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Among the new educational initiatives is a free virtual lesson for high school students (modelled after a pre-existing Museum school program), where CMHR program interpreters interact with students in real time, online from their homes. The Museum has also adapted its unique Be an Upstander online learning resource for Grades 5 to 8. In addition to the interactive web site, it now includes a new introductory video for students, filmed in the Rights Today gallery, and an adapted teacher guide...
Filming and sharing documentation for human rights can expose injustices, put a spotlight on stories rarely heard, and create movements that hold perpetrators and decision-makers accountable. But if advocating for accountability is dangerous on a normal day, even more so during a global pandemic. This is why the WITNESS team is devoted to working with allies and partners around the world to make our collective filming and documentation expertise available to anyone, anywhere who wants to use...
When considering the statement “all archives are human rights archives,” the dispersed corpus of Native American boarding school records uniquely bears the weight of these words. The Human Rights Watch defines human rights as “the basic rights and freedoms to which everyone is entitled on the basis of their common humanity. They include civil and political rights, as well as economic, social, and cultural rights.” Severe and fatal violations of these rights occurred during the nearly century-...
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum invites you to the 2020 Arthur and Rochelle Belfer National Conference for Educators on July 20–21. The conference is free to pre-service teachers, middle and high school educators, and community college faculty interested in teaching about the Holocaust. While the conference is designed for educators with less than five years experience teaching about the Holocaust, educators with more experience are also invited to attend. Due to the public health...
The death of George Floyd, who died while in police custody on Monday, is heartbreaking for the Minneapolis community, the African American community and our entire nation. As Dr. King said, injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. This incident is further proof that racism and implicit bias continue to plague our nation and, as they did on May 25, they rear their heads with devastating results. It has been said before and I will repeat it now, being black in America should not be...
Thank you to all our excellent nominees for the 2020 Records Management Section steering committee election. Please take some time to review their candidate statements and get to know them. You will be voting for: Vice Chair/Chair-Elect, who will then serve one year as Chair and one year as Immediate Past Chair; Steering Committee member (three-year term); and Early Career Members (one-year term). Ballots will be managed by SAA staff through Survey Monkey; keep an eye on your inbox for...
May 31, 2020   Records Management Section
Thank you to all of our excellent candidates for standing in the 2020 Archives Management Section election.  Please take some time to review their candidate statements and get to know them so you can make an informed choice. You will be voting for: One Vice Chair/Chair-elect, for a two-year term One Secretary, for a one-year term Two Steering Committee Members, each for a three-year term Ballots will be managed by SAA staff through Survey Monkey; please keep an eye on your inbox for when the...
May 30, 2020   Archives Management Section
Thank you to all of our excellent candidates for standing in the 2020 Diverse Sexuality and Gender Section (DSGS) election for a new section co-chair. Please take some time to review each candidate statement before submitting your vote once the ballots open. You will be voting for:Co-Chair, for a two-year term (2020-2022). SAA staff will manage the voting ballots, which are scheduled to open during the week of June 24, via Survey Monkey. Please keep an eye on your inbox for the link to your...
Thank you to our candidates for standing for the 2020 Manuscript Repositories Section election. Section members, please review their candidate statements and get to know the candidates so you can make an informed choice. You will be voting for: One Vice Chair/Chair-Elect, for a two-year term; and Three (3) Steering Committee members (three-year terms). Ballots will be managed by SAA staff through Survey Monkey; keep an eye on your inbox for when the ballot opens! Vice Chair/Chair-Elect...
The Womens Archivists Section Steering Committee is proud to nominate the following candidates for co-chair and steering committee member positions for 2020. Co-chair Charmaine Bonner My name is Charmaine Bonner and I am the Processing Archivist at Arizona State University. I am also a genealogist and have been conducting family history research for a little over ten years. I was inspired by librarians as an undergraduate student to apply for library school. I quickly realized I could connect...
May 28, 2020   Women Archivists Section
 Dear Colleagues, The AES is looking for folks willing to run for the following positions: Chair (one year term) Vice-chair/Chair-elect (two year term) Steering Committee (2 year term) If interested, please submit a brief biography and candidate statement (1-2 paragraphs each) describing your interest in serving by June 15. You can submit your interest, along with any questions, to poole.alex@gmail.com.   Sincerely, Alex Poole
May 27, 2020   Archival Educators Section
Vice Chair/Chair Elect Candidates Sarah Woods, El Pomar Foundation Biography: Sarah Woods received her MLS with a specialization in Archives & Records Management from Indiana University, Bloomington in 2018. She currently works as Curator of Historic Properties & Archives at El Pomar Foundation in Colorado Springs, CO. Before coming to El Pomar, Sarah worked at Wylie House Museum and interned in the archives at NASA Langley Research Center and United States Olympic & Paralympic...
We wish to thank all of our candidates in the 2020 Student and New Archival Professional Section election. Please review each candidate statement below prior to casting your vote for the following positions: Vice Chair/Chair-Elect (1 position: 1 year term, followed by 1 year as chair) Secretary (1 position: 1 year term) Steering Committee Member (3 positions: 1 year term) More information about ballots will be sent via email to Section members at a later date. Vice Chair/Chair-Elect The...
