Presentation Day

Schools & Youth Services Presentation Day to Conclude the Show Racism the Red Card Creative Competition

To be opened by Minister for Integration John Curran TD
In attendance: A host of personalities from the world of sport with hundreds of young people from 12 of the 62 schools & youth services who took part in the competition

Time: 12:15pm - 1:45pm
Date: Tuesday 23rd March 2010
Venue: ASTRA Hall, UCD
For more information contact:

http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=160409474826&ref=ts
Show Racism the Red Card,
Carnichael Centre for Voluntary Groups,
North Brunswick Street,
Dublin 7
Tel. 00353 1 8280018
Mobile. 00353 86 392 7650
Company number 365 810
Charity number 17360
For more information-
info@theredcard.ie
www.theredcard.ie

Lectures

15 March 2010. 'The Ethics of Climate Change'. By Professor John Brome(Philosophy, Oxford University). Seminar Room 1.10, School of Nursing andMidwifery, D'Olier Street. 10.00 a.m. - 11.30 a.m. All welcome.

19 March 2010. 'Touring the Dead Lands: Emily Eden and a VictorianApocalypse'. By Dr Pablo Mukherjee (School of English, University ofWarwick). IIIS Seminar Room, 6th Floor, Arts Building, TCD. 10.00 a.m. -12.00 noon. All welcome.

22 March 2010. 'From Grain to Pixel: The Archival Life of Film inTransition' by Professor Giovanna Fossati (Curator, Nederlands Filmmuseum).6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. Venue to be confirmed. This lecture is a keynoteaddress at the Irish Postgraduate Film Research Seminar 2010.

23 March 2010. "Scales of Prostitution: International Governmentalities andInterwar India". By Dr Stephen Legg (Cultural and Historical Geography,University of Nottingham). 10.00 a.m. - 12 noon. IIIS Seminar Room, 6thFloor, Arts Building, TCD. All welcome.

30 March 2010. 'Samuel Ferguson and the Fraternity of Irish Poetry'. By Dr.Matthew Campbell (School of English, University of Sheffield). 10..00 a.m. -12 noon. IIIS Seminar Room, 6th Floor, Arts Building, TCD. All welcome

31 March 2010. 'The Opportunities of Multiculturalism'. TLRH Post-GraduateSeminar in Ethics, South Training Room of the Berkeley Library. 4.00 p.m. -6.00 p.m. Convened by Amy Daughton ( daughtoa@tcd.ie).. Advance bookingessential.

8 April 2010. 'The Meaning of Medieval Culture'. Professor Brian McGuire(Roskilde University). Room 5030, Arts Building. 6.00pm to 7.30pm. Allwelcome..

14 April 2010. '20/20 Vision'. An symposium on the likely state of the worldin ten years time, with presentations on 'Globalisation' by Stephen D King,(Global Chief Economist at HSBC Bank); 'Climate Change Denial' by HowardFriel, author of The Lomborg Deception; and Nicholas Mirzoeff of NYU on 'TheChange to a Visual World'. Burke Theatre, 2.00 - 4.30 pm. All welcome.(Please note that the exact time of this session may change slightly overthe coming weeks).

16 April 2010. Professor Terry Eagleton, 'What is Evil?' 12 noon to 2.00p.m. Robert Emmet Theatre, Arts Building. All welcome.

17 April 2010. Mr Philip Pullman, 'The Good Man Jesus and the ScoundrelChrist'. In conversation with Mr Fintan O'Toole. Burke Theatre, ArtsBuilding. Booking made for 1.00 p.m. - 3.00 p.m., but exact time to beconfirmed soon. Mr Pullman will be appearing on The Late Late Show on Friday16 April. This talk has been organised in conjunction with the DublinWriters' Festival. There will be a charge for tickets, which will beavailable online and over the phone from the Dublin Writers' Festival. TheTrinity Long Room Hub has up to 40 free tickets. Please emailjmcellig@tcd.ie if you wish to order one of these tickets. All welcome.

27 April 2010. Professor David Anderson (History and African Politics,University of Oxford) 'Development and Environment in Ethiopia: The GibeDams and the Omo River Flood'. Robert Emmet Theatre, Arts Building, 5.00p.m. - 7.00 p.m. Organised in conjunction with TIDI. All welcome.

