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1816 Farmington Quaker Meetinghouse (USA)


As the site of Genesee Yearly Meeting of Friends, the 1816 Farmington Quaker Meetinghouse was a national crucible for major reform movements in the nineteenth…

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20th Century Illuminations – Beyond Genocide (USA)


20th Century Illuminations – Beyond Genocide focuses on the ways in which art can enable us to reflect on our most basic human rights. Since…

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Abbe Museum (USA)


With the mission to inspire new learning about the Wabanaki Nations with every visit, the Abbe Museum values the importance of education, research, care, and…

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America’s Black Holocaust Museum (USA)


America’s Black Holocaust Museum (ABHM) was founded in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1984 by Dr. James Cameron, who survived a lynching at age 16. It is…

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Angel Island Immigration Station (USA)


Most Americans know the story of Ellis Island, where immigrants crossing the Atlantic Ocean were processed. But the story of its West Coast counterpart, the…

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Arab American National Museum (USA)


The first museum in the world devoted to Arab American history, the Arab American National Museum brings the voices and faces of Arab Americans to…

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Arch Street Meeting House


Arch Street Meeting House is a hub of Quaker thought, inspiration, and action and was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 2011.  Built in…

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Atlanta History Center (USA)


The Atlanta History Center, through its collections, programs and exhibitions, preserves and interprets subjects about the city and the region to Atlanta’s diverse audiences. The…

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Baltimore Museum of Industry


The Baltimore Museum of Industry was founded in 1977 as a project of the Mayor’s Office to collect the stories and histories of businesses that…

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Bellevue House National Historic Site


Bellevue House National Historic Site is a Parks Canada administered place where visitors can explore and discuss the legacies of first prime minister, Sir John…

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Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (USA)


In honor of the struggle against racism and segregation, the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (BCRI) was erected as a monument to reconciliation and equality for…

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Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner Historic Site (USA)


The Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner State Monument solemnly remembers the dark days of suffering from 1863 to 1868 when the U.S. Military persecuted…

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Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site (USA)


The story of Brown v. Board of Education, which ended legal segregation in U.S. public schools, is one of hope and courage. In December 1952,…

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Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 (Canada)


The Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 explores the theme of Canadian immigration to enhance public understanding of the experiences of immigrants as they…

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Catoctin Furnace Historical Society, Inc.


The Catoctin Furnace Historical Society, Inc. works to study, commemorate, and preserve the unique and rich history of this late 18th through 19th-century industrial village…

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Center for Reconciliation


The Center for Reconciliation in Providence, Rhode Island offers a wide range of events, ongoing programs and exhibits designed to connect us to the history…

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Chicago Cultural Alliance (USA)


Chicago Cultural Alliance (CCA) connects, promotes, and supports centers of cultural heritage for a more inclusive Chicago. The CCA represents 35 Chicago-area ethnic museums, cultural…

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Chicago Veterans for Peace – My Lai Memorial Exhibit (USA)


My Lai Memorial Exhibit Remember/ Learn/ Seek Justice & Peace This traveling exhibit honors the Vietnamese who died in their American War. The exhibit is…

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Colibrí Center for Human Rights


The Colibrí Center for Human Rights is a nonprofit, non-governmental organization based in Tucson, Arizona with the mission to end disappearance and uphold human dignity along the…

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Connecticut Landmarks (USA)


Founded in 1936, Connecticut Landmarks (CTL) owns thirteen historic properties in Connecticut. Their seven house museums are starting points – landmarks in every sense – for…

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Conner Prairie


Since 1974, Conner Prairie has been a destination where people can experience history in a way that books cannot teach, as founder Eli Lilly envisioned….

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Consequences of Radiation Exposure (USA)


The goal of Consequences of Radiation Exposure (CORE) is to establish an international museum focusing upon issues relating to the health effects of ionizing radiation….

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Damascus Center for Human Rights Studies


The Damascus Center for Human Rights Studies (DCHRS) is an independent, non-governmental organization established in 2005, located in the Syrian capital of Damascus. Its mission…

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Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, National Park Service


Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area was created in 1965 under the stewardship of the National Park Service. Located in both Pennsylvania and New Jersey,…

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Detroit Historical Society (USA)


The Detroit Historical Society provides meaningful experiences that share the city’s history with all its community members. The Society operates the Detroit Historical Museum in the…

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Dorothea Dix Park


Dorothea Dix Park has a deep history that involves many of the most complex national issues today: Race, Mental Health, and the Environment. Beginning as…

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Eastern State Penitentiary (USA)


Eastern State Penitentiary was once the most famous and expensive prison in the world. Opened in 1829, the facility embodied a new philosophy: that prolonged…

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Éist (USA)


Éist works to cultivate and promote community-based, post-conflict transformative justice through art, culture and media that focuses on first-person perspectives of justice and accountability, trauma…

