Introduction
True Colours is a two week programme of events focussing on how Irish
society can be more inclusive of ethnic minorities including Travellers
and refugees and asylum seekers.
The aims of the two weeks are to highlight the challenge of cultural
diversity into the new millennium; identify some of the steps needed for
building a more inclusive intercultural society and address issues such as
racism and discrimination experiences by ethnic minorities in Ireland.
Range of events
Categories of events include:
- Seminars and lectures;
- Artistic events;
- Launches;
- Intercultural events.
Events include:
- True Colours Film Festival, Triskel Cinematek
- 'Racism in Ireland and Developments in Europe'
- 'Refugee Women' conference
- Emerging Irish Identities seminar
- "European Traveller Roma Mosaic: Cultural
Diversity and Travelling at the end of the Millennium" seminar
- Fii Education film festival for schools
- Labi Sifre and Sharon Murphy musical performance
- Millennium Food Festival
- Diversity Ireland exhibition
- 'Refuge in Ireland' seminars
Date: Wednesday 3 Nov-8
Dec
Event: "Refuge in Ireland?
Causes, experiences, responses", series of lectures examining the legal,
policy and social aspects of asylum
Organisation: Development Studies Centre, Kimmage
Mission Institute (KMI)
Contact: Carmel
01-4064386
Venue: KMI, Kimmage Manor, Dublin
12
Time: Wednesdays, 9.30 - 1pm
Date: Friday 5 November
Event: Launch of 'Chispa! Odyssey' , a 171' mural
Organisation: Chispa! Mural Project
Contact: Spark Deeley/Cloud Gallagher 021-295539
Venue: Cork School Project, Grattan St. Cork
Time: 11.30 am (exhibition
open all day, weekdays)
Date: 6 November
Event: Intercultural evening of food, music and dance
Organisation: CARASI, Comhlamh
Contact: Wendy Knott 021-275881
Venue: Oyster Tavern, Cork
Time:
8pm
Date: Sunday 7 -Tuesday 9 November
Event: . True Colours. Film Festival (see annex 1)
Organisation: NCCRI
Contact: Catherine Lynch 01-4785777
Venue: Triskel Cinematek, Cork
Date:7 November
Event: A video projection of African Films
Organisation: Congo Solidarity Group
Contact: Kensika Monshengwo 088-2196763
Venue: Triskel Cinematek, Cork
Time: 8pm
Date: Monday 8 November
Event: "European Traveller Roma Mosaic: Cultural Diversity and
Travelling at the end of the Millennium" seminar. The seminar will include
speakers from Ireland, Netherlands and Czech Republic.
Organisation: Pavee Point
Contact: Ronnie Fay 01-8780255
Venue: Pavee Point, 46 Nth. Great Charles St., D1
Time: 10am-1pm
Date: Monday 8-22 November
Event: "Diversity Ireland", an exhibition of images and texts exploring
Irish attitudes to diversity
Organisation: National Federation of Campaigns Against Racism
Contact:
Pat Guerin 087-2338143
Venue:
showing in 24 venues across the country (see annex 2)
Time: Opening hours as of particular
venue
Date: Monday 8 - 22 November
Event: "All God's Children" Painting Exhibition,
Organisation: Bahi'i Community
Contact: Brian
Flanaghan 01-6683150, for details
Date: Monday 8-22 November
Event: "A Part of Ireland Now", photographic exhibition
Organisation: A Part of Ireland Now
Contact: Juliet Cunliffe 01-8782364, for details
Venue: Various,
inc. Kildare, Baltinglass and Liberty Hall, D1 on 12 Nov.
