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…
When I attended the launch of the Rwandan Dream NI recently I was once again struck by the power of stories in building peace and reconciliation in countries that have suffered terrible conflict. To be human is to tell stories. Since the beginnings of human civilization people sat down in a circle around a fire…
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…
United we stand, divided we fall Allons enfants de la Patrie! Le jour de gloire est arrivé[1]… Only that day, the day of devastation had arrived. I myself am one of these children of the French “Patrie”. Born and raised in the mountain city of Grenoble in the Alps, in a Muslim family. The night…
