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Equality Week 2021
UCC Equality Week 2020/21 (March 15-19)
Welcome to UCC's fifth annual Equality Week (#UCCEqualityWeek2021)!
We once again ave a broad range of events and hope that you will find something to pique your interest. The events below touch on a variety of areas, including gender, race & ethnicity, LGBT+, disability, precarity of employment to name some. The offerings also will range from introductory lunchtime sessions to in-depth explorations on the topics.
If you wish to be involved, please contact us at ediunit@ucc.ie
More details will be added as they become available.
| Date/Time | Title | Presenters | Organisers | Link |
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| 15th 12-1 p.m. | Conversations on Racism in Ireland | Dr Amanullah De Sondy with guests Professor Kalpana Shankar from UCD, Moonyoung Hong from TCD and Rosemarie Maughan, National Traveller Accommodation Policy Officer with the Irish Traveller Movement | Dr Amanullah De Sondy | Zoom |
| 15th 1-2 p.m. | Lunchtime 101: |
Kelsey Longe and Orna Little from The Chaplaincy join Prof. Louise Crowley in a conversation about the importance of Bystander Training UCC DSS staff |
Equality Committee | Zoom |
| 16th Time 11 a.m. - 12 noon | Gender, labour and precarity: oral history narratives | A discussion on gender and precarity of employment with Dr Chiara Bonfiglioli with guests | Dr Chiara Bonfiglioli | Zoom |
| 16th 4 p.m. | One Single Story |
Dr Emma Hurley from UCC's Learning to Live, an Erasmus+ funded project, with guest
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Dr Emma Hurley | Zoom |
| 17th | St. Patrick's Day |
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| 18th 11 a.m.-12 noon | Climate Change, Health and Vulnerability | Dr Christie Godsmark, UCC, with respondent Dr Dug Cubie, UCC | Equality Committee | Zoom |
| 18th 1-2 p.m. | Lunchtime 101 - Mobility | DSS Staff | UCC DSS | Zoom |
| 18th 2-3 p.m. | “Re-writing Algorithms for Just Recognition: from Digital Aural Redlining to Accent Activism” | Prof. Nina Eidsheim, University of California, Los Angeles | Dr Alexander Khalil, UCC Department of Music | Teams - contact music@ucc.ie for link |
| 18th 7:30 p.m. | "And Then We Danced" | Film screening and post-film discussion facilitated by James Mulvey from UCC’s Dept. of Film & Screen Media | UCC LGBT+ Staff Network | Eventbrite (register by 12noon on 18th) |
| 19th 12-1 p.m. | Screening of "White Horse" (by Shaun O'Connor) followed by talk "Attempting to ban so called ‘conversion therapy’ in Ireland" | Shaun O'Connor and Senator Fintan Warfield | UCC LGBT+ Staff Network | Teams |
| 19th 1-2 p.m. | Lunchtime 101 - What is inclusion health? | The Inclusion Health Research Group, CoMH | Equality Committee | Zoom |
| 19th 3-4 p.m. | Reflections on Douglass Week | Douglass Week organisers and guests | Douglass Week Cork | Zoom |
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Podcasts and event recordings can be viewed here.
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Recipe Exchange
Food can be a strong cultural and ethnic bond. Send in your favourite recipes from your childhood and we can explore eachother's culinary worlds.
Send your reciptes to ediunit@ucc.ie
Recommended Reads
Let us know what you have been reading from the world of Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging. What books would you take on holiday with you?
For example, my recent reads include: Rising out of Hatred by Eli Saslow, Jews Don't Count by David Baddiel, The Spectrum of Sex by Hida Viloria and Gender Outlaw by Kate Bornstein
Send your suggestions to ediunit@ucc.ie