30 April 2010. Mr Gerald Dawe (Senior Lecturer, School of English, TCD),'The Literary Legacy of Christabel Bielenberg'. Swift Theatre, ArtsBuilding. 7.00 p.m. - 8.30 p.m. All welcome.

2 June 2010. Ms Jill Shefrin (University of Toronto). The 1st Annual MaryPollard Memorial Lecture. 'Pretty Playthings for Children in the EighteenthCentury'. Trinity Long Room Hub Lecture Theatre. 6.00 p.m. to 8.00 p.m. Allwelcome.

22 June 2010. Professor Francis Clooney (Harvard Divinity School), 'When Godis Absent: Hindu and Christian Insights into the Search for God'. TrinityLong Room Hub Lecture Theatre 7.00 p.m. - 9.00 p.m. All welcome.
23 June 2010. 'Ireland, India and Empire'. The 8th Lewis Glucksman MemorialSymposium. With contributions by Professor Shahid Amin (University ofDelhi), Professor Gauri Viswanathan (NYU) and Mr Charles Horton (ChesterBeatty Library, Dublin). Time tbc. All welcome.
11 October 2010. Professor Nasser Hussain (Amherst University), 'The Returnof Counterinsurgency in American Military Thinking.' Trinity Long Room HubLecture Theatre. time tbc. All welcome.

15 October 2010. Professor Christopher Frayling (Royal College of Art),'Popular Culture and Popular Prints in the Eighteenth Century'. Trinity LongRoom Hub Lecture Theatre. time tbc. All welcome.


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Dr Jason McElligott
Trinity Long Room Hub
Trinity College
Dublin 2
Ireland

Identities and Social Justice

Dear colleague, On behalf of the British Council we are alerting you to an initiative which you, or some of your associates / colleagues, would like to take part in: Learning Lab: ‘Identities and Social Justice’ is a public education project organised by FOMACS and the British Council, in association with the Instituto Cervantes, Dublin. Learning Lab is a three-day discussion forum focusing on the theme of identity and social justice. The initiative aims to contribute to wider debates about cultural identity, race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality, language, religion youth and age. The British Council is calling on interested participants to take part in Learning Lab and contribute to the debate on identity and social justice. There are three Learning Labs scheduled for 2010. The Learning Labs are led by three international public intellectuals, writers and activists: 13th – 15th April Andrea Durbach, Director of the Australian Human Rights Centre at the Facultyof Law, University of New South Wales, Australia 24th– 28th May Handel Kashope Wright, Director of the Centre for Culture, Identity andEducation, University of British Columbia, Canada and Board Member of theHighlander Research and Education Center, Tennessee, USA 20th – 24th September Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, a UK based broadcast journalist, writer and publicspeaker on race and cultural identities We have attached an invitation for your consideration with information on how you can take part in this initiative. Disclaimer: If you do not wish to receive any further information from the British Council please email us. Kind regards, Noomi Egan (on behalf of the British Council) Noomi EganAccount Executive DHR Communications101 James's StreetThe Digital HubDublin 8 Tel: 01-4806261Mob: 087-7449915Email: noomi@dhr.ieWebsite: www.dhr.ie

Migrant Rights Centre Ireland PRESS NOTICE

9 March 2010 Restaurant Workers to Stage Protest at Supermac’s, Responding to Industry’s Attack on Wages. Visuals to include picket signs and banners. Monday, 15 MarchStart: 1:00pm. End: 2:00pm.Supermac’s, O’Connell St., Dublin The Restaurant Workers Action Group, established by the Migrant Rights Centre Ireland, will be staging a protest on Monday, 15th March at 1:00pm, at Supermac’s on O’Connell St. in Dublin. Supermac’s is part of the Quick Service Food Alliance, an industry group mounting a legal challenge to the JLC (Joint Labour Committee) system which sets wages for the restaurant industry. Although Supermac’s saw its pre-tax profits quadruple last year, it is joining other restaurants in challenging wage protections for its workers. Many of these workers are already on low wages, and are struggling to survive in the current recession. The Migrant Rights Centre Ireland is a national organisation working to promote justice, empowerment and equality for migrant workers and their families. Its Restaurant Workers Action Group works to improve conditions for restaurant workers across the country. Contact: Delphine O’Keeffe (Communications Officer) – 087 241 0039

