Apt.1
The Castle
Oranmore
Co. Galway
H91FY88
Ireland
- Arts
- Human rights
- Youth and education
I am applying as individual person, and Retold Narratives is the name under which I carry my freelance activities: youth work, youth arts facilitation, training, research and consultancy. My academic background is in Theatre and Performing Arts ( MA and PhD), Youth and Community Development (Diploma), Global Youth Work and Development Education (Certificate), and I am a certified trainer. In my capacity as independent facilitator I work through project-based collaborations, in which the funding is secured by the contracting organisation(s). Since 2018 I have collaborated with National Youth Council of Ireland, Irish Refugee Council, ARD Family Resource Centre Galway, Up Cork LGBTI+ Youth Project, Involve Meath and other local/national organisations and groups. At European level I have been involved in projects with Youth work/Human Rights organisations from Spain, Italy, Lithuania, Romania, Slovenia, Finland.
Creating, holding and facilitating spaces for young people and educators to critically reflect and act upon local/national/global justice issues. Objectives: -to promote and actively support inclusion and diversity; - to stimulate, promote and support youth participation, particularly for minority young people; -to provide and facilitate spaces for self-development and critical consciousness through creative methods (Creative Writing and other arts- based approaches).
Since 2021 I am a project-based youth facilitator for the Global Citizenship/Global Youth Work programme at ARD Youth Project, funded by Irish Aid. Bellow I am listing few projects I have contributed to in the recent years: Local level: - at ARD Family Resource Centre Galway: Youth Arts facilitation ( Creative Writing and Video-making workshops), Global Youth Work facilitator for "World Within" Global Citizenship programme funded by Irish Aid. More details about ARD Youth Project participants learning journeys and achievements can be accessed here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRfHQRO4_rXxSl3-wM_CCuQ - dramaturgy and arts consultancy for a theatre show "Grand", directed by Marciana Negrea, premiered at Town Hall Theatre Galway in March 2019. National level: - Irish Refugee Council Youth Group: Youth Arts Facilitator for Creative Writing and Storytelling workshops aiming to promote intercultural learning, celebration of diversity and the sense of belonging -Up Cork LGBTI+ Youth Project: Youth Arts Facilitation for a Creative Writing/Playwriting programme with the purpose of channeling and centring LGBTI+ youth narratives and voices through the creation of a collective play. More details about one this creative writing and learning journey can be read here: https://spark.adobe.com/page/YcAOJiqxvIR9X/ -Involve Meath: consultancy, facilitation and mentoring work with youth workers in a project researching Educational Inequality affecting Traveller young people - Eurobug International: trainer for 'Compass', National Training Course on Human Rights Education with Young People -National Youth Council of Ireland- I have collaborated more consistently with 3 of NYCI's main programmes/departments: Equality and Intercultural, Global Youth Work and Development Education, and Youth Arts, as following -> researcher and consultant for Global Youth Work and Development Education Programme ( Global South Engagement strategy) -> part of Equality& Intercultural Programme's pool of trainers (for Inclusion/Intercultural learning/Racial Justice training programmes addressed to the youth sector) -> Youth Arts facilitator and toolkit/ resource contributor for Identity and Journeying project aiming to provide art tools and guidance to educators on working on the topic of identity with minority young people -> trainer and toolkit/learning resource contributor in "Transforming Hate in Youth Settings" -> guest speaker/contributor to NYCI's online panel discussion: "Rethinking Impact: Legacy and evaluation in a global youth work context", One World Week's conference " What’s in a photo: Unpacking photos of the Global South". European/International level: - researcher and trainer in "Youth Engagement trough Culture" an international partnership for creativity focused on increasing of active engagement of rural and sub-urban youth into community life through enhancement of cultural activities. This partnership was built by three organisations: Asociacija „Viva Sol" Lithuania (coordinating organization), ARD Family Resource, Ireland and APICE, Italy. - Creative writing & storytelling facilitator in "Peripheral Memories" Heritage Education European Seminar organised by La Ponte Eco- Museum organisation (Asturias, Spain) -guest speaker/contributor in online conference on the topic of Youth Participation through Arts: "Peripheral Encounters", organised by EuroImpulse Network organisation (Spain).
I can contribute to the network by sharing my knowledge and skills, pedagogical approaches, learning practices and creative methods and by supporting the network members' efforts in facilitating and promoting intercultural dialogue and inclusion .
I wish to bring my contribution to ALF's mission, to learn, share, exchange and innovate practices with professionals working in similar areas as myself. I am committed to social justice and wish to promote inclusion and participation of minority young people and/or marginalised groups, and I think joining this network will provide more opportunities and support in these personal and professional commitments.