Date: Monday 8 - 22 November
Event: Displays and distribution of leaflets and research on attitudes
to diversity
Organisation: Drogheda Youth Development
Contact: Paul Gates 041-9839916
Venue:
Distributed throughout Drogheda
Date: Monday 8 - Friday 19 November
Event: Picture Display exhibition and leaflet publication
Organisation: Clare Citizens Information Service
Contact: Paul Woulfe 065-6841009
Venue: Citizens Information, Contro Abbey
St. Ennis
Date: Tuesday 9 November
Event: Final day of True Colours Film Festival
Contact: Catherine Lynch 01-4785777
Venue:
Triskel Arts Centre, Cork
Date: 9 November
Event: 'Kristelnacht'; protest to highlight rights of Roma
Organisation: Irish Travellers. Movement
Contact: Fintan Farrell, 01-6796577
Date: Wednesday 10 November
Event: "Problems of Integration of Russian Speaking Community in
Ireland"
Organisation: Sorussi (Society of Russian Speakers in Ireland)
Contact: Elena 01-4734758
Venue: 5 Merchants Quay, Dublin 1
Time:
7.30pm
Date: Wednesday 10 November
Event: "What can the New Equality Legislation offer Black and Minority
Ethnic People?", Lunchtime Symposium
Organisation: Equality Authority
Contact: Pat Leahy 01-6670344
Venue: Equality Authority, Clonmel Place, D2
Time:
1-2 pm
Date: Thurs. 11, Fri. 12, Mon. 15 November
Event:
"La Haine" and "Another Story", film screening and workshop for
schools
Organisation: Fii Education
Contact: Alicia McGivern 01-6778788
Venue: Irish Film Centre £1.50
Time: 10.20am -
1pm (films); 2.30pm - 4pm (workshop)
Date: Thursday 11 November
Event: Launch of recommendations of the position of minority ethnic
groups as staff and students in Irish colleges
Organisation: Higher Education Equality Unit (HEEU)
Contact: Orla Egan 021-903133
Venue: Marine House, Cork
Time:
11.00am
Date: Thursday 11 November
Event: "Integration and the Role of the Media" seminar
Organisation: NEAR FM
Contact: Ciaran O. Muireadhaigh 01-8485211
Venue: Teachers. Club, Parnell Sq., D1
Time:
8pm
Date: Thursday 11 November
Event: "The Majority World Programme"
Organisation: NEAR FM, 101.4FM
Contact: Holly McGuire 01-8485211
Venue: Broadcast on 101.4FM
Time: 4.30pm
Date: Friday 12 November
Event: "True Colours Show Me A Rainbow", lecture by Dr. Richard Thomas,
Michegan State University
Organisation: Bahi'i Community
Contact: Brian Flanaghan 01-6683150
Venue: Arts Block, TCD, Dublin 2.
Time: 7.45pm
Date: Friday 12 November
Event: "Millennium Food Festival"
Organisation: Association of Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Ireland
Contact: Mohammed Haji 01-8381142
Venue: Liberty Hall, Dublin 1
Time: 6-9pm
Date: Friday 12 November
Event: . A Part of Ireland Now. exhibition
Organisation: A Part of Ireland Now
Contact: Juliet Cunliffe 01-8782364
Venue: Liberty Hall, Dublin 1
Time: 6-9pm
Date: Saturday 13 November
Event: "Native Food Festival"
Organisation: Middle East Solidarity Group
Contact: Qaisar Said-El Shawqi 087-2069210 for
details
Date: Sunday 14 November
Event: "Culture World Forum", International music and poetry by
performers from around the world resident in Dun Laoghaire
Organisation: Dun Laoghaire Arts Centre
Contact: Veronica Heywood 01-2803204
Venue: Dun Laoghaire Club, 3 Eblana Ave, Dun Laoghaire
Time: 2-4pm
Date: Monday 14 November
Event: International Food Fair
Organisation: IRC and Clare Women's Network
Contact: Orla Ní Éilí 065-6822026, for details
Date: Monday 15 November
Event: "The Emerging Irish Family" Workshop (for single parents with
intercultural families)
Organisation: Cherish
Contact: Teresa Heeney 01-6629212
Venue: 2 Lr. Pembroke St.
