Glencree Centre for Peace and Reconciliation Belfast 2023
Cross border work is vital to the island of Ireland especially in the context post-Brexit; its impact on relations between Ireland and Northern Ireland as well as local and border communities. Staff from Glencree Centre for Peace and Reconciliation travelled to Belfast last year - find out what they did below:
The Intercultural and Refugee Programme of the Glencree Centre for Peace and Reconciliation visited Belfast in Northern Ireland in July 2023 to network and learn about the needs of displaced and culturally diverse migrant communities in Northern Ireland .
The Community Intercultural Relations Team were delighted to meet friends and colleagues in the sector including Cuthbert Tura Arutura, Capacity Building Manager of Africa House, Chief Commissioner Alyson Kilpatrick of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission, Eileen Chan-Yu, Founder of CRAIC NI and Rym Akhonzada, Founder & MD of Yallaa at venues including 2 Royal Avenue and the Linen Hall. The second day included an enriching sharing of ideas and models of practice session with cultural diversity social enterprise Arts Ekta's Nisha Tandon and embodiment practitioner & facilitator at Belfast Yoga Collective, Ally Armstrong. Future cross-border cooperation raised included north-south study visits for staff and volunteers and ongoing sharing of intercultural dialogue methodologies. Glencree staff and their Belfast counterparts felt strongly that such continued contact would strengthen and enrich intercultural work on the whole island of Ireland.
Amina Hadj Ameur, a member of the Intercultural and Refugee Team, recently took part in “Ethical photography and storytelling” training by FemLENS through ALF
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