Webinar Recordings

Human Rights Wiki Project discusses the movement for free knowledge and  strategies for creating engaging Wikipedia entries.

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

Global Networks Director Linda Norris introduces practical exercises to help Sites of Conscience craft powerful labels for their exhibitions.

Members from the Americas examine how symbolic reparations can foster healing related to indigenous and colonial histories.

Sites of Conscience from Australia and Nepal explore how art can be used to incorporate women’s stories into official narratives.

Members from the US and Germany compare their experiences hosting private events at historic sites that remember traumatic events.

Sites of Conscience from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Chile and Rwanda discuss how to amplify children’s stories to support healing and action.

This webinar explores a variety of tools to draw on when comments from visitors or other stakeholders are harmful or elevate tensions.

Presented in collaboration with GIJTR, this session considered what an effective truth and justice commission might look like in the United States.

In this webinar, learn simple strategies to update your exhibitions and engage your community in the process.

Panelists will examine their work and how peace processes can address gendered components of conflict.

Panelists discuss the historical roots of discrimination against LGBTQIA+ populations.

Learn the ways to engage religious leaders in support of truth-telling, justice, and healing processes.

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

Learn about the renewed Global Responsibility to Protect and ways that communities can take action against discrimination.

Braden Paynter, Director of Methodology and Practice, speaks to Sites of Conscience members about environmental justice.

Join Linda Norris, Brenda Pipestem, and the four Tulsa-based artists as they discuss their experience with the In Dialogue program.

Explore digital mapping to confront impunity, using the Coalition’s MENA Mapping Project (Damirouna) project.

Human Rights Wiki Project discute el movimiento por el conocimiento libre y las estrategias para crear atractivas entradas de Wikipedia.

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

Coalition Board, staff and members discuss challenges women face in sharing their stories and suggest strategies for overcoming them.

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

Director of Development Sara Murphy shares resources and strategies for funding, grant proposals and reporting in challenging times.

Four women artists and activists explore landscapes and monuments through indigenous and feminist perspectives.

Sites of Conscience from Syria, Turkey, and special guest from Germany talk about their efforts to monitor and offset destructive media outlets.

This session shares experiences, techniques, and strategies from Sites of Conscience to support front-line workers during this “new normal.”

Migration Museums in Australia, Italy and France discuss the process of rethinking exhibitions to reflect current issues around migration.

Using examples from members, presenters will show how Sites of Conscience use histories to spark action.

Using examples from past and present, panelists discuss the history between public health and discrimination.

Hear from the 7 recipients of the Community Engagement Grant “Inter-Religious Understanding Through Graphic Arts”.

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

In this Conscience Matters webinar, hear from members participating in an 18-month cohort on ways to build social resilience.

In this Conscience Matters webinar, learn strategies for navigating security concerns and press restrictions to support transitional justice.

Workers’ rights are human rights the world over. Sites of Conscience share their work of connecting the history of labor to contemporary issues of workers’ rights.

Sites of Conscience share strategies for foregrounding women’s experiences of trauma, imprisonment, activism and healing.

Staff and guests discuss how to strengthen justice and accountability around sexual violence against women. Co-hosted with GAAMAC.

Sites of Conscience offer solutions for when their organizational missions are threatened by political agendas or repressive administrations.

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

Communications Director Ashley Nelson showcases media tools for an array of platforms to assist members in advocacy and promotion.

A four-hour workshop that supports participants in reimagining or creating new monuments from indigenous and feminist angles.

Historians, activists and museum practitioners discuss ways how to transform divisive objects/spaces into ones that support racial equity.

Educators from First Nations share experiences and strategies for supporting communities affected by oppression, with a focus on education.

ICOM has sought to refine its definition of a museum. Join the Coalition in identifying key words and themes that will be shared with ICOM.

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

Hear from Sites of Conscience as they share ways that intangible cultural heritage can strengthen communities.

In this webinar, hear from the recipients of “Virtual Advocacy In Support of Women, Girls, & the LGBTI Community”.

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

Join SoC staff and members as they discuss ways to support economic empowerment and sustainability through memory work.

