Raise Your Voice
Thursday
15th September
6pm - 8pm
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Workshop on how to raise issues you care about through music and voice. Workshop will be run in association with Limerick Music Generation. This is sure to be a popular one so be sure to book your place!
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Local Community Action Circle
Thursday 15th September
10.30am - 12noon
Bringing together people who want to effect change in their community and people who have been involved in successfully changing their communities for the better. This will be an event to share ideas and learn from each other. We hope that at the end of the circle each person will commit to complete an 'action' over the week.
ALL WELCOME!
Effectively Communicating with those who have the Power to Make a Change
Wednesday 14th September
10am - 4.30pm
Learn some effective ways to approach and influence decision-makers like governments and councils. Effectively communicate issues you care about to people who can make a change for a fair outcome for all. Run by Kieran Clifford, Campaigns and Activism Manager at Amnesty International Ireland.
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Treating people like they matter:
Restorative Workshop for Leaders
Tuesday 13th September
10am - 11.30am
A workshop for managers, decision makers and other leaders. Create an environment where the people you work with feel a sense of dignity, respect and fairness. Using restorative approaches enhances productivity and relationships in the workplace and community.
Being Heard:
Toastmasters Workshop
Tuesday 13th September
6pm - 7:30pm
Learn how to speak up so that others will listen. Leadership and public speaking skills.
Restorative Meetings and Language Workshop
Friday 9th September
10.30am – 12noon
Learn how to facilitate a discussion, meeting or debate using restorative techniques. Restorative approaches have been shown to help to build relationships and improve communication. Facilitated by Annie Barry.
Coffee With a Cop
Wednesday 7th September
10.30am – 12noon
Coffee with a Cop brings gardai and community members together - over coffee - to discuss issues and learn more about each other. This innovative initiative was started in America - this is the first Coffee with a Cop event in Ireland! Open to all.
Conversation Café Series: A series of constructive, facilitated conversations which will hopefully bring together likeminded people on important issues.
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Tuesday 6th September
How can we make better use of underused and abandoned spaces in Limerick?
1pm - 2pm, Bring a packed lunch.
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Wednesday 7th September
How can we make life in direct provision more fair for asylum seekers?
6pm - 7pm, Tea & coffee provided.
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Thursday 8th September
How can make our public healthcare system more fair?
1pm - 2pm, Bring a packed lunch.
Thursday 8th September
How can we make access to sports and fitness facilities for all more fair?
4pm - 5pm, Tea & coffee provided.
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BOOK A PLACE AT A CONVERSATION CAFE HERE
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All of our events are FREE but some have limited places. Below you will find information on all our events and how to book.
Fairness Workshop
Tuesday 6th September
10.30am – 12noon
A workshop for participants to debate the meaning of fairness, and explore ideas for what would make their communities more fair. Open to all.
WEEK 1: 5th to 10th Sept
CONVERSATION
WEEK 2: 12th to 17th Sept
ACTION
CULTURE NIGHT!
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For Culture Night 2016 the 'In Fairness' space will stay open late with lots of activies for the public. Limerick Printmakers will be there to help us spread ideas through the printed word, there will be seed bomb workshops, taster 'Fairness' workshops and more!
WEEK 3: 19th to 23rd Sept
REFLECTION & RESILIENCE
‘In it for the Long Haul’: Resilient Communities Workshop
Tuesday 20th September
10am - 1pm
A workshop for communities who want to become more resilient. Come along to explore how to keep going and not get depleted when trying to improve your community… staying
sane in the system! How do you keep yourself fresh and interested when you know it is going to be a long haul? Run by Partners Training for Transformation facilitator Maureen Sheehy.
Mindful Communities
Thursday 22nd September
1pm - 2pm
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To take care of others we must learn to take care of ourselves. A mindful community is one in which residents practice genuine self care, yet at the same time participate in making their communities better, fairer places for all. Come along to explore ways of doing this with experienced mindfulness teachers.
Facilitated by Orna Cooke from Inner Landscapes Mindfulness Creativity.
Random Acts of Kindness Day
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For the last day of 'In Fairness' we will be teaming up with Limerick Random Acts of Kindness to create a day of kindness! Pick up your ideas pack at the museum to get you started and spread a little joy this Friday!
Each of the three weeks at the museum is divided into a theme: Conversation, Action and finally Reflection & Resilience. Each week will be documented and a final report will be produced and published on this website after the events take place. All events will take place in the Education Wing of the Hunt Museum.
Communities Of Voice
Friday 9th September
5.30pm – 7pm
Interested in setting up a community choir? Come along to this social event to meet a diverse range of choirs and get tips on setting up your own.
