Eileen Weir of the Greater North Belfast Women’s Network made a telling observation when I met her at the Shankill Women’s Centre. She said, “The sectarian divide only exists for men.” In her 20 years of experience organising cross-community women’s groups in Tiger’s Bay, the New Lodge, Rathcoole, and at the Barron Hall in Newtonabbey, she’s... Continue Reading →
Without frontiers: A kiss of life
Eileen Weir of the Greater North Belfast Women’s Network made a telling observation when I met her at the Shankill Women’s Centre. She said, “The sectarian divide only exists for men.” In her 20 years of experience organising cross-community women’s groups in Tiger’s Bay, the New Lodge, Rathcoole, and at the Barron Hall in Newtonabbey, she’s... Continue Reading →
Bassam Aramin is a Palestinian who had been a Fatah Freedom militant and served seven years in prison in Israel. Years later, his 10-year-old daughter, Abir, was killed by an Israeli soldier, but amazingly he chose not to seek revenge. Instead he forgave and went on to co-found Combatants for Peace with Elik Elhanan, an... Continue Reading →
Bassam
Bassam Aramin is a Palestinian who had been a Fatah Freedom militant and served seven years in prison in Israel. Years later, his 10-year-old daughter, Abir, was killed by an Israeli soldier, but amazingly he chose not to seek revenge. Instead he forgave and went on to co-found Combatants for Peace with Elik Elhanan, an... Continue Reading →
Cultural diversity – who needs it? Community relations – you must be joking. Some people are opposed to mixing and most of us experience some fear, annoyance or hesitation when it comes to change or something different.Meat and two veg, no beans with my fry, traditional routs, ‘no’ to bike and bus routes, who is sitting... Continue Reading →
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Cultural diversity – who needs it? Community relations – you must be joking. Some people are opposed to mixing and most of us experience some fear, annoyance or hesitation when it comes to change or something different.Meat and two veg, no beans with my fry, traditional routs, ‘no’ to bike and bus routes, who is sitting... Continue Reading →
Bríd RODGERS' tribute to Seamus MALLON @irish_news well represents great man of enduring principle: implacable opposition to political violence. Even if caused fissures w/in party and community. Yet proven as way forward. #NorthernIreland #sharedfuture
Heartening to see that even hardened war correspondents @JohnAHCoulter can see value of reapproaching #NorthernIreland reportage #peace #journalism #SharedFuture https://x.com/PeaceJourn/status/1185171433745457152
I'm going to "A Renaissance of the #Peace Process? What kind of society do we need?". See you there? #SharedFuture #NorthernIreland https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-renaissance-of-the-peace-process-what-kind-of-society-do-we-need-tickets-65035974350?aff=estw&utm_campaign=201308&utm_source=Twitter via @EventbriteUK
Excellent point. Similar rationale, to me, why no preponderance of facts will change someone's held opinion. But if dialogue can engender a safe, dare say, shared space, any progress is possible. #SharedFuture 2/2 https://x.com/PeaceJourn/status/1133721438098284544
“For #NorthernIreland as a whole, another #EU referendum is also the only way out of this mess. Not to save face. But to save peace, prosperity and a #sharedfuture.” @PatricKielty @OFOCNI @OFOCBrexit #Brexit https://gu.com/p/ap37z/stw
Lord Mayor @DeirdreHargey enjoying beautiful singing @ciaran_lavery @belfastcc #PeaceDay #SharedFuture #NorthernIreland