{"id":1356,"date":"2014-10-15T11:43:54","date_gmt":"2014-10-15T10:43:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishpolishsociety.ie\/?p=1356"},"modified":"2014-10-21T11:38:24","modified_gmt":"2014-10-21T10:38:24","slug":"united-nations-day-for-the-eradication-of-poverty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/irishpolishsociety.ie\/events\/united-nations-day-for-the-eradication-of-poverty\/","title":{"rendered":"United Nations’ Day for the Eradication of Poverty"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Invitation<\/a>Invitation to mark the UN Day for the Eradication of Poverty on 17 October at Dublin\u2019s Docklands<\/p>\n

The Irish 17 October Committee (www.17october.ie) invites you to join people from all walks of life and from every sector of society who will come together to express solidarity with people experiencing poverty and social exclusion. <\/p>\n

The UN Day for the Eradication of Poverty Commemoration \u2013 beginning on Friday 17 October at 11am close to the Famine Memorial on Custom House Quay, Dublin – is an opportunity for people and communities to have their voices heard through personal testimonies from people who experience poverty, as well as through music, stories, and presentations from school children. Different people will share their experiences and hopes.<\/p>\n

The 2014 UN theme of the Day is :\u201cLeave No One Behind: Think, Decide and Act Together Against Extreme Poverty\u201d. \u201cLeave No One Behind\u201d- means putting an end to discrimination based on social disadvantage, and ensuring that no one is forgotten in our efforts to build a more equitable world. \u201cThink, Decide and Act Together Against Extreme Poverty\u201d- means deciding to do what it takes to ensure that people living in extreme poverty become the primary partners in programmes to overcome poverty and promote development. Only by working together with them will we be able to ensure that no one is left out.<\/p>\n

Follow news about the UN day in Ireland and worldwide: @17octcomIRL and on www.17october.ie – Tweet and support the worldwide mobilisation: #EndPoverty – Join the Thunderclap http:\/\/thndr.it\/1sxLiS0 : you can sign up to donate your social media profile (Facebook, Twitter, or Tumblr) so that a message will be sent out all around the world all at the same time (17 October at 1:00 pm NY City time – just as the event at the United Nations is beginning): – A Poster to invite around you can be downloaded at www.17october.ie\/?p=371<\/p>\n

Irish National 17 October Committee
\nwww.17october.ie \u2013 Follow us @17octcomIRL
\nDrawing of 17 October Commemorative Stone,
\nCustom House Quay, Dublin by Joe Connolly
\nDraft Programme \u2013 Commemoration of the UN Day for the Eradication of Poverty
\n17 October 2014, Custom House Quay, Dublin 1 \u2013 from 11.00am to 1.30pm
\n10.30 am A Display at the commemoration place ,showing maps of the events taking place in Ireland & worldwide + an
\nExhibition of art work created by different Irish projects to mark the UN Day.
\n10.35 am – Drumming group from O\u2019Connell Secondary School students accompanied by a saxophonist
\n10.58 am \u2013 Songs by children from St Laurence O’Toole School ,North Wall
\n11.00 am \u2013 Start of the Commemoration
\nPresentation of the Masters of the Ceremony by Martin Byrne
\nWelcome by the M.C.: Members from the Saol project with Belinda Hopkins
\nAddress by Christy Burke, Lord Mayor of Dublin
\nSong \u2018Lean on Me\u2019 by students from Larkin Community College
\nProclamation of Joseph Wresinski\u2019s message engraved on the Commemorative Stone: \u201cWherever men andwomen are
\ncondemned to live in poverty, human rights are violated. To come together to ensure that these rights are respected is our
\nsolemn duty.\u201d in 4 languages: Original French, Irish, English and Polish
\nContributions from the following community members
\n– Statement from a delegation of ATD Poland (in Polish + English translation)
\n– Testimony prepared with support of Migrant Rights Centre Ireland
\n– Testimony read by Paul prepared with support of Focus Ireland
\nMusic interlude by Sergiu Pruteanu – Musicantia
\n– Testimony from the Roma Community
\n– Contribution from members of ATD Ireland
\n– Contribution from members of the North West Inner City Training and Development Project (NWICTDP)
\nSong by youth group from NYP2
\nAddress from Emily Logan, Chief Commissioner Designate, Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Designate
\n(TBC) Theatrical address of Joseph O’Connor’s piece \u201cApologies by the Taoiseach about the Direct Provision System\u201d
\nCommon gesture: Circle of placards \u201cLeave No One Behind\u201d and proclamation of \u201cI Bear Witness to You\u201d – Joseph
\nWresinski\u2019s address from 17 October 1987 by \u2013 Young people from the North Wall Community Training Centre.
\nConclusion song: Working Man \u2013 the Coal Miners Song by the NWICTDP group
\n12.20 pm approxiamately. Closing address by the M.C.
\n12:45 approx.-Refreshments in Liberty Hall building (basement level) prepared by volunteers from the Dublin French
\nspeaking community \u2013 with Tweeting session + showing of videos from SAOL project…<\/p>\n

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