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SCARIFF is the location this week for film, art, drama, poetry, music and thought-provoking photography on the theme of human rights.
One World Week (OWW) is an international initiative to provide space for people from diverse back- grounds to learn about global justice, to spread that learning and to use it to challenge inequality, discrimina- tion and degradation, locally and globally.
Last year during this week, Fish- bowl Youth worked with the theme of HIV/AIDS and this year, the club has organised a host of events on the theme of power and justice which
will appeal to all ages to mark the Neto)
With the help of five European vol- unteers, Fishbowl are organising the ‘Cornered’ Human Rights and Arts Festival in Scariff.
Over the past six weeks they have given workshops at Youth Reach, The Alfa Project, Mercy College Wood- ford, EMC Youth Club, and Scariff Community College, the results will be displayed during the festival.
From November 19 to 25, young local artists will have their work ex- hibited at Fishbowl Youth club and the Market House. Photos by Sophie Breuker, taken in South Africa and Turkey will be exhibited in main street shop windows while Brian and
Joe’s Coffee Shop will host Katie Moore’s photos of Nigeria.
At Youth Reach, visitors can come face to face with a thought-provok- ing collection of photos of Israel and Palestine and Philip Daly’s inspiring pictures of “Burma Action Ireland” will be exhibited at the new Scariff Public Library.
Anyone interested can try their tal- ent at the drumming workshops, get information about the work of Am- nesty International, hear local musi- cians play, or explore human rights through the living statues of Fish- bowl Youth.
During the weekend there will be presentations on Fair Trade, and there will be two workshops or the
‘Breaking through the Wall’ work- shop in Youth.
There will be a number of short movies, relating to the issue of Hu- man Rights, Ruaille-Buaille dance night and The Acoustic Music evening in a cafe style setting.
Not forgetting the younger ones, on Sunday the ALFA Project’s students will present a puppet-show of “Vasil- issa the beautiful”.
Everyone interested is welcome to the grand opening with music, poet- ry and refreshments at the new pub- lic library on the Thursday at 6pm when Deputy Timmy Dooley will officially open the event with Elean- or Feeley, Youth Theatre Officer, in attendance.