Preamble Being Good Relations was a conversational gathering co-hosted by CRAICNI and the International Futures Forum (IFF) as part of Northern Ireland’s 2016 Community Relations and Cultural Awareness Week. The conversation was facilitated by Eileen Chan-Hu (CRAIC NI) and Denis Stewart (IFF), with practical support from Maciek Bator (CRAIC NI). Background Diversity is part of…
As part of Community Relations and Cultural Awareness Week, I attended an event at the Thinking Cup cafe on the Lisburn Road. The theme was being Good Relations – A Convivial Conversation. The late Jo Cox and I suspect many others are quoted as saying: “.. we are far more united and have far more in…
PRESS RELEASE 1st July, 2016. Working towards an Inclusive Northern Ireland Following the very negative content of much of the debate surrounding the EU Referendum, there has been an alarming 57% increase in reported racist abuse directed at people who have migrated to the UK both from EU countries and other parts of the world. It…
Introduction – Chapter 1: “Into the Slavic Unknown”, by Philip Attwood. In the Spring of 2003 I had just gained my CELTA qualification to teach English as a foreign language, from International House, in London. After we had been told that we had passed our exams and assessments, there was one final lecture tabled, before…
Launch of CRAIC NI Community Interest Company CRAIC NI C.I.C. (Community Interest Company), a start-up social enterprise, had its official launch Friday 11th December at the Ulster Bank Headquarters, Belfast. Opening the event Cecilia Whitehorn, the Manager of the South Belfast Social Enterprise Hub said, “As we have supported CRAIC NI to become a social…
