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Arquivo Nacional (Brasil)


Established in 1838, during Brazil’s assertion as an independent state, the National Archives holds a vast and diverse collection of millions of documents in various…

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CALDH (Guatemala)


The CALDH is a permanent space, open to the public, with special emphasis on youth, which communicates and exhibits for purposes of study, deconstruction, and…

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Casa de la Memoria “Kaji Tulam” – Guatemala


The Casa de la Memoria “Kaji Tulam” is a permanent space that communicates and exhibits for purposes of study, deconstruction, and analysis the history of…

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Colectivo Todxs Somos Jorge y Javier (Mexico)


The Todxs Somos Jorge y Javier Collective (We Are All Jorge and Javier) was formed in 2014 by concerned citizens and alumni of Tecnológico de…

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Espacio para la Memoria OLIMPO


Espacio para la Memoria operates where there was a Clandestine Detention, Torture and Extermination Center during the last civic-military dictatorship. It was recovered thanks to…

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Grupo de Apoyo Mutuo (Guatemala)


A nonprofit civil society group, Grupo de Apoyo Mutuo (GAM) was formed in 1984 to bring together the families of people illegally detained and forcibly…

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International Institute of Learning for Social Reconciliation (Guatemala)


The International Institute of Learning for Social Reconciliation (IIARS) is a private non-profit organization that aims to provide a forum to discuss and learn about…

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LUME: Lugar de Memória (Brazil)


LUME: Lugar de Memória (LUME: Place of Memory), serves as a space for community engagement, using its platform to foster social transformation and justice. Created…

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Memorial da Democrácia da Paraíba (Brazil)


Memorial da Democrácia da Paraíba, established by decree 33.426 on October 31, 2012, is located at the Casa de José Américo Foundation in João Pessoa,…

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Muntref Museo de la Inmigración (Argentina)


Muntref Museo de la Inmigración  (Muntref Museum of Immigration), supported by the Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero, serves as a vital space for honoring…

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Museo Casa de la Memoria Indómita (Mexico)


Museo Casa de la Memoria Indómita (MuCMI) opened its doors on June 14, 2012, serving as a vital space for preserving the memory of State…

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Museo de la Palabra y la Imagen (El Salvador)


Museo de la Palabra y la Imagen, a citizen initiative founded after El Salvador’s Peace Accord, preserves significant records on Salvadoran history and culture. The…

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Museu de Favela (Brazil)


Museu de Favela in Rio de Janeiro centers its collection on the lives, memories, and cultural expressions of the residents of Cantagalo, Pavão, and Pavãozinho…

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Parque Cultural de Valparaíso


The Cultural Park of Valparaiso is a place of memory, cultural center and public space that promotes cultural participation and human rights, for the construction…

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Parque de la Memoria – Monumento a las Víctimas del Terrorismo de Estado (Argentina)


The Parque de la Memoria – Monumento a las Víctimas del Terrorismo de Estado is a public space that extends over fourteen acres, located along…

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Red Somos Memoria (Mexico)


Red Somos Memoria is a network of 17 collectives and organizations that launched memory and archival initiatives, and today, are building a larger collective dedicated…

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Tlaxcoaque, Sitio de Memoria


Located in Tlaxcoaque Square in Mexico City, Tlaxcoaque Sitio de Memoria seeks to preserve the remaining part of the building that housed the General Directorate…

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Sitio de Memoria Circular de Morelia (Mexico)


Teniendo en cuenta que un sitio de memoria tiene como objetivo resignificar su entorno a partir de tres elementos principales: el espacio, la memoria y…

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Museu da Pessoa (Brazil)


The Museu da Pessoa is a virtual and collaborative museum of life stories open to everyone’s participation. At the Museum, you can tell your own…

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Corporación de Memoria y Cultura Puchuncaví – Chile


Corporación de Memoria y Cultura Puchuncaví promotes a culture of human rights towards Chilean society, through the rescue and enhancement of the history and memory…

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Asociación de Familiares de Detenidos Desaparecidos y Mártires por la Liberación Nacional – Bolivia


Founded in 1983, the Association of Relatives of Missing Detainees and Martyrs for National Liberation (ASOFAMD) seeks to keep alive the memory of martyrs and…

