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Canal Court Hotel,

Newry,

County Down,

Northern Ireland

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Congress is delighted to be hosting our annual Global Solidarity Summer School in Newry, 14th and 15th August.

Full programme below:

Day One Thursday 14th August

12:00    Light lunch with Delegate Registration

12.30    Welcome Address Trades Council  

12.35    Opening Address by Congress Vice President Jacquie White (UTU)

12.50    Introduction to ICTU Global Solidarity Summer School Programme 2024 

              ICTU Global Solidarity Committee Chair: Ann Piggott (ASTI) and Vice Chairs,                Dooley Harte and Kevin O'Malley

13.00-14.30                      Session 1            Palestine – Solidarity in a time of Genocide

  • Frances Black (Online)
  • BDS Training Materials, Dooley Harte
  • David Landy Jews for Palestine (Ireland) and Academics for Palestine on IHRA definition of Anti-Semitism
  • Claire Liddy, GAA Palestine
  • Anan Dana, Palestinian Teachers Union GUPT

14.30-14.45       Coffee Break

14.45-17.15       Session 2            Workshops A (to be run twice to maximise participation)

Group 1 – 14.45 – 15.45

Group 2 – 16.15 – 17.15

  1. Decent Work for Platform Workers: Darragh Golden, UCD, Tea Jarc, ETUC and Kruskaya Hidalgo, Solidarity Centre
  2. Central Bank Campaign – Helen O’Mahony, IPSC
  3. IHRA definition – David Landy
  4. Beijing +30 – Dr. Norah Burns, School of Law, QUB and Board member National Women’s Council 

Global Solidarity Dinner at 730pm. The dinner will take place in the Hotel.

Day Two Friday 15th August

09.30 Address by Congress 

09.45 – 10.45

Promoting peace, defending Irish neutrality including the Triple Lock, and opposing further militarisation – Neutrality Roadshow with John Maguire, Professor Emeritus in Sociology at UCC, and Fionn Wallace

Followed by Q and A

10:45-11.15       Coffee and Checkout

11.15 – 12.15 Session 4: Workshops :

  1. BDS training materials
  2. Community Collaborations to Challenge Racism – David Carroll and Philomena Obasi (Irish Network Against Racism).
  3. Corporate accountability – Irish Coalition on Business and Human Rights, Chris O'Connell (Trócaire)
  4. “What is Divestment – the ‘D’ in BDS?”   – Dooley Harte and Jack Ferguson 

12:15 – 13:00    Final Session Round up

13:00                   Sandwiches and Departure

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