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Filoli


Filoli welcomes 200,000 visitors through tours, art exhibitions, youth and adult education, and seasonal events. Our programs aim to highlight the importance of connections among…

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Flight PS752 Memorial


On January 8, 2020, tragedy struck as Ukrainian Airlines Flight PS752 carrying 176 crew and passengers  (plus an unborn child), was struck by the Islamic…

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Ford’s Theatre (USA)


The site of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination, Ford’s Theatre honors Lincoln’s legacy and explores the American experience through theatre and education. A working theatre, historical monument,…

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Friends of Sheldon Jackson Museum


The mission of the Friends is to support the Museum and its programs. To do this our organization relies on volunteers. Those volunteers serve as…

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Gettysburg Seminary Ridge Museum (USA)


The Gettysburg Seminary Ridge Museum provides a new and productive purpose for Schmucker Hall, built in 1832 as a state of the art museum with…

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Golden Gate National Recreation Area, National Park Service


Golden Gate National Recreation Area was established in 1972 as part of a movement to bring national parks to people living in urban areas. Since…

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Grand Teton National Park (USA)


Located in northwestern Wyoming, Grand Teton National Park and the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway preserves a spectacular landscape rich with majestic mountains, pristine…

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Harriet Beecher Stowe Center (USA)


Abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote perhaps the most influential novel of the 19th century, Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Her words inspired many to fight against slavery and…

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Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park (USA)


Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park is located in Dorchester County, Maryland and was created to commemorate the life of Harriet Tubman an American hero…

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Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation (USA)


The Heart Mountain Wyoming – Annie E. Casey Foundation was formed in 1996 to preserve the site that represents a period in U.S. history following…

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Historic Alexandria – United States


Historic Alexandria preserves and shares the past to enrich the present and inspire the future. As part of the City of Alexandria, the department shares…

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Historic Stagville State Historic Site (United States)


Historic Stagville is a state historic site that interprets the lives, culture, and labors of enslaved people on one of the largest plantations in North…

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Historical Memory Project (USA)


The Historical Memory Project documents and advocates for truth, historical memory, justice, and public access to state violence, war, and genocide archives in Latin America….

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Idaho Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial (USA)


The mission of the Idaho Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial is to “promote respect for human dignity and diversity through education and to foster individual responsibility to work…

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Illinois State Museum


The Illinois State Museum is a system of museums and galleries serving the people of Illinois, and operates within the agency of the Illinois Department…

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Indiana Historical Society (USA)


Since 1830, the Indiana Historical Society (IHS) has connected people to the past by collecting, preserving, and sharing the state’s history. IHS maintains a research…

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International Association for Integration, Dignity and Economic Advancement – IDEA (USA)


The International Association for Integration, Dignity and Economic Advancement – IDEA is building a global network of leprosy heritage sites – remote locations where individuals…

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James Madison’s Montpelier


James Madison’s Montpelier inspires public engagement with American constitutional self-government by bringing to life the home and contributions of James and Dolley Madison. Montpelier promotes…

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James Monroe Museum (USA)


The James Monroe Museum and Memorial Library is dedicated to the study, interpretation and presentation of the life and times of the fifth President of…

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Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation (USA)


The Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, an educational agency of the Commonwealth of Virginia accredited by the American Alliance of Museums, administers Jamestown Settlement and the American Revolution…

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Japanese American National Museum (USA)


The Japanese American National Museum (Museu Nacional Nipo-Americano) is the only museum in the United States that promotes understanding and appreciation of America’s ethnic and…

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Jewish History Museum and Holocaust History Center


The Jewish History Museum and Holocaust History Center is located in the Barrio Historico on the southern edge of downtown Tucson. The flagship of the…

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John Dickinson Plantation – United States


John Dickinson, known as the “Penman of the Revolution,” was one of America’s founding fathers who wrote of freedom and liberty for all while holding…

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John Hope Franklin Center for Reconciliation (USA)


The John Hope Franklin Center for Reconciliation oversees Reconciliation Park, the long-awaited result of the 2001 Oklahoma Commission to Study the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921….