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Centro Cultural Museo y Memoria de NELTUME- Chile


Centro Cultural and Museo y Memoria de Neltume has 16 years of experience with their local community in Panguipulli, Chile. Its mission is to be…

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Asociación Nacional de Familiares de Secuestrados, Detenidos y Desaparecidos del Perú – ANFASEP


The National Association of Relatives of Kidnapped, Detained and Disappeared of Peru was established on September 2, 1983, to bring together people who had been…

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Red Colombiana de Lugares de Memoria – RCLM


The Red Colombiana de Lugares de Memoria – RCLM is comprised of 28 places of memory located in different regions of Colombia, some of which…

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Museo Memoria y Tolerancia (Museum of Memory and Tolerance)- Mexico


The Museum of Memory and Tolerance was founded in 2010 in Mexico City as a non-profit organization that is dedicated to disseminating the importance of…

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Faro de la Memoria- Argentina


The Faro de la Memoria, or the Lighthouse of Memory, formerly called ESIM, was a clandestine detention center where people were tortured and killed by the armed…

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Memorial da Lutas e Ligas Camponesas- Brazil


Memorial das Ligas e Lutas Camponesas (Memorial of Small Farmers Leagues and Struggles), an NGO is headquartered in the community of Barra de Antas, in the…

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Estadio Nacional, Memoria Nacional – Chile


In the aftermath of the September 1973 coup d’état that overthrew the Government of Chilean President Salvador Allende, the National Stadium of Santiago (Estadio Nacional)…

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Devoir de Mémoire (Haiti)


Devoir de Mémoire fights to transform sites of atrocities into sites of memory in Haiti, to demand justice for the crimes committed during the Duvalier dictatorship,…

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Sociedad Civil Las Abejas (Mexico)


Sociedad Civil Las Abejas is an organized group fighting peacefully for their rights, and to defend their lands and territories. Its work is based on…

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Museu da Imigração do Estado de São Paulo (Brazil)


Brazil is a country known worldwide for its cultural diversity. Native people from many nations, such as the Portuguese, Spanish, Flemish, Africans of different origins,…

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The Dirección de Verdad, Justicia y Reparación (Paraguay)


The Dirección de Verdad, Justicia y Reparación (Board of Truth, Justice and Reparation) is a subset of Paraguay’s Defensoría del Pueblo. This institution emerged from…

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Centro de Investigaciones Históricas de los Movimientos Sociales (Mexico)


Centro de Investigaciones Históricas de los Movimientos Sociales (CIHMSAC) was established in May 2006 with the effort of activists, social science researchers, and individuals to…

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Centro de Derechos Humanos Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas (Mexico)


Founded in 1989 by Bishop Samuel Ruiz García of the Diocese of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Centro de Derechos Humanos Fray Bartolomé de Las…

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Casa Memoria José Domingo Cañas (Chile)


The José Domingo Cañas Foundation aims to promote the maintenance of collective memory regarding human rights, especially in the scope of education, culture, and society….

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Asociación Caminos De La Memoria – El Ojo Que Llora (Peru)


Asociación Caminos de la Memoria is an organization of diverse individuals with a proven track record for human rights promotion in Peru. As part of…

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Archivo de la Memoria de la Provincia de Córdoba (Argentina)


Located in Santa Catalina in the heart of the City of Cordoba, the Department of Information (D2) – the Intelligence Section of the Provincial Police…

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Parque por la Paz – Villa Grimaldi (Chile)


Parque por la Paz (Park for Peace) Villa Grimaldi is located in the former Chilean dictatorship’s principle center for detention, torture, and extermination. It is now a…

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Memorial Paine: Corporacia Paine, Un Lugar para la Memoria (Chile)


Paine is a rural county located to the south of Santiago in Chile. In 1973, during the Pinochet dictatorship, 70 members of the local community…

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The Committee for Human Rights: NIDO 20 (Chile)


The Committee for Human Rights: NIDO 20 is dedicated to preserving the memory of the extensive human rights violations that took place during the dictatorship…

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Museo de la Memoria – Rosario (Argentina)


The Memorial Museum was created in order to promote access to knowledge and research on the situation of human rights and social and political memory…

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Memoria Abierta (Argentina)


