In this episode, Ciara Regan caught up with visual arts educator Fiona King.

From the art squad to curriculum design and teaching, Fiona King has been building communities of art practice and teaching art education and socially engaged art for over 20 years.

Fiona King is the coordinator of The Professional Master of Education (PME) programme, a lecturer and researcher in Art Education within the School of Education in the National College of Art and Design (NCAD), Dublin.

Fiona also co-leads the trail blazing Change Lab initiative in the NCAD Gallery with Tony Murphy as part of an immersive Ubuntu Network experience that takes place annually for student teachers to grapple with their identities as researchers, artists and educators by exploring the potential of art as a social commentator.

For more, explore The Artist’s Notebook object that was submitted by Fiona and Tony to the Irish Global Solidarity in 100 Objects exhibition (the notebook is available online). A special note of thanks to Fiona and Tony for the formative discussions in the canteen in NCAD and for supporting the project from brainstorm to launch night in what became the Irish Global Solidarity in 100 Objects exhibition.

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The Irish Global Solidarity in 100 Objects podcast is hosted by Ciara Regan.

This episode was produced by Dylan Creane and Tony Daly. Music by Jump Lead.

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It’s been 4 years since the global School Strike for Climate event. In this episode of the Irish Global Solidarity in 100 Objects podcast, Yvonne O’Callaghan reflects on that seminal moment in May 2019, and many moments since then where young people have taken the lead, saying:

In this episode, guest host Tony Daly caught up with trade union leader Yvonne, who believes ‘This is about the future and we need to make sure future generations, including young people, are involved in how we tackle climate justice right now, not in 10 years.’

In SIPTU’s 22nd May 2019 statement in advance of the climate strike event in her capacity as SIPTU Global Solidarity Campaign Secretary, Yvonne said:

Yvonne was one of the supporting adults in the trade union movement in Ireland in the lead up to the climate protest in Dublin, contributing a high-vis vest as worn by dozens of volunteer marshals towards the exhibition. Yvonne is Head of Equality and Policy in SIPTU Trade Union, chair of the ICTU Global Solidarity Committee and chairperson of Fairtrade Ireland.

For more, check out the School Strike for Climate – Marshal Vest object in the Irish Global Solidarity in 100 Objects online exhibition

For listeners, some periodic background noise can be heard as this episode was recorded on the side-lines of the Fairtrade General Assembly in Nairobi in June 2022.

Check out more episodes in the Irish Global Solidarity in 100 Objects series or subscribe.

The Irish Global Solidarity in 100 Objects podcast is hosted by Ciara Regan.

This episode was produced by Dylan Creane and Tony Daly. Music by Jump Lead.

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Is it possible to go online today and avoid misinformation? And what about the work involved in writing about global issues such as FGM  - in Ireland and elsewhere - and testing the interest of readers to know about them and take action?

In this episode, Ciara Regan caught up with award winning journalist and feminist Órla Ryan of TheJournal.ie, who believes “it’s through education and awareness that things can change.”

Órla talks about what it was like meeting former circumcisers involved in female genital mutilation, the power of her platform working in a newsroom, her views on the term ‘fake news’ and shares tips for young people (particularly women) interested in exploring roles in journalism.

Órla’s work has been acknowledged in its commitment to highlighting humanitarian issues and  highlighting social injustices happening in Ireland or abroad in the Irish Red Cross Journalism Excellence Award and the Justice Media Award. More recently, Órla is the creator and presenter of the 6-part documentary podcast series Redacted Lives which explores mother and baby homes in Ireland and  tells the stories of people who passed through the system (released on November 10th 2022).

Explore Órla Ryan’s three-part series on FGM and women’s rights in Kenya on TheJournal.ie:

• Part 1: ‘I used to cut the girls, sometimes I would cut the wrong part and they would bleed terribly’, July 21st 2019
• Part 2: ‘I’ll give you a goat and then you can forget about the rape’, July 22nd 2019
• Part 3: ‘Girls are forced to have sex in exchange for sanitary pads or 50 cents’, July 23rd 2019.

Check out more episodes in the Irish Global Solidarity in 100 Objects series or subscribe.

The Irish Global Solidarity in 100 Objects podcast is hosted by Ciara Regan.

This episode was produced by Dylan Creane and Tony Daly. Music by Jump Lead.

Brought to you by developmenteducation.ie and supported by Irish Aid

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.