Are you interested in privacy issues within archives? Do you have a passion for exploring how restrictions impact donor relations, researchers’ experiences, and archivists’ work? Do you want to take a leadership role within the archival profession? Come join the P & C team! The Society of American Archivists’ (SAA) Privacy & Confidentiality Section is currently seeking nominations for vice chair and three steering committee members. All are encouraged to apply, including students and...
Help shape the future of the Society of American Archivists (SAA) Metadata and Digital Object Section (MDOS) by joining the Steering Committee. Service on the MDOS Steering Committee is a manageable time commitment that offers you valuable experience as you contribute to our profession by fostering discussion, education, and collaboration among archivists interested in digitization, digital archival objects, and the metadata that enables their access, management, and preservation. The MDOS...
The Metadata and Digital Object Section (MDOS) seeks an Early-Career Member volunteer to serve on the Steering Committee for one year to gain valuable leadership experience and mentorship. Students and new professionals are encouraged to apply. Members of the Steering Committee will work closely with the Early-Career Member to develop a mission-focused, attainable project designed to help meet their career goals and introduce them to professional service. The successful applicant is expected to...
Did you pilot a creative, remote project during COVID-19? As a part of  the 2020 Annual Meeting of the Society of American Archivists, the Reference, Access, & Outreach (RAO) section will host its 8th annual Marketplace of Ideas. The Marketplace of Ideas takes place in conjunction with the annual RAO business meeting, and offers participants a chance to learn more about creative instruction, outreach, and reference programs piloted by colleagues. This year, COVID-19 brought unexpected...
Dear DSGS Members, The Diverse Sexuality and Gender Section is seeking nominations for section co-chair with a two-year commitment spanning 2020 to 2022. Please consider nominating yourself or a colleague. We value our community and encourage candidates from diverse backgrounds, institutions, professional settings, and experiences. The only requirement for candidacy is current membership in DSGS. The incoming co-chair will work with DSGS' 2019-2021 co-chair, Alana Varner, to organize...
  Please send any nominations by Saturday, June 13th! Self-nominations are encouraged!   Are you seeking an opportunity to expand your network and get further involved in the oral history community? If so, consider running for an open position on the Steering Committee. Benefits of providing your time and expertise to the Steering Committee include: Networking with engaged colleagues. Cultivating leadership skills in a real-world setting.  Driving trends in the field.  Gaining service...
May 13, 2020   Oral History Section
The P&C Steering Committee is pleased to announce that the inaugural recipient of the 2020 Privacy and Confidentiality Award is Itza Carbajal! Itza is the Latin American Metadata Librarian at the University of Texas at Austin. Her project delves into the significance of empathetics donor relations and the impacton privacy within a collection. To read about her exciting project, visit the P&C Section blog. Congratulations to Itza! 
by Cristina Vignone, Education Chair, Business Archives Section In order to further explore the topic of business archives and exhibitions, the BAS held an industry-wide call on the topic on April 27, 2020. Over 70 members of the section gathered virtually for presentations by five BAS members—Elizabeth McGorty, Archivist & Records Manager at the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation; Cristina Vignone, Associate Archivist & Manager of Research Services at Tiffany & Co.; Neil...
May 8, 2020   Business Archives Section
by Greg McCoy, Immediate Past Chair As stated at the 2019 Annual Section Meeting, the section’s Standing Rules are in need of updating to reflect the changes in the roles and responsibilities of Section officers, to reflect changes in SAA guidelines, and other small changes. None of these fundamentally alter or change the Section’s overall mission or objectives, and the majority of changes are in the sections related to Officers, Committees, and Elections. Changes are viewable in the documents...
May 8, 2020   Business Archives Section
The Human Rights Archives section is seeking candidates to run for the following positions to serve as part of the steering committee starting in August 2020. Over the years the HRA has developed and matured. If elected to serve, your participation will be crucial to setting the goals and mission of the section. The commitment for this section is as follows (attending the Annual Meeting is not required):-Monthly steering committee call lasting 1 hour -Commitment to section projects with...
Something important to you missing from this newsletter? Send a submission my way and let me know what you would like to see. Please submit newsletter items about archives and human rights (writ broadly) to hilary.h.barlow@gmail.com. These can be recent publications, upcoming events or exhibitions, opportunities and scholarships, or something else entirely as long as it connects to archives and human rights. For the May newsletter, please send you submission by May 25, 2020.
Librarians and Archivists with Palestine invites you to join our international reading campaign, One Book, Many Communities, to be held in May and June 2020. Our One Book title for 2020 is The Book of Disappearance by Ibtisam Azem. Set in modern-day Jaffa and the greater Tel Aviv area, the story follows Alaa, a Palestinian citizen of Israel, and his friend Ariel, a Jewish Israeli. After Alaa disappears, Ariel finds Alaa’s journals. Alaa’s memory of his late grandmother, a survivor of the Nakba...