For those of us who are fortunate enough to simply be watching a crisis unfold rather than being the ones directly impacted by it. Anyone who has been paying attention to the horrors unfolding in Palestine over the last 10 months or so (on top of the 75+ years before that) will likely have struggledContinueContinue reading “How To Cope With A Crisis”
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Why are we so silent?
In the days after “October 7th”, I did not post about it on social media. I did not make a plea for “the hostages”, or “condemn Hamas”. Despite my usual desire to be informed and champion social justice causes, I did not even seek out news stories on what horrific events may have happened. IContinueContinue reading “Why are we so silent?”
International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
Last Wednesday 29th November marked the annual UN International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, to highlight the ongoing occupation of Palestine since its partition to create the state of Israel in 1947, and below is the email I sent to 2000 colleagues and 80 EDI practitioners in Universities across Ireland, in case itContinueContinue reading “International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People”