| Programme for Hanna’s House Summer School 2010 In collaboration with the Transitional Justice Institute, University of Ulster
A Feminist Peace: How do we get there? 27-29 August 2010 University of Ulster Belfast Campus, York Street. Hanna's House mission is to mobilise the collective energy of women to work towards feminist ideals of justice, equality and non-violence. *The Hanna’s House Peace Project is funded by the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust. ‘The Wars on Women: Peace Works’ Art Exhibition is funded by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland. Friday 27 August 2010: 6-8.30pm: official opening of the Summer School. | 6pm: Hanna’s House Feminist Peace Building Project Margaret Ward, chair of Hanna’s House, welcomes everybody to the Summer School. 6.10pm: Opening address By Joanna McMinn, Board director of Hanna’s House. 6.45pm: Poetry recital Ann Zell. 7.00pm: Feminist Art Exhibition: The Wars on Women: Peace Works Launch by Roisin McDonough, CEO Arts Council. Champagne reception and music by Yolande Carter and Marion Jordan. | Saturday 28 August 2010: 9.30 registration for a 10am start. | 10-10.50 | Keynote: Kate Fearon. Women, peace and conflict: stories from Afghanistan. (Auditorium) | | 10.50-11.10 | Tea, coffee & pastries. Poetry recital by Grainne Tobin. | | 11.10-12.45 Workshop A: | Niamh Reilly and Catherine O’Rourke. On the Consultative Group to the Department of Foreign Affairs regarding the National Action Plan for UNSCR1325. | | 11.10-12.45 Workshop B: | Rob Fairmichael. How violent men can change their ways: what will enable them to move beyond violence whether it is interpersonal or military violence? | | 11.10-12.45 Workshop C: | Mary Lodato. Healing through autobiographical writing and imagery- Scriptotherapy. | | 11.10-12.45 Workshop D: | Joanna McMinn, Jennifer McCann, Caral ni Chuilin and Jenny Meegan. Feminism and Prison Education: educating women. | 12.45-13.45 Lunch break (sandwiches and fruit). Poetry recital by Eilish Martin from 12.45-13.00; presentation by Rita Duffy from 13.00 to 13.30; Ruth McCarthy presents E-Zines at 13.30. | 13.45-15.15 Workshop A: | Bronagh Hinds, Margaret Ward, Laura McMahon, Liz law. Lessons Learnt on UN Security Council Resolution 1325 from a cross-learning visit to Liberia. FULL | | Workshop B: | Roberta Bacic. Sewing stories into arpilleras and quilts. Part I of a two-part workshop. (*please see materials required below). | | Workshop C: | Breda Gahan. Gender based violence and the feminization of HIV. | | Workshop D: | Noirin Clancy. Women into Public Life, cross border initiative between three women’s organizations in Derry/Londonderry, Donegal, and Scotland. FULL | 15.15-15.45 Tea, coffee & biscuits. Poetry recital by Ann Zell. Afternoon session: 15.45-17.00 | 15.45-17.00 Workshop A: | Cathleen O’Neill, Gillian Gibson and Eleanor Jordan. ‘Frontline Feminism’ and the work of women’s centres north and south. FULL | | Workshop B: | Roberta Bacic. Sewing stories into arpilleras and quilts. Part II | | Workshop C: | Linda Kelly, Emma Rogan and Adelita Monteiro. What does feminism mean to young women today? | | Workshop D: | Micheline Sheehy Skeffington. Hanna and Frank Sheehy Skeffington, and the social justice issues they championed. (Auditorium) | | 17.00-17.15 | Tea, coffee break. Poetry recital by Maria McManus | | 17.15 | Keynote: Professor Monica McWilliams. Women and the peace process in the North. (Auditorium) | 18.00 Film screening in the auditorium ‘pray the devil back to hell’ Liberian women’s experience of conflict. | Saturday evening: 8pm: A social event will take place at the Crescent Arts Centre, 2-4 University Road, Belfast. There will be performances by individual musicians, comediennes and singers, followed by a disco. Cost £5. | Sunday 29 August 2010: 09.30 Tea, coffee & pastries. | 10.00-11.00 | Keynote: Mary Cullen. Feminism, Citizenship and Peace in Ireland: today and yesterday. | | 11.30-12.30 Workshop A: | Claire Hackett and Laura McMahon. International and national perspectives of how truth recovery processes help and hinder women’s access to justice and reconciliation. FULL | | Workshop B: | Annie Campbell and Niamh Wilson. Women, violence and security issues, north and south. | | Workshop C: | Goretti Horgan, Sharon Meenan, and Roisin Barton. Anti-war action and the Raytheon case. | | Workshop D: | Rola Hamed-O’Neill. The Palestinian-Israel women’s peace movement. | | 12.30 12.30-13.30 Panel discussion | Tea, coffee, juices available. Ailbhe Smyth, Susan McKay and Finola Meredith. Using the media to further the feminist cause. (Auditorium) | | 13.30 Hanna’s House closing comments by Ann Hope. 13.40 Mary Dorcey recites poetry. 13.50 Deirdre McAliskey sings ‘Bread and Roses’. 14.00 Summer school ends. | | The fee for the weekend is €10/£10 (waged) €5/£5 (unwaged). To reserve a place at the Hanna’s House Summer School 2010 please email Shirley Graham at
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listing the workshops you would like to attend and send a cheque to Hanna’s House, c/o National Women’s Council Ireland, 9 Marlborough Court, Marlborough Street, Dublin 1. For more information refer to our website: www.hannashouse.net. | *For the workshop on ‘Sewing Stories into Arpilleras and Quilts’ you will need the following materials: Needles, scissors, a small sewing kit, if available some small little objects or personally valuable memory scraps of materials to include a personal touch to the work to be done. In collaboration with the Transitional Justice Institute, University of Ulster. |