Memoria Abierta, a collective of human rights organizations, works to raise social awareness and knowledge about state terrorism in order to enrich democratic culture. One…

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Fundacion Zelmar Michelini


Fundacion Zelmar Michelini disseminates the work and thought of Zelmar Michelini, a Uruguayan human rights advocate, with the goal of promoting reflection on pluralism and fighting impunity. The…

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Centro Cultural y Museo de la Memoria – MUME (Uruguay)


Centro Cultural y Museo de la Memoria is a space dedicated to the memory of state terrorism and the efforts of the Uruguayan people in…

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Centro Cultural por la Memoria de Trelew (Argentina)


The Cultural Center for Memory in Trelew is located at the old airport of Trelew. In August 1972, during the military dictatorship of Gen. Alejandro…

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Casa do Povo (Brazil)


Casa do Povo is the popular name of Instituto Cultural Israelita Brasileiro, a cultural center founded and historically run by left-oriented Jewish communities in São Paulo,…

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Museo Memorial de la Resistencia Dominicana (Dominican Republic)


The Memorial Museum of the Dominican Resistance collects, organizes, preserves, researches, distributes, and displays the tangible and intangible heritage of the struggles of several generations…

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Memorial ACTe (Guadeloupe)


In memory of those who were victims of the slave trade and slavery, Memorial ACTe is set on Guadeloupian soil, on the site of the…

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Centro de Memoria, Paz y Reconciliación (Colombia)


Centro de Memoria, Paz y Reconciliación (Memory and Peace Center) seeks to materialize the commitment to honor the memory of victims of political violence from…

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Asociación Paz y Esperanza (Peru)


Asociación Paz y Esperanza is a Christian non-profit association in Peru that works to promote social justice and the integral development of the indigent and…

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Memorial da Resistência de São Paulo (Brazil)


El Memorial is housed at the former offices of the Department of Social and Political Order of São Paulo State, one of the most gruesome…

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Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos (Chile)


The Museum of Memory and Human Rights offers a space for ethical reflection on the violations on human life and dignity committed by the State…

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Asociación por la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos Colonia Dignidad (Chile)


Colonia Dignidad [Dignity Colony], now called Villa Baviera [Bavarian Village], is a piece of land in Parral, Chile inhabited by Germans since 1961. It is…

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Memorial para la Concordia (Guatemala)


Memorial para la Concordia/Guatemala is a project that has been developed over two and a half years alongside the Historical Archive of the National Police….

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Museo Casa de la Memoria (Colombia)


Casa de la Memoria Museum was created as an initiative of the Municipal Unit for Victim Attention and Reparation of Medellin, Colombia, in order to…

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Museo Sitio de Memoria ESMA (Argentina)


Museo Sitio de Memoria ESMA is a former clandestine center for detention, torture and extermination; a historical site; and a material testimony to the human rights…

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Cantos Cautivos


Cantos Cautivos (Captive Songs) is a digital archive that compiles memories of individual and collective musical experiences in centres for political detention and torture in…

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Museo de las Memorias: Dictadura y Derechos Humanos (Paraguay)


The Museum of Memory operates in the building of the National Bureau of Technical Matters (1956 to 1992), a clandestine center for torture, executions, and…

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Núcleo de Preservação da Memória Política (Brasil)


The Center for Preservation of Political Memory was first created as a working group of the Permanent Forum of Former Political Prisoners and Persecuted Persecuted…

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Happy #Juneteenth! Today we celebrate the end of s Happy #Juneteenth! Today we celebrate the end of slavery in the United States – while recognizing how much work still needs to be done to achieve true liberation. There are currently no formal “transitional justice” mechanisms in America, which are the measures countries put into place to address legacies of conflict and human rights abuses. 

If you’d like to learn more about these important processes, you can listen to our podcast series “Transitional Justice in America”. In this series, we connect U.S. Sites of Conscience with some of our members that are leading #transitionaljustice efforts in their own countries, to help inspire them with the work already being done around the world. [Link in bio]
#MemberMonday: Welcome to @thevalentinerva, one of #MemberMonday: Welcome to @thevalentinerva, one of our newest Sites of Conscience! We are particularly impressed by The Valentine Museum’s unflinching confrontation of its own past, as it explores the racist legacy of its founders while working to bring its community together today.

