The summer is flying by and it’s August already! We're halfway through our Knowledge Share summer series so here’s a chance to catch up. 

We’ve had some great sessions hosted by our members on topics including hate speech and anti-migrant rhetoric, ending orphanage volunteering and hearing the un-heard voices of migrant women in emergency accommodation in Ireland. 

Sometimes the summer can reward us with small pockets of time as colleagues are on leave and the endless schedule of meetings reduces. A great chance to tune into a live session or watch back later here.

We are over halfway through our 9 Knowledge Share sessions this year with sessions taking place live, online every Wednesday @ 12pm. 

Just Care: Just Volunteering was a session about a new youth resource from Tearfund, to highlight the damage of orphanage volunteering. The session is valuable for youth workers or teachers who want to explore the issues around orphanage volunteering with young people.

The Integrate GCE resource toolkit  is a valuable resource for anyone interested in addressing hate speech and anti-migrant rhetoric. Fiona Duignan, Meath Partnership shared the toolkit which has been designed for educators, youth workers, youth, migrants, community and voluntary workers. It is a valuable resource for anyone interested in addressing hate speech and anti-migrant rhetoric.

A Partnership with Africa, was an interesting session for post primary educators or GCE professionals to learn about other initiatives in the sector among their peers.

Amplifying Unheard Voices was an important session for GCE practitioners to understand more about the experiences of migrant women living in emergency accommodation centres in Ireland. It was led by Euphomia Edward, AkiDwa.

Community Connections  is an opportunity to learn about a new pilot project in the sector to integrate GCE into Habitat for Humaity’s social enterprise, Habitat ReStore.

Our remaining sessions are:   

• Pleasure Activism, with Creativity for Change profiles a project based on the barriers to accessing pleasure that people in marginalised communities face. 
• Learn more about Permaculture Design rooted in community action and ecological ethics with educators and activists Suzie Cahn and Hannah Mole. 
• ‘Shifting Edges’ for GCE educators explores educators’ relationship with difficult knowledge and discomfort through the project team behind DEFY, a 3-year collaboration between STAND, Comhlámh, finep and Zavod-Voluntariat. 
• Exploring the use of Theatre of the Oppressed in inner city Dublin with LYCS including details around evaluating these programmes and the training LYCS offers in this area. 

Join us every Wednesday or catch up anytime!