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

In the Asia Pacific, like in other regions of the world, the covid pandemic has exacerbated alarming trends of scapegoating and hate speech against minority groups.

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

Examples of effective memory initiatives from Sites of Conscience across the globe inspire thoughts on COVID-19 and memorialization.

Coalition staff and participants converse about different definitions of justice and how each can inform Sites of Conscience.

Coalition staff and members share experiences re-opening Sites of Conscience amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Estrategias de diálogo en espacios digitales a medida que se exploran nuevas plataformas para fomentar el cuidado y la comprensión.

Casa Memoria José Domingo Cañas comparte acerca de su ardua labor para la protección de derechos humanos en Chile.

Applying the Bedchel Test to sites our storytelling gives us a powerful tool to build programming that helps us challenge systems of power. 

This session is an introduction to how museums and historic sites can analyze the narratives around them

Linda Norris, Senior Specialist in Methodology and Practice, offers tips for responding to hostile online commentary.

In this session, you’ll learn specific strategies on ways to help organizational teams manage challenging situations.

Ana Edwards, Chair of Sacred Ground, discusses the Project’s mission to expand community understanding of its public history resources.

Learn strategies for meaningfully incorporating land acknowledgments into work and life.

Learn strategies for avoiding careless commentary and effectively engaging with it when it does occur.

Learn the definition and many signs of burnout as well as ways to help prevent it from happening.

Sites of Conscience explore how crises like pandemics can lead to expansions or constrictions of civil and human rights.

Senior Director of the Coalition’s GIJTR Ereshnee Naidu explains how Sites of Conscience might engage transitional justice in their work.

Three Sites of Conscience share music pieces that have had a transformative effect on issues past and present at their organizations.

Srebrenica-Potocari Memorial Center & Cemetery talks about their work preserving and honoring the stories of the Srebrenica Genocide.

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

In this webinar, Linda Norris, Coalition’s Director of Global Network, shares some concrete tools to help you connect with visitors.

This webinar will look at how museums can help grow democracies and give participants a chance to share challenges and opportunities.

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

Guests discuss how community-based initiatives can empower disadvantaged youth and foster brighter futures.

This Webinar Short will preview the first global workshop of the Coalition’s 2021 Global Summit. 

Hear from Braden Paynter, Director of Methodology, as he shares strategies for engaging staff and visitors in dialogue in digital spaces. 

Learn strategies facilitators, activists, and thought leaders can use to deepen conversations at your site or organization.

In this Webinar Short, hear from Museu da Pessoa in Brazil to learn about its unique programming and digital exhibitions.

The Coalition’s Regional Managers summarize emerging themes related to COVID-19 from members around the world.

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

Director of Methodology and Practice Braden Paynter examines the complicated role of historic anniversaries in advocacy efforts.

Understand how approaching limits as creative constraints can lead to surprising, innovative solutions to the challenges facing us today.

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

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

This session discussed how museums can support ongoing voting in their communities and how they can support a fair tallying of votes.

This session will briefly share frameworks for analyzing how museums and historic sites can navigate partisan divides.

Learn about the Human Rights Center for Memory and Archives’ efforts to defend human rights in Morocco.

This Webinar Short will preview the second global workshop of the Coalition’s 2021 Global Summit. 

Hear from Global Networks Program Director, Silvia Fernandez, as she previews the Coalition’s third and final global workshop of 2021.

Learn about the National Human Rights Museum in Taiwan and its programming and exhibitions.

Learn strategies for ensuring that all members of a community are included in Sites of Conscience programming.

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

Partners and members discuss the particular hurdles women face during the pandemic and suggest strategies for offering them support.

Guests discuss the effect COVID-19 is having on transitional justice and atrocity prevention efforts around the globe. Co-hosted with GAAMAC.

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

Coalition members from Asia and the Middle East analyze the relationship between migration and public health, past and present.

Sites of Conscience, offering strategies and examples of effective memorials and memory initiatives that honor loss in times of crisis.

Celeste Matross from the Centre for Violence and Reconciliation in South Africa discusses self-care and guides participants in a meditation exercise.

Practitioners and advocates discuss grassroots organizing strategies and virtual opportunities for protesting under duress.