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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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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

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

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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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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March 19, 2018

Sharing Stories, Shaping the Future: Dialogues on SPAÇ

In 2014, Cultural Heritage without Borders began implementation of the project “Sharing Stories, Shaping the Future: Dialogues for Spaç,” with the support of the Coalition. The reports included here document a series of three dialogue-centered planning workshops held with individual and institutional stakeholders to: deepen knowledge and understanding of the Spaç prison as a monument and symbol of the heritage of the Communist regime, propose several functions for the site and to develop a concrete action plan to give life to the chosen proposed functions.

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March 19, 2018

Speaking of Immigration

A program created by Coalition member State of Liberty National Monument and Ellis Island, Speaking of Immigration encourages participants to explore how personal values and assumptions about immigrants shape U.S. immigration policy.  The guide provides guidelines and questions for facilitators using historical context as a starting point for the discussion on immigration policy. 

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August 20, 2024

The Indigenous Ally: Museum Practitioner Toolkit 

This toolkit’s goal is to help the next set of museum leaders, decolonizers, and accomplices learn to look at their institution and work critically, and enter into a space of allyship for Indigenous communities. 

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March 19, 2018

The Memory Box Initiative: Seeking to Break the Cycle of Violence and Tragedy in Afghanistan

Developed by Coalition member, Afghanistan Human Rights and Democracy Organization (AHRDO), the Memory Box initiative provides a space for the victims of Afghanistan to tell their stories of loss and resilience in the face of the country’s violent history of mass murder, genocide, palace revolutions and unrelenting political upheaval. Victims explore their personal and collective histories through a 3-5 day reflective process that results in the creation of physical spaces of remembrance entirely produced by the victims themselves.

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October 9, 2022

We Are Present

In this session, we virtually launched “We Are Present: Women’s Histories of Conflict, Courage, and Survival,” our latest virtual publication. View the resource here.

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March 19, 2018

Youth Talk About This!

Youth Talk About This! is a collaborative multimedia storytelling project around HIV/AIDS and its impact on LGBTQ youth. Completed by Coalition member Museum of International Folk Art from July 2013-January 2014, the project was sponsored by the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience Project Support Fund and developed in collaboration with Youth Media Project Santa Fe and N’MPower of Albuquerque New Mexico.

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