Practise Makes Progress: Unexpected gains of Zero Waste lifestyle By Joanna Dowd Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on whatsapp Zero Waste lifestyle is a process, one that requires patience and being kind to ourselves. What brings us to this movement is knowledge of how bad the condition of our planet is. And that
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Seeds of Solidarity By Gary Baus (Republished by Good Day, Cork with permission from the author) Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on whatsapp Debenhams workers after a 3 day occupation in Cork City. (Photo submitted by author.) During the lockdown, when I was feeling useless as I’d lost all my gigs and powerless
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A List Performance By Deborah Oniah Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on whatsapp Deborah with her son I used to know a girl called Ode. When she was 7yrs old her parents offered no explanation to her and her sisters and wanted an a-list performance act. This performance expected Ode to move on
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Finding Equality By Pratibha Patil Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on whatsapp Pratibha Patil Pratibha Patil moved to Cork from India. Pratibha is a blogger and also a poet. Pratibha has a degree in Law and is also a qualified teacher. She penned the poem below in support of #DalitLivesMatter movement. ‘She’ &
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Be your own superhero By Divya Ramanujam Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on whatsapp Illustration by Divyaa Ramanujam We all are aware of the words ‘equality’, ‘consent’, ‘respect’, ‘racism’, ‘casteism’ and other similar words. However, do we understand the true meaning of them? There is a reason why these words tirelessly pop up
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Represent Yourself By Precious Oluwatumininu Daniels Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on whatsapp I was 14 years old when I moved to Ireland. My first day in Secondary School was so hard with teachers struggling to pronounce my name. The students made fun of my curly hair, my accent and the fact that
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Blown by gusts of icy wind — facial acupuncture, painful I descend on my grey seething river, frothing whirlpools Stifled memories of unending supermarket queues Have drenched me with an urge to get home To warmth and dry/and tidy up my life A small compensation in preparation For unforeseen pending isolation Impatiently, I stop at
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Are we not the cloths of heaven? By Sylvia Wohlfarth – Originally published by author on medium.com Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on whatsapp Photo Credit: Reynardo Etenia Wongso on Unsplash Joy is innate in us mortals. Unless, sadly, for some, somehow, at some time, it has been cruelly suppressed. Think of the
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I am not “westernized”, I’m just breaking the patriarchy By Imasha Costa Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on whatsapp I guess you are not unaware of the idea where women tear down other women. Well, neither is the South Asian culture, where it is one of the main “goals” within the community. Growing
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Youth and the Sustainable Development Goals By Fiona Agnew Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on whatsapp Six years on, this article by Fiona Agnew about youth, solidarity and action will resonate deeply with young social justice activists of 2021. Sitting at the Irish Aid event, launching the UN Youth Delegate programme for Ireland in May
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