Time:
11-1pm
Date: Monday 15 November
Event: "A Spiritual Feast" multi-faith evening
Organisation: Bahi'i Community
Contact: Brian Flanaghan 01-6683150
Venue: National Bahi'i Centre
Time: 7.45pm
Date: Monday 15 November
Event: Launch of 'Aspects of life in a day' an exhibition of Traveller women.
s photodiary (exhibition showing in centre from 15-22 November)
Organisation:
Drogheda Area Womens Network (DAWN)
Contact: Noreen O. Donnell 041-9844131
Venue: Droichead Arts Centre
Time: 8pm
Date: Monday 15 November
Event: Cultural diversity training seminar
Organisation: Clare Citizens Information Service
Contact: Paul Woulfe 065-6841009
Venue: Springfield House, Ennis
Time: 10am-4pm
Date: Mon. 15, Wed. 17, Thurs. 18 November
Event: "Who
Cares? Who is to Blame?" (Drama followed by workshops)
Organistion: Youthlink Development Centre
Contact: Chris O. Leary 021-399862
Venue: Youthlink Development Ctr. Gurranabraher Rd., Cork City (group
also working within schools, contact Chris for details)
Time: 7-9 pm
Date: Wednesday 17 November
Event: "How can the new Equality Authority contribute to building a
more inclusive intercultural society?", lunchtime symposium
Organisation: Equality Authority
Contact: Pat Leahy 01-6670344
Venue: Equality Authority, Clonmel Place, D2
Time: 1-2pm
Date: Wednesday 17 November
Event: "Working with Culturally Diverse Clients" training workshop
(for third level college staff)
Contact: Wendy Cox 01-6605233
Organisation: Irish Council for International Students (ICOS)
Venue: Swanbrook House, Bloomfield Avenue, Dublin 4
Time: 10 - 4.30pm
Date: Wednesday 17 November
Event: Reading from "Love Letter", a book produced by Traveller
children and screening of three short films representing Travellers
Organisation: Drogheda
Area Women's Network
Contact: Noreen 'O Donnell 041-9844131, for details
Venue: Droichead Arts Centre
Date: Wednesday 17 November
Event: Introductory seminar by Camilla Darcey to "African Culture", a
series of nine seminars
Organisation: Irish Black and Minority Women
Contact: Amel Omran 01-4906795
Venue: City Arts Centre, Dublin 1
Time: 7-9pm
Date: Wednesday 17 November
Event: "Flavours of the World"
Contact: Pamela Andison 071-65577
Venue: Gleann Community Centre
Time: 7.30pm
Date: Thursday 18 November
Event: "Racism in Ireland and Recent Developments in Europe". A
roundtable addressing legislative changes and forthcoming anti-racism
policy
Organisation: NCCRI, ECRI and European Monitoring Centre
Contact: Catherine Lynch 01-4785777 (limited places available, booking
essential)
Venue: European Parliament Office, Molesworth Street, D2
Time: 9am - 4pm
Date: Thursday 18 November
Event: "Deep Echoes" dramatic reflections
Organisation: National Union of Journalists and the Refugee and Asylum
Seekers Network
Contact: Seamus Dooley 01-8748694
Venue: Drama Dept., DIT, Rathmines, D6
Time: 1-2pm
Date: Thursday 18 November
Event: Launch of Zena Project Report, "Report on the Needs and Barriers
of Refugee Women with regard to Education, Employment and Social
Inclusion"
Organisation: Zena Project
Contact: Fardus-Sultan-Prnjavorac 01-6710264
Venue: 8 St. Stephen's Green, Dublin 2
Time: 1pm-2.30pm
Date: Thursday 18 November
Event: "How to access Educational opportunities" and "How to prepare
for a job interview/CV", Workshop for refugee women
Organisation: Zena Project
Contact: Fardus Sultan-Prnjavorac 01-6710264
Venue: 8 St. Stephen's Green, Dublin 2
Time: 10-2.30pm
Date: Thursday 18 November
Event: "The Majority World Programme"
Organisation: NEAR FM
Contact: Holly McGuire 01-8485211
Venue: Broadcast on 101.4FM
Time:
4.30pm
Date: Thursday 18 November
Event: Community Links: Local and Global (a social and educational
exchange)
Organisation: Access Ireland and Lourdes Youth and Community
Services
Contact: Ann Moroney 01-8780589
Venue: Lourdes Youth and Community Centre, Rutland St.,
Dublin 1
Time:
10.30am
Date: Thursday 18 November
Event: Launch of local Refugee Information Service
Organisation: Refugee Information Service, Amian St., Dublin
Venue: Lourdes Youth and Community Centre, Rutland St.,
Dublin 1
Time: 10.30am (follows
event above)
Date: Friday 19 November
Event:
"Refugee Women", a conference examining social, legal, health
and sexual violence issues facing refugee women in Ireland today.
