Regional and Thematic Networks
With over 400 members in 80 countries, as well as other partnerships around the globe, the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience offers unprecedented access to a wide network of like-minded organizations from Bangladesh to Brazil.
Since our founding in 1999, we have built grassroots networks across the globe that offer guidance and support to one another as partners, mentors, champions, and collaborators in the Sites of Conscience movement.
To support these efforts and to inspire broad civic engagement on local community issues, the Coalition has developed Regional Networks, constellations of Sites of Conscience. By engaging with these dynamic networks, members can coordinate and elevate their individual efforts to remember common histories and address their legacies today. Regional Networks build the capacity of emerging initiatives in each region and strengthen the collective memory of past struggles for fundamental freedoms through joint public projects, workshops, one-on-one consultations, and other activities. They also offer the opportunity for cross-regional exchange and collaboration, providing members with the unique experience of sharing methodologies and best practices across regions.
In addition, we are also developing Thematic Networks, the first of which is our Migration Museums Network, which launched in December 2021. For more information on individual Networks, please see below.
Africa
The African Sites of Conscience Network strengthens programs at sites in countries emerging from recent periods of instability, as well as sites preserving the histories and legacies that have shaped their societies.
Asia and the Pacific
The Asia and the Pacific Regional Network brings together historic sites, museums and memory initiatives to promote ethnic and religious pluralism, and human dignity.
Europe
The European Sites of Conscience Network works to leverage the power of Sites of Conscience to engage their groups in the most pressing regional issues.
Latin America and the Caribbean
The Latin America and Caribbean Sites of Conscience Network unites a wide range of groups and themes across Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, focusing on building the capacity of sites remembering periods of internal conflict and state violence in order to preserve the memory of what happened during these periods.
Middle East and North Africa
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Sites of Conscience Network comes together with a common goal of preserving memory, making it accessible to current and future generations, and using the lessons of the past to build a more resilient and informed future.
North America
The North American Sites of Conscience Network encompasses a range of historic sites, museums, and memory initiatives. In recent years, the Network has taken a leading role in preserving histories of immigration and civic change, fostering broader public engagement on these topics.
Migration Museums Network (Thematic)
The Migration Museums Network is a group of museums that envision an open multicultural society, where human mobility is a universal right.