Afri Hedge School 2010

Class event: rooting out the causes of global hunger.

Here's the story morning glories...

WHO:

- Afri (Action from Ireland), working for justice, peace and human rights, responding to injusitces caused by poverty, war and conflict

- Kimmage Development Studies Centre

- A host of top class speakers including former UN Assistant Secretary General, Denis Halliday

- Loads of cool people passionate about making this world of ours a more equal place

- A SpunOut head or 2

- YOU!!!

 

WHAT:

What's a hedge school?

Hedge Schools were places of learning, continuity and resistance in Ireland and emerged out of the Penal Laws of 1695. They were set up wherever a safe place could be found: in the shelter of ruined houses, in dry ditches, by the roadside, in a barn or ‘on the sunny side of a thorn hedge.'

The Penal Laws were abolished in Ireland in 1782, but many parents continued to send their children to hedge schools up until the 1840’s, the period in which Ireland was devastated by the great famine, a reality that faces millions of people in today’s world.

What's Afri's Hedge School?

The basic aim of the Afri Hedge School is to promote a better understanding of the causes of hunger and food insecurity and a greater awareness of Ireland’s commitment to achieving the United Nations Millennium Development Goal– the reduction by half of the number of people suffering from hunger by 2015. It will focus on the fundamental right of food and highlight the importance of food sovereignty as a precondition for food security and tackling world hunger. And, it will examine the underlying causes of hunger in the world as well as how to increase food equality.

WHEN: October 23rd -10.30 a.m. to 7.00 p.m

WHERE: Kimmage Development Studies Centre, Dublin 12 (Get directions)

HOW TO APPLY: Download the Hedge School brochure including the full programme for the day. To register, return the Booking Form to Afri.

ADMISSION: €10.00 for the employed and €5.00 for students/unwaged. The admission fee includes lunch (soup & bread) and a delicious dinner prepared with local and organic food. If your pockets are totally empty and you can’t afford the fee, you won’t be turned away either.

MORE INFO:

Contacts: Joe Murray/Susan Hensel on 01 8827563, afri@iol.ie

Website: www.afri.ie/hedge-school-2010


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