“Truthful storytelling is at the very core of what we do. …To be trusted storytellers of the region’s history, we must also be transparent about the museum’s institutional history, practices and interpretative intentions.” -The Valentine Museum
We’re pleased to announce that again this year, We’re pleased to announce that again this year, 22 @newcastleuni student interns will have the opportunity to learn from and contribute to the work of @sitesofconscience members. In-person internships are with National Museums, Northern Ireland; Youth for Peace, Cambodia; Human Rights Media Centre, South Africa; Constitution Hill, South Africa; Srebrenica Memorial Center, Bosnia and Herzegovina; Youth Initiative for Human Rights, Kosovo; Kdei Karuna, Cambodia; Single Mothers Association of Kenya, Kenya; Manane Cultural Trust, Kenya; Museo Casa de la Memoria, Colombia; Museo de la Palabra y la Imagen - MUPI), El Salvador;
Associacion Caminos de la Memoria, Peru; São Paulo Immigration Museum, Brazil.
 
Virtual interns will be hosted by Cantos Cautivos, UK; The Lilliesleaf Trust, UK;
Voices of Women Media, Nepal; Museu da Pessoa, Brazil; Catoctin Furnace Historical Society, US; Womens Institute for Alternative Development, Trinidad and Tobago; Women Rights Initiative, Uganda; Act for the Disappeared, Lebanon and Justice Access Point, Uganda.  Photo: MUPI.
#StateOfTruth: Spotlight on Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 The #StateOfTruth: Spotlight on Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 The Sri Lankan government is currently pushing the creation of a “National Unity and Reconciliation Commission” to examine atrocities committed during its 26-year civil war. On paper, this sounds like a worthy effort. However, rather than establishing yet another commission – ICSC joins survivors and civil society groups in urging the government to pursue criminal accountability for war crimes and following through on recommendations made under previous transitional justice processes. Without critical buy-in from victims and civil society, the establishment of this commission appears to be an attempt to appease the international community with optics rather than earnest action, and risks retraumatizing victims and distorting critical truths. 

During the civil war between the government and Tamil separatist groups, dominated by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), from 1983-2009, gross human rights violations were committed by multiple state and non-state actors. Over 1 million people were displaced and 100,000 killed, including an estimated 40,000 Tamil civilians in the final months of the war. When the war finally ended, the human rights violations did not. Torture and enforced disappearance continue to be used by the Sri Lankan government as tools of political repression. We will continue to monitor the progress of the proposed commission and ongoing efforts to intimidate victims and their families fighting for justice. Learn more about our work in #SriLanka in our State of Truth in the World Report [link in bio].
Nos entusiasma compartir con ustedes una colecció Nos entusiasma compartir con ustedes una colección de Dossiers surgidos de una sistematización de las experiencias de los Espacios para la Memoria en Argentina, entre ellos el Sitio de Conciencia Espacio para la Memoria OLIMPO, en Buenos Aires, con el objetivo de difundir, promover y reflexionar sobre su labor educativa, de participación comunitaria, investigación, conservación, comunicación, arte y cultura.
 
La transformación de lugares que funcionaron como Centros Clandestinos de Detención, Tortura y Exterminio (ex CCDTyE) en espacios abiertos a la comunidad, implica un trabajo material y simbólico en el que confluyen el Estado y la sociedad civil para constituir una pluralidad de experiencias aún nuevas.
 
Muestra hasta qué punto las políticas públicas destinadas a marcar y conformar Sitios de Memoria y Espacios para la Memoria, como las que hay en Argentina, implican también una transformación en las políticas de Memoria, Verdad y Justicia.

Se puede descargar la colección de dossiers en la página web de Ex CCDTyE Olimpo a través del linktree en nuestra biografía.

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We are excited to share with you a collection of dossiers stemming from documentation of experiences at Spaces for Memory in Argentina, including the Site of Conscience Space for Memory OLIMPO, in Buenos Aires. These dossiers aim to disseminate, promote and reflect on the educational work, community participation, research, conservation, communication, art and culture at these Spaces for Memory.
 
The transformation of places that functioned as Clandestine Detention, Torture and Extermination Centers (former CCDTyE) into spaces open to the community, involves a material and symbolic work in which the State and civil society converge to constitute a plurality of still new experiences.
 
