Claire Glavey is the Project Officer for Global Village, the strategic partnership for Global Citizenship Education in primary schools. She is a qualified primary school teacher and has a M.Sc. in Development Studies. Prior to this role, she worked as a primary school teacher and on a range of human rights education and development education programmes in the NGO sector. She brings her broad ranging experience of Development Education practice, as well as a strong commitment to strategic and quality-focused work, to the National Council.
Exploring Contemporary Crises and Issues through GCE, We Need to Talk About Gaza
Date: Wednesday 06 March, 12.30-2.00pm
Location: Online Via Zoom
IDEA will host a Webinar Series: Exploring Contemporary Crises and Issues through Global Citizenship Education We need to talk about Gaza on 06 March, online from 12.30-2.00pm.
It will focus on educators’ responses to the ongoing crisis in Gaza. It aims to equip those working in Global Citizenship Education to be able to address this in educational settings. Participants will hear from expert speakers in the area and have time dedicated to a Question & Answer session.
This session will be moderated by Claire Glavey, Global Village. Speakers are:
Mary Coogan, a Development Education Programme Manager from Trócaire, will speak about Trócaire’s approach to bringing Palestine into the classroom through our resources.
Talha AlAli, a Youth Activism Officer with Amnesty International Ireland, will share their experience of human rights education and how the current crisis in Gaza can be addressed by educators/in their work. Other speakers will be confirmed soon.
Dr John Reynolds, Associate Professor of International Law and Chair of the LLM International Justice programme at the School of Law & Criminology, Maynooth University.
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Biographies
Dr John Reynolds is Associate Professor of International Law and Chair of the LLM International Justice programme at the School of Law & Criminology, Maynooth University. He is the author of Empire, Emergency and International Law and editor of the Third World Approaches to International Law Review journal and website. John writes regularly about Palestine for various academic and popular publications.
Mary Coogan is Development Education Programme Manager with TrócaireMary holds a BA from Trinity College Dublin and an MSC in International Development from UCD. She has worked in international development for over 10 years, particularly in the area of public engagement and education. Mary has worked with Trócaire for 9 years and with the development education team in Trócaire for 3 years. Her role involves managing programmes to support children and young people to critically engage with global justice issues. These programmes include resource development, innovative programmes on games based learning and documentary film making, and pre-service and in-service teacher training for educators in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
Talha AlAli is A Youth Activism Officer with Amnesty International Ireland. A Palestinian human rights activist, performer, lyrist, and hip-hop artist, Talha started fighting for political change and social justice in Palestine at a young age through hip-hop music and theatre in the early 2000s. Talha’s passion for empowering people did not stop at music and theatre. He graduated from university as a psychologist and a counsellor and continued his post-grad in mental health and psychotherapy to work as a psychotherapist alongside his work in human rights
IDEA to Honour President Higgins with Inaugural Global Voice for Humanity Award at Annual Conference
Dates: Thursday 10 July,10.00am-6.00pm and Friday 11 July, 10.00am-3.00pm Location: An Tairseach, Wicklow IDEA is thrilled to open applications for our second iteration of the IDEA's Lab. In this first of its kind residential Lab, we will create space where members can bring their ideas for projects and try out new planning and design methods. Participants will have the opportunity to work on an idea from scratch to (almost) finish with the support of expert trainers and learn through group exchange in a welcoming and inspiring setting. Participants will come out of the training with: An early project design proofed, tested and built through group feedback, iteration, trialling and support. New approaches in designing innovative projects they can apply to their workplace Headspace and time to work on the design of an innovative project A chance to actively learn through group exchange and strengthen the sense of an innovative community of practice in Ireland How? Please email anya@ideaonline.ie to request an application form. Requesting an application form does not commit you to applying. The deadline for returning application form (including organisational sign off letter) is Friday 23 May, midnight . You will find further details in the application form. Participants must register as a team of 2min.- 4 max. Participants without a team member will be asked to pair up with other individual participants or find a partner outside their organisation. Cost : This training is funded by Irish Aid at the Department of Foreign Affairs and offered at a reduced rate. This training is only available to IDEA members. Non-IDEA members can participant as part of an IDEA member team. Fees for members of IDEA is €50 Irish Aid is the Government’s overseas development programme which supports partners working in some of the world’s poorest countries. Irish Aid also supports global citizenship education in Ireland to encourage learning and public engagement with global issues the ideas, opinions and comments expressed in this training are entirely the responsibility of its author(s) and do not necessarily represent or reflect DFA policy. Timeline: Applications open: 07 May Applications close: 23 May, midnight Preparatory session with trainer (30min, online): Mid June Lab arrival: Where possible we advise arrival on Wednesday 09 July in the evening. Accommodation and food will be provided from 09 July, 5.00pm - 11 July, 3.00pm Lab: 10 July,10.00am-6.00pm. 11 July, 10.00am-3.00pm Please don’t hesitate to get in touch at anya@ideaonline.ie if any of the above pose a barrier to your participation, or if you have any other questions.
Wednesday 18 June, 10.00am - 4.00pm
Wynn’s Hotel, Abbey Street Lower, Dublin 1