Organisation: UNHCR
Contact:
Ursula 01-6328602
Venue: Dublin Castle
Time: 10-4pm
Date: Friday 19 November
Event: Labi Sifre and Sharon Murphy perform (with guests from Galway
Traveller Support Group)
Organisation: One World Centre, Galway
Contact: Vicky Donnelly 091-581688
Venue: Town Hall Theatre, Galway
Time: 8pm
Date: Friday 19 November
Event: "Organising Ourselves: Empowering Workshop" (for women from all
minority groups)
Organisation: Women from Minorities, Ireland
Contact: Rose Tuelo Broc 091-523515
Venue: Town Hall Theatre, Galway
Time: 2-3.30
pm
Date: Friday 19 November
Event: Newsletter Launch
Organisation: St.
Margaret's Traveller Community Group
Contact: Lisa Keegan 01-8622144
Venue: St. Margaret's Traveller Centre, Ballymun, Dublin 11
Time: 12-2pm
Date: Fri. 19 and Sat. 20 November
Event: "A Story" Launch, storybook created by young children
Organisation: Wallaroo Playschool Cork
Contact: Joanie Barron 021-504514, for details
Date: Saturday 20 November
Event: "Addressing Anti-Racism Training Requirements"
Organisation: NCCRI, Pavee Point and Ashok Ohri (IOM)
Venue: Pavee Point, Dublin 1
Time: 9am - 1pm
Date: Saturday, 20 November
Event: Labi Sifre holds a workshop on poetry as a
medium to address racism
Organisation: One World Centre, Galway
Contact: Vicky Donnelly 091-581688
Venue: Town Hall Theatre, Galway
Time:
10.30-3pm
Date: Saturday 20 November
Event: "A Call to the Nations" intercultural evening
Organisation: Bahi'i Community
Contact: Brian Flanaghan
Venue: National Bahi'i Centre, 24 Burlington Rd., D4
Time: 7.45pm
Date: Saturday 20 November
Event: "Racism in the Lesbian Community", Seminar examining intersection
of racism and homophobia
Organisation: Cairde Corcaigh
Contact: Orla Egan 021-316449
Venue: 14 George's Quay Cork
Time: 2-6pm
Date: Saturday 20 November
Event: Multicultural Craft Fair
Organisation: Multicultural Resource Centre, Belfast
Contact: Nooshin Agahi 0801-232-244639
Venue: Multicultural Resource Centre, Belfast
Time: 1-3pm
Date: Sunday 21 November
Event: "Cultural
Values", meeting of a children's drama group;
screening of a Nigerian traditional marriage video documentary; Symposium
on Integration
Organisation: Association of Nigerian Asylum Seekers in Ireland
Contact: Remi Awogboro 086-8704051
Venue: City Arts Centre, Burgh Quay, Dublin 1.
Time: 2pm
Date: 25 November
Event: 'Recognising Diversity in the Community Voluntary Sector' seminar
Contact: Alice Binchy 4522533 for details
Date: 26 November
Event: "Lets get Together and make friends" (gathering of ethnic minority women).
Organisation: Irish Association of Minority Ethnic Women
Contact: Ronit Lentin 01-6082766
Venue: Pavee Point 46 Nth. Great Charles St., Dublin 1
Time: 10 - 1pm
Date: 27 November
Event: "Emerging Irish Identities", a seminar providing a forum to debate
the emergence of 'Irishness' as a complex of shifting identities,
giving prominent voice to members of ethnic minorities and to refugees.
