“Borrowers Can Be Choosers - Forging Debt Resistant Communities" Event in Galway, Saturday, October 18th
30 September 2014
“Borrowers Can Be Choosers - Forging Debt Resistant Communities”
A day for dialogue, inspiration, ideas and energy for forging and strengthening creative campaigns within our communities against unjust debt in Ireland and all around the world.
Saturday October 18th 2014
Galway Harbour Hotel, Galway City
10.30am – 5pm
Debt And Development Coalition Ireland and GalwayOWC invite you to a day for dialogue, inspiration, ideas and energy for forging and strengthening creative campaigns within our communities against unjust debt in Ireland and all around the world.
Come and participate in discussion and debate with activists representing communities fighting back against the debt from all over Ireland...
...And speakers from Argentina, Greece and Ireland, including:
- Prof Alan Cibils, Buenos Aires, Argentina - Prof Terry McDonough, Galway - Dr Conor McCabe, School of Social Justice, UCD - Christina Laskaridis, Debt Audit Campaign, Greece - Diarmuid O’ Flynn, Ballyhea Says No, Cork
The day will also include entertainment from Little John Nee.
To register please email: sian@debtireland.org
Or phone: Debt and Development Coalition: 01 6174835 or Galway One World Centre: 087 2645344
Co-hosted by Galway One World Centre and Debt and Development Coalition
FULL PROGRAMME
Saturday October 18th 2014, 10.30am – 5pm, Galway Harbour Hotel, Galway City
10.30am Registration, teas and coffees, welcomes
11am – 12noon Session 1
‘Mission Accomplished? Challenging the Narrative of Recovery’
Given that a recent poll indicated that 60% of people in Ireland believe that the Irish government’s response to the crisis is the correct one, what questions should people be posing about the current debt crisis locally & globally?
Facilitator: Su Ming Khoo (Vice-Dean (Internationalisation) College of Arts, Social Sciences and Celtic Studies, NUIG)
Speakers:
Professor Terry McDonough, School of Business and Economics, NUI Galway
Professor Alan Cibils, Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Dr Conor McCabe, School of Social Justice, UCD
12 noon – 1pm Session 2
Opportunities for Justice
What are the possibilities for just solutions to debt crises locally and globally?
Facilitator: Vicky Donnelly (Galway One World Centre)
Speakers:
Professor Alan Cibils, Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Christina Laskaridis, Debt Audit Campaign, Greece
Diarmuid O’ Flynn, Ballyhea Says No to Bondholder Bailout, Cork
‘Dig Where We Stand’ – Community Struggle and Resistance
What are the challenges & opportunities to forging debt resistant communities? What are groups doing on the ground and how do we meet the challenge of linking community struggles?
Facilitator: Niamh McCrea, ATTAC Ireland
Speakers:
Cathleen Quealy, Ballyhea Says No to Bondholder Bailout, Cork
Dette Mc Loughlin, Galway Community Sector
Catherine Friedrich, Anglo:Not Our Debt and ATTAC Ireland
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