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Justice Fleet


The Justice Fleet is a mobile network of experiences that foster community healing through art, play, and dialogue. Housed inside of box trucks, each mobile…

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Kennedy King Memorial Initiative


The Kennedy King Memorial Initiative builds on the historical events of April 4, 1968, to raise awareness, provoke thought and inspire action to eliminate division…

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Keweenaw National Historic Park


Keweenaw National Historic Park‘s mission is to preserve and interpret the history of copper mining in Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula. To help achieve that, the park…

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KIDZEUM


Kidzeum of Health and Science is located at 412 E. Adams Street in downtown Springfield, Illinois. The museum is designed to give children ages two-to-ten…

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Kupferberg Holocaust Center and Archives (USA)


The Harriet and Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust Resource Center & Archives, part of Queensborough Community College (CUNY), uses the lessons of the Holocaust and other mass…

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Leona Tate Foundation for Change (USA)


On May 17, 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the case of Brown vs. the Board of Education that racial segregation in the public…

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Levine Museum of the New South (USA)


The New South means people, places and a period of time — from 1865 to today. Levine Museum of the New South is an interactive…

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Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site


On September 4, 1957, nine African-American students were forcibly barred from entering a recently de-segregated public high school on the orders of their Governor. By…

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Longfellow House Washington’s Headquarters


Longfellow House-Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site preserves the home of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, one of the world’s foremost 19th century poets. First built in 1759,…

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Lowell National Historical Park (USA)


The early story of America’s Industrial Revolution is commemorated at Lowell National Historical Park. In the midst of this lively city, the Park offers visitors…

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Lower Falls Foundation


The Lower Falls Foundation, founded in 2016, is growing the national presence of Rochester‘s Lower Falls Region in New York by empowering community neighbors, fostering…

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Malik Rahim House


Malik Rahim joined the Black Panther Party during the Civil Rights movement and was a leader in the New Orleans Panthers by 1970. His house…

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Manzanar National Historic Site


In 1942, the United States government ordered more than 110,000 men, women, and children to leave their homes and detained them in remote, military-style camps….

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Maryland Lynching Memorial Project


Founded in 2018, the Maryland Lynching Memorial Project (MLMP) is an all-volunteer, non-profit organization that works to advance the cause of reconciliation in the state…

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Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation


Matilda Joslyn Gage was a progressive visionary of women’s rights and human liberation and an often unacknowledged leader who, with Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan…

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McLeod Plantation Historic Site and Caw Caw Interpretive Center


The McLeod Plantation Historic Site and the Caw Caw Interpretive Center are former plantations owned and operated by Charleston County Park and Recreation Commission. The…

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Michigan History Center


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Michigan State University Museum (USA)


The Michigan State University Museum is a public steward for nearly a million objects and specimens in Anthropology, Natural Science, Folk Arts, and History from around…

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Middle Passage Ceremonies and Port Markers Project


Middle Passage Ceremonies and Port Markers Project, Inc. (MPCPMP) provides a means for individuals and communities to formally honor and remember the millions of Africans…

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Minidoka National Historic Site (USA)


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Minnesota Historical Society: Historic Fort Snelling (USA)


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Minutemen Missile National Historic Site (USA)


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Missouri History Museum (USA)


The Missouri History Museum seeks to deepen the understanding of past choices, present circumstances, and future possibilities; strengthen the bonds of the community; and facilitate…

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Museum of Education – University of South Carolina (USA)


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Museum of Fine Arts


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Museum of International Folk Art (USA)


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Museum of Tolerance (USA)


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Museum of Women’s Resistance (USA)


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National Cambodian Heritage Museum & Killing Fields Memorial (USA)


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We must continue to remember and memorialize those We must continue to remember and memorialize those who have been victims of forced disappearances and state-sanctioned violence. Those families who mourn, the loved ones who grieve, and those who still do not know what happened to the ones they hold dear. All victim's stories are important and those that miss them deserve the truth. 

People like Vladimir Nizharadze, born in Georgia, who was tried for counter-revolutionary activities and sentenced to be executed, and his personal property confiscated. Vera Varazashvili, the youngest among women who fell victim to the Georgian repressions of 1937-38. She was sentenced to death by firing squad after the accusation of being an active member of the Georgian National-Socialist-Fascist Organization. Or Stefane Kirkesali (Kirkesalishvili) who was a brilliant mind in the field of electrical engineering, and accused of counter-revolutionary activities, was tried by a military collegium composed of Matulevich, Zaryanov, Zhigur, and Kostiushko, and executed.

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La Coalición Internacional de Sitios de Concienci La Coalición Internacional de Sitios de Conciencia (CAPI) desea rendir homenaje a nuestro miembro argentino Museo Sitio de Memoria ESMA, ubicado en el antiguo sitio de la Escuela de Mecánica de la Armada (ESMA) en Buenos Aires, ya que se convirtió, el 19 de septiembre de 2023, en el primer Sitio del Patrimonio Mundial en ser nominado por su valor universal excepcional como Sitio Asociado con Recuerdos de Conflictos Recientes y otros recuerdos negativos y divisivos.

El Museo Sitio de Memoria ESMA fue creado en 2019 a partir de las demandas y los esfuerzos de la sociedad civil para reimaginar uno de los antiguos sitios clandestinos de detención, tortura y exterminio más notorios de Argentina y la región en las décadas de 1970 y 1980, un período en el que muchos países latinoamericanos experimentaron dictaduras cívico-militares, en un lugar para aprender sobre este difícil pasado y promover una cultura de derechos humanos para las generaciones futuras. Como señaló el Secretario de Derechos Humanos de Argentina, Horacio Pietragalla Corti, " este reconocimiento internacional constituye una respuesta contundente a quienes niegan o buscan restar importancia al terrorismo de Estado y a los crímenes de la última dictadura cívico-militar.”

