International Coalition of Sites of Conscience

The International Coalition of Historic Site Museums of Conscience will build on the success of its ongoing dialogue facilitation project to address regional differences in immigration issues within communities. Regional professional networks will be established in the Southeast and West Coast regions. The coalition will provide training for approximately 30 professionals in 18 museums in designing and facilitating dialogue programs to address issues and contexts specific to their regions, current immigration information and debates in each region, evaluation of dialogues, and audience-building for dialogue programs. Throughout the project, ongoing resources for participants will include quarterly conference calls, strategic public relations and publicity support, and an online resource center. A front-end evaluation seminar will develop mechanisms for measuring the changes in knowledge, skills, and abilities of participating museum educators as well as identifying site-specific indicators of success and evaluation strategies.