It shows the extent to which public policies aimed at marking and shaping Sites of Memory and Spaces for Memory, as there are in Argentina, imply also a transformation in the policies of Memory, Truth and Justice.

You can read the collection of dossiers on Ex CCDTyE Olimpo’s website through the linktree in our biography.
Repost from @anzatrailnps • @missiongarden, a no Repost from @anzatrailnps
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@missiongarden, a non-profit agricultural heritage space, overlays the Indigenous village of Cuk Ṣon (pronounced Chuk Shon) - a place sacred to the Tohono O’odham - and the 18th century garden and orchard of Mission San Agustín del Tucson. 

The Anza Trail passes through this land as well, and we are honored to have collaborated with Mission Garden and @sitesofconscience on a new experimental pop-up program in the garden on May 18. The program visitors connected to deep and complex histories through their own experiences on the land. Here's to more collaboration in the future along the Anza Trail in this special place: the birthplace of Tucson and a nexus of food and culture. 

Photo 1: Sam Kaiser, Community Volunteer Ambassador with the Anza Trail, explains the experiential program to Mission Garden visitors 

Photo 2: High adobe walls and an orchard mark the entrance to Mission Gardens; Sentinel Peak ("A" mountain) rises in the background 
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Mission Garden, un espacio de patrimonio agrícola sin fines de lucro, se superpone a la aldea indígena de Cuk Ṣon (cuya pronunciación es Chuk Shon) —un lugar sagrado para los Tohono O'odham— y al jardín y huerto del siglo XVIII de la Misión de San Agustín del Tucson. 

El sendero histórico de Anza atraviesa estas tierras, y el 18 de mayo tuvimos el honor de haber colaborado con Mission Garden e International Coalition of Sites of Conscience en un nuevo programa experiencial emergente en el jardín. Los visitantes revivieron historias remotas y complejas a través de experiencias propias en la tierra. Ojalá que podamos colaborar más en el futuro a lo largo del Sendero de Anza en este lugar tan especial: la cuna de Tucson y un nexo con la gastronomía y la cultura. 

Foto 1: Sam Kaiser, embajador voluntario de la comunidad del sendero de Anza, explica el programa experiencial a los visitantes de Mission Garden. 

Foto 2: muros altos de adobe y un huerto marcan la entrada a Mission Gardens; Sentinel Peak (la montaña "A") se eleva al fondo.
So pleased to share these images from ICSC's Annua So pleased to share these images from ICSC's Annual Board meeting held from May 17-20, 2024 in Bridgetown, Barbados, and graciously hosted by the @barbadosmuseum. Held in conjunction with International Museum Day, there were no shortage of highlights from the meeting, which centered on ICSC's work addressing the legacies of the transatlantic slave trade. In addition to BMHS, Board members and staff visited several sites related to the island’s historical connections to slavery, including the Enslaved Burial Ground at Newton & @codringtoncollege. In Barbados, ICSC also formally welcomed Ms. Gaynel Curry, who joined the Board in April. Curry serves the United Nations (UN) Permanent Forum on People of African Descent, a platform dedicated to improving the safety and quality of life and livelihoods of people of African descent, while also functioning as an advisory body to the Human Rights Council. With over 23 years of experience at the UN across various locations such as Geneva, New York, Afghanistan, South
Sudan, and Timor-Leste, Curry's expertise spans human rights, gender equality, and sustainable development. We are so honored to have her - and all the members of the Board - on our team. For more information, see link in bio.

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#StateOfTruth: Spotlight on #Peru 🇵🇪 Truth i #StateOfTruth: Spotlight on #Peru 🇵🇪 Truth is under siege around the world. One of our member Sites of Conscience, “El Ojo que Llora” or “The Weeping Eye”, is a monument that honors the estimated 70,000 people who were killed or disappeared during the internal armed conflict in Peru from 1980-2000. However, the mayor of Lima is now campaigning for the demolition of the memorial – in order to build “sports or recreational areas.” This is after Congress also tried to revoke its status as a cultural heritage monument in 2022. We join @elojoquellora in calling for protection of this important memorial, and condemn this blatant attempt of #HistoricalErasure.
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