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POSTPONED: Registration open for the launch of ‘Amplifying change: A history of the Atlantic Philanthropies on the island of Ireland’, 12 March

Submitted on 19th February 2020

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DRI invites you to join us for this special event on 12 March

Please note that this event has been postponed. Read more here.

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DRI invites you to join us for a celebratory event featuring a rich line-up of key figures in the advancement of human rights, peace, and social justice from across the island of Ireland

12th March 2020 | 4:00pm – 8:00pm | Royal Irish Academy, Dublin

Roundtable Discussion: 4:30pm

Official Launch: 6:00pm, followed by reception

The Digital Repository of Ireland has been working with the archives of the Atlantic Philanthropies, held by Cornell University Library, to develop digital exhibitions that showcase the work accomplished by Atlantic grant recipients on the island of Ireland over the last 30 years. The exhibitions include digitised Atlantic archives combined with commissioned essays and newly collected oral histories from across the island to explore challenges and impact of working for social change. The title of the new site is “‘Amplifying change: A history of the Atlantic Philanthropies on the island of Ireland”.

To mark the open, online publication of the first series of exhibitions on the theme of Human Rights, the Digital Repository of Ireland at the Royal Irish Academy invites you to join a celebratory launch event, which will feature a rich line-up of key figures in the advancement of human rights, peace, and social justice from across the island of Ireland.

Participants include:

Colin Harvey | Professor Human Rights Law, Queen’s University Belfast, Fellow of the Senator George J Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice.

Martin Mansergh | MRIA, historian and former advisor to three Taoisigh.

Salome Mbugua | Researcher and human rights advocate. Founder of national network of migrant women living in Ireland, AkiDwA.

Susan McKay | Award-winning journalist, writer, and broadcaster.

Martin O’Brien | Human rights campaigner and writer; former Executive Director of the Committee for the Administration of Justice; former Senior Vice President of Programmes, Atlantic Philanthropies.

Conor O’Clery | Journalist and author of Chuck Feeney’s Biography.

Lynn Ruane | Independent Senator, writer and campaigner on issues of justice and equality.

Ian White | Former director of Glencree Centre for Peace and Reconciliation 1994–2004. International peace and conflict negotiator.

This event is free, and open to all, though registration is mandatory. For more details and to register, visit: https://launch-amplifying-change.eventbrite.com. Registration closes on 11th March.

 


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