Lea nuestra declaración completa a través del enlace en nuestra biografía.

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Wondering how to build the capacity of your staff Wondering how to build the capacity of your staff to be the museum you want to be? Or exploring how to include more diverse stories that fully represent your community? This year’s @us_imls grants, due November 15 include a new Museums Empowered grant as well as Inspire! Grants for small museums and Museums for America. 
  Our Methodology and Practice team has worked extensively on IMLS-supported projects, including with Conner Prairie, Herman-Grima + Gallier Historic Houses and two cohorts of member sites focused on change.  We’re happy to chat with you about how we can work together!
The International Coalition of Sites of Conscience The International Coalition of Sites of Conscience (ICSC) would like to pay tribute to our Argentinean member Museo Sitio de Memoria ESMA, located at the Former Navy School of Mechanics site (ESMA) in Buenos Aires, as it became, on September 19, 2023, the first ever World Heritage Site to be nominated for its outstanding universal value as a Site Associated with Memories of Recent Conflicts and other negative and divisive memories.

Museo Sitio de Memoria ESMA was created in 2019 from civil society demands and efforts to reimagine one of the most notorious former clandestine sites of detention, torture and extermination of Argentina and the region in the 1970s and 1980s, a period many Latin American countries experienced civil-military dictatorships, into a place to learn about this difficult past and promote a culture human rights for future generations. As stated by Argentina’s Human Rights Secretary Horacio Pietragalla Corti, “this international recognition constitutes a strong response to those who deny or seek to downplay state terrorism and the crimes of the last civil-military dictatorship.”

Read our full statement via the link in our bio.

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Around the turn of the 20th century, the American Around the turn of the 20th century, the American Settlement House Movement arose as an innovative approach to addressing social issues caused by rapid industrialization and unchecked capitalist greed. Join us for an exploration of how the movement and the work continue into the present day. Speakers Nadia Maragha (Jane Addams Hull House Museum, Chicago), Dakota Russell (The House of the Seven Gables Settlement Association, Salem, MA), and Katie Vogel (Henry Street Settlement, New York) will describe how their unique organizations tell the stories of the Settlement movement and carry on its vision for a new century. Kenneth Turino, Past President of The House of the Seven Gables Settlement Association, will moderate.

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In 1969, Sherry Arnstein developed a Ladder of Cit In 1969, Sherry Arnstein developed a Ladder of Citizen Participation. In the decades since, there are lots of takes, both positive and negative on it. Nonetheless, we find it a useful tool—but we’ve also been discussing how it might be revised for museums, heritage and cultural organizations in our current times. How would you frame a new ladder?
Tomorrow, September 15th, marks the 60th anniversa Tomorrow, September 15th, marks the 60th anniversary of the 16th Street Baptist church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama. Perpetrated by the Ku Klux Klan, the bombing killed four young girls: Addie Mae Collins (14), Carol Denise McNair (11), Carole Robertson (14) and Cynthia Wesley (14).

Speaking at the national conference, "There IS a Balm in Gilead," our Executive Director, Elizabeth Silkes, is in Birmingham this week to remember these lives lost and share thoughts on healing from racialized violence from our members around the world. There is no easy solution for this, but Sites of Conscience have taught us that of all the steps required to foster healing–to repair the social fabric and build a just, inclusive society following trauma–the most important may be:

acknowledgment of harms done,

accountability for violations,

and collective action to ensure the harms do not recur.

Access to truth, particularly historical truth, however, is essential to manifesting these steps and it is at great risk throughout the world today. This is especially so in the United States, where the history of slavery and the genocide of Native peoples is explicitly under attack, with suppression or denial of these histories increasingly the goal of conservative politicians, local and state governments and school boards.

As we commemorate the innocent lives lost to racial hatred and violence in Birmingham–and so many other towns across the country–as a society we must make a commitment to face our history with courage. We must correct the history and connect the history by recentering historical truths and demanding better futures. There is no other way.

The images shown here are taken from Ms. Silkes's presentation. For more information, please visit: https://conference.thehistoricbethel.org/ 

#4littlegirls #birmingham @theaneked @thejusticefleet @ncrmuseum @nmhistoricsites
Last week at the AASLH conference in Boise, ID, Me Last week at the AASLH conference in Boise, ID, Methodology and Practice team members @staceymariegarcia and @lindabnorris led two sessions— a dialogue workshop and a session on museums, trauma and resilience. Great participants at both—thanks to all for such lively, thoughtful conversation!
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