Organisation: Ethnic and Racial Studies, TCD and National Federation of
Campaigns Against Racism
Contact: Ronit Lentin 01-6082766 / Pat Guerin 087-2338143
Venue: Trinity College Dublin
Time: 10am - 5pm
Date: late November
Event: "Traveller Culture" photographic exhibition
Organisation: Parish of the Travelling People"
Contact: Fr. Frank Murphy 01-8388874, for details
Date: mid November
Event: Exhibition and Intercultural workshop
Organisation: Ballybane and Mervue CDP
Contact: CDP on 091-751334
Venue: Local schools
Date: late November
Event: Debating competition
Organisation: Mid-West Development Education Centre, Limerick
Contact: Denis Bates 061-311155, for details
Venue: CBS, Sexton St., Limerick
Date: Oct-Nov
Event: Drama course focussing on the inclusion of refugees and asylum
seekers
Organisation: Quarryvale Community House Project
Contact: Rosetta Dempsey 01-6232540
Date: late December
Event: "Tackling Racism through Drama"
Organisation: Irish Council for Civil Liberties
Contact: Judy Walsh 01-8733136, for details
Venue: Outhouse, 5 St. William's St. D2
Date: February 2000
Event: Launch of "Do you know us at all (revised)?"
Organisation: Parish of the Travelling People
Contact: For details contact Fr. Frank Murphy 01-8388874
Annex 1:
True Colours Film
Festival
7th-9th November
Triskel Cinematek, Tobin Street, Cork
The True Colurs Film Festival includes Irish and international films
which realise the theme of True Colours; the inclusion of minority ethnic
groups including Travellers refugees and Asylum seekers. The films
celebrate cultural diversity, reflecting the experience of indigenous
minority ethnic groups and immigrant groups. The screenings of films
depicting emigration demonstrate the similarity between the Irish
experiences of emigration from Ireland and experiences of people
immigrating to Ireland.
Films showing in the True Colours Film
Festival include:
- The Irishmen
- Inside Out
- Gagodilo
- Carla's Song
- Ashakara
- Ulysses Gaze
- The Road to God Knows Where
Annex 2: Diversity Ireland
exhibition
The Diversity Ireland exhibition comprises images and text graphically designed.
The material explores ethnic diversity in Ireland and some of the
issues raised by the changing face of Irish society. Diversity Ireland will
be exhibited at the following venues during . True Colours:
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Athy Community Library, Co. Kildare
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Atrium, Civic Offices, Wood Quay, Dublin 1
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Balieborough Library, Co. Cavan
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Carraig-on-Shannon Library, Co. Leitrim
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Clara, Co. Offaly
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Clonmel Library, Clonmel
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Ennis Library, Co. Clare
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Greystones Library, Co. Wicklow
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Kerry County Library, Tralee
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Kilkenny County Library, Kilkenny
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Longford Town Library, Longford
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Louth Co. Library, Dundalk
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Monaghan County Library, HQ, The Diamond, Clones, Co. Monaghan
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Navan library
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Nenagh Library, Nenagh
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Newcastlewest County Library, Co. Limerick
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Offaly County Library, Tullamore
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Roscommon County Library, Roscommon
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Sligo Institute of Technology, Co. Sligo
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Waterford City Library, Waterford City
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Westport Library, Co. Mayo
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Wexford Town Library, Redmonds Square, Wexford
Steering
Group
There is a range of organisations at
national level which are involved in a steering group for True Colours
including:
- Access Ireland
- Amnesday International
- Association of refugees and asylum seekers in ireland
- Comhlámh
- Department of Education and Science
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Irish Refugee Council
- Irish Traveller Movement
- National Consultative Committee on Racism and Interculturalism
- National Federation of Campaigns Against Racism
- Refugee Agency
- Refugee Language Support Unit
- Pavee Point
- SPIRASI
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
True Colours. is funded by the Department of Justice, Equality and Law
Reform
The NCCRI and UNHCR are not
responsible or liable for the organisation of individual events, unless
indicated.