Mentoring programme

Just a quick note to say that, after the successful conclusion of a mentoring programme that matched local people - both Irish and long established non-Irish residents - with newly arrived migrants through one-to-one mentoring relationships in Dublin, the ICI received a grant extension from the European Fund for the Integration of Third Country Nationals (through the Office of the Minister for Integration and administered by Pobal) to roll out the programme nationally. Following from a training session for trainers hosted by the ICI in February 2010, our partners are currently recruiting mentees and mentors in Blanchardstown/Dublin (Crosscare); Tallaght/Dublin (Dodder Valley Partnership); Galway City (Galway Partnership); Limerick City and county (Doras Luimní); and Mallow and Fermoy/Co. Cork (Avondhu Blackwater Partnership Ltd). Details can be found in the attached advertisements. I would appreciate if you could pass the information on to your contacts whom you feel might be interested in getting involved as mentees and mentors. Best wishes, Fidele MutwarasiboResearch and Integration OfficerImmigrant Council of Ireland2 St Andrew StreetDublin 2IrelandPhone: 00 353 1 674 0202 (switch board)Phone: 00 353 1 645 8046 (direct)Fax: 00 353 1 645 8059Email: fidele@immigrantcouncil.ie Skype: fidele.integrationWebsite: www.immigrantcouncil.ieBlog: http://immigrantcouncil.wordpress.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/immigrationIRL

Akidwa “Am Only Saying It Now”

Akidwa would like to invite you to the launch of our new publication: “Am Only Saying It Now”Experiences of Women Seeking Asylum in Ireland Thursday, 25th MarchIn the Chester Beatty Library,Dublin Castle, Dublin 2 Please note registration begins at 10:30 a.m.Refreshments will be availablePlease RSVP to info@akidwa.ie or Kelly at 018148582 by 19th March 2010 Thank youAkidwa M.A. BrennanNetwork CoordinatorIntegration and Social Inclusion Centre of Ireland (ISICI)Trading as Integrating Ireland and Refugee Information Service1st and 2nd Floors, 18 Dame Street, Dublin 2Tel: 016453070 Fax: 016770061Mobile: 087 961 0897 Direct Line: 01 6453096Email: regions@integratingireland.ieWeb: http://www.integratingireland.ie/ / http://www.ris.ie/

Citizens Information Board National Calendar of Training Events

March to June 2010 A Chara, Please find attached the Citizens Information Board National Calendar of Training Events. This calendar includes almost 32 training events, taking place throughout the country in the period March to June 2010. The information attached can be downloaded, printed out and posted on notice boards. The calendar consists of five separate Regional Training Programmes and the Customer Service and Training programme. New courses include:Jobseekers Payments and Opportunities for the UnemployedDealing with Challenging Behaviour in a Service Delivery ContextDealing with Family Breakdown Issues in a RecessionDealing with Queries from those Affected by Drugs / Alcohol MisuseDealing with Queries on Education and Training and Appropriate ReferralSeminar on ‘Mortgage Debt’Benefits Checklist for People who are UnemployedProviding Information, Advice and Advocacy for People with an Intellectual Disability When applying for courses please send applications to the appropriate Regional or Central office. Contact details and further information on courses including learning outcomes and upcoming events are on our website. http://www.citizensinformationboard.ie/services/training/ Gillian StrainCustomer Service and Training The Citizens Information BoardGeorge's Quay House43 Townsend Street, Dublin 2T 01 605 9020 (direct line)T 01 605 9000 (reception) Fax 01 605 9099email gillian.strain@ciboard.ieOn the web:View the latest training information at: http://www.citizensinformationboard.ie/services/training/For information on entitlements log on to http://www.citizensinformation.ie Information for those who have become unemployed http://www.losingyourjob.ie Information if you are having difficulties paying your rent or making your mortgage repayments http://www.keepingyourhome.ie