices. The guide is written in three parts including a discussion of the key concepts for civic dialogue, sample dialogue models and tips and resources.

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October 8, 2022

Evaluating Programs

Coalition staff and members showcase a variety of evaluation methods focused on creating impactful cultural programs. View the resource here.

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October 8, 2022

Facilitación Diálogos dinámicos

Involucrar al público en conversaciones difíciles y controvertidas no es fácil, pero a menudo necesario. Encuentra como hacerlo en esta sesión. Vea el recurso aquí.

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October 8, 2022

Facilitated Dialogue on Covid-19

Braden Paynter, Director of Methodology and Practice, facilitates a dialogue on the challenges Covid-19 poses to members. View the resource here.

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October 8, 2022

Finding Joy – Webinar Short

This session explores how organizations can incorporate the importance of joy into their methodologies with both visitors and staff. View the resource here.

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March 9, 2023

From Brown V. Board to Ferguson, Vol. 2

This toolkit is the second of two which were produced over the course of the three year project, “Brown V. Board to Ferguson.” In this toolkit, you will find facilitated dialogue models of the participating member sites. Most of the models in this toolkit were developed by the youth leaders for both intergenerational and youth audiences.

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March 18, 2018

From Memory to Action: A Toolkit for Memorialization

An in-depth exploration of the challenges, successes and best practices related to memorialization in post-conflict settings, this toolkit is a collaborative effort by Sites of Conscience members from a variety of post-conflict settings including Bangladesh, Russia, East Timor, Chile, Liberia and Northern Ireland.

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October 9, 2022

Guns in America

A Front Page Dialogue guide centered on helping audiences have productive conversations around guns and second amendment rights in America. View the resource here.

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March 18, 2018

Harnessing the Power of History

THE INTERNATIONAL COALITION OF SITES OF CONSCIENCE Founder and Board Member Emeritus Ruth J. Abram describes the founding and early defining principles of the International…

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October 8, 2022

Hosting Dynamic Dialogues

Methodology and Practice Director Braden Paynter shares tools to navigate difficult histories through dialogue-based programming. View the webinar here.

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October 8, 2022

How We Spend Matters – Webinar Short

Explore tools to support Black creators, identify systemic barriers to business participation, and play a role in addressing access challenges. View the resource here.

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March 18, 2018

I Have the Right Club

A dialogue program outline for use with youth ages 15 to 16 years old, I Have the Right Club was written by the Gulag Museum at Perm-36 in Russia (2009). The outline guides facilitators through a dialogue around freedom and other broad human

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March 18, 2018

If Only It Were That Simple: The Educational Approach of the Monte Sole Peace School

Developed by the Peace School Foundation of Monte Sole, the “laboratory-visit” program is an experiential guided tour of the Monte Sole Historic Park, which utilizes evidence-based history, oral narratives, dialogue questions and reflection. Between September 29 and October 5, 1944, 800 people in more than 100 places in the area were killed by Nazi SS troops with the help of Italian fascist elements. In addition to discussing the program’s educational pedagogy, the article contains a detailed description of the tour and a bibliography of resources.

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September 19, 2022

Labor and Sites of Conscience

Workers’ rights are human rights the world over. Join the Coalition’s Braden Paynter as he speaks with members about connecting the history of labor to…

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October 8, 2022

Language and Terms

Learn the ways you can avoid and confront problematic language in terms in museum collections and archives. View the resource here.

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March 18, 2018

Making Chega! a Reality: Memory and Memorialization in Timor-Leste

Making Chega! A Reality: Memory and Memorialization in Timor-Leste is a report from Coalition’s 2011 Asian Sites of Conscience Regional Meeting.  The report discusses the use of memory as a mechanism to contribute to post-conflict reconstruction and reconciliation. Held at the invitation of the United National Post Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation, the gathering was attended by Coalition members from Bangladesh, South Korea, Thailand, Cambodia, Indonesia, Timor-Leste and the United States.

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October 9, 2022

Member Spotlight: Maidan Museum

Join us as we welcome the Maidan Museum to discuss institutional challenges and developments in Ukraine. View the resource here.

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October 8, 2022

Member Spotlight: The Partition Museum

Staff from the Partition Museum, a Coalition member in India, discusses its oral histories, personal artifacts, and response to Covid-19. View the resource here.

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October 8, 2022

Member Spotlight: Whitney Plantation

Ashley Rogers, Executive Director of the Whitney Plantation, talks about the museum’s history, activities, and challenges posed by Covid-19. View the resource here.

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December 22, 2022

Mobilizing Memory: Defending Cultural Memory During Conflicts

In this webinar, ICSC’s Senior Specialist in Methodology and Practice Linda Norris will speak with Ihor Poshyvailo from Maidan Museum, a Site of Conscience in Kiev about the immediate and long-term effects of such destruction and how cultural workers in Ukraine are actively attempting to counter these attacks.

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October 9, 2022

Museums and #MeToo

A Front Page Dialogue guide centered on helping audiences have productive conversations around #MeToo and women’s narratives at museums. View the resource here.

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March 19, 2018

National Dialogues on Immigration: An Evaluation Toolkit

Developed for the Coalition’s National Dialogues on Immigration project (2014-2015), this evaluation toolkit was implemented at each of the project’s twenty participating Sites of Conscience to assess the success of each institution’s site-specific dialogue work as well as the collective success of the project

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October 9, 2022

New Member Webinar

In this Conscience Matters webinar, join Coalition staff as they welcome new members from across the globe and discuss the benefits of membership. This webinar…

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June 6, 2023

Organizational Change

Our understanding of history is, in so many ways, a process – one that unfolds overtime as new research unveils new perspectives, communities engage with…

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March 19, 2018

Picturing Coexistence and Conflict

Created by Coalition member, the International Centre for Ethnic Studies (ICES) and World Comics India (WCI), this publication features eight-page comics, written by and for the Galle District of Sri Lanka, as a means of fostering meaningful and productive dialogue across religious and ethnic boundaries. Written in English, Sinhalese and Tamil, the comics include the experiences and perspectives of school children, teachers, village leaders, members of village-level women’s groups, journalists and monks on religious and ethnic coexistence.

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March 19, 2018

Prisons Today: Questions in the Age of Incarceration

This report synthesizes observations and interviews completed in evaluating the 2016 Eastern State Penitentiary exhibit, Prisons Today: Questions in the Age of Incarceration. This report includes sample observation forms and interview questions, data results, and summaries of the evaluation findings.

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