Overview of all events
Our Strong Women
Sunday, 14th, 8pm (GMT): Our Strong Women: Closing Event: Panel discussing the role of the strong women of Ireland, feminism, intersectionality and related topics, including speakers Mary Robinson (former President of Ireland), Nettie Washington Douglass (Frederick Douglass Family Initiatives/Frederick Douglass Ireland Project), Lord Mayor of Dublin Hazel Chu, Dr. Ebun Joseph (University College Dublin), Emma Dabiri (SOAS University), hosted by Dr. Suzanne Lynch (Irish Times Washington Correspondent).
Free tickets available from 1st of Feb, 2021, onward.
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Q&A with the team of the film FOSTER BOY
Sunday, 14th, 6pm (GMT): Film Discussion about the film Foster Boy: Conversation with Foster Boy film producers and others; immediately following the conclusion of our exclusive 48 hour access to the film for #DouglassWeek viewers.
Free tickets available from 1st of Feb, 2021, onward.
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Painting Douglass
Sunday, 14th, 4pm (GMT): Painting Douglass: A conversation with Nikkolas Smith, Jim Fitzpatrick, Kevin O'Brien, Erica Mock (Frederick Douglass Family Initiatives) about the process of portraying iconic figures., hosted by Michael Waldron of the Crawford Gallery in Cork.
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Contextualizing Douglass
Sunday, 14th, 2pm (GMT): Contextualizing Douglass’s Ireland - The world in 1845-1847 with Turtle Bunbury, hosted by Robert Manson (Harvard Alumni Club Ireland)
Free tickets available from 1st of Feb, 2021, onward.
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Imagining Douglass
Saturday, 13th, 8pm (GMT): Imagining Douglass: Authors Colum McCann and Jewell Parker Rhodes read from and discuss their novels Transatlantic (2013) and Douglass’s Women (2002), hosted by Dr. Chanté Mouton Kinyon (University of Notre Dame).
Free tickets available from 1st of Feb, 2021, onward.
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Frederick Douglass Commemorative Event with Cobh Ramblers and FAI
Saturday, 13th, 7pm (GMT): Frederick Douglass Commemorative Event. This online webinar will focus on the shared values of equality, diversity & inclusion. Speakers for the event include:
Bill O’ Leary, Chair of Cobh Ramblers/ Panel Chair
Adam Idah, Republic of Ireland International Footballer
Mary McDonnell, Cobh Women’s Captain
Brendan Ogle, Unite Union ROI
TJ Hogan, East Cork Travellers Project
We’re also delighted to welcome Dr. Adrian Mulligan from Bucknell University, as well as a pre-recorded Q&A with Republic of Ireland International Footballer Cyrus Christie.
Hosted by Cobh Ramblers Football Club in association with the Football Association of Ireland.
Free tickets available now.
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Cobh Ramblers Commemorative Event Eventbrite link
Scene Sneak Preview and Q&A with Arracht film actors and filmmaker
Saturday, 13th, 6pm (GMT): Scene Sneak Preview of Arracht and Interview and Q&A with Tom Sullivan
Free tickets available from 1st of Feb, 2021, onward.
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Arracht Eventbrite link
Frederick Douglass at the Crossroads: Navigating Minstrel Stereotyping and societal perceptions in the 19th century
Saturday, 13th, 3pm (GMT): Frederick Douglass at the Crossroads: Navigating Minstrel Stereotyping and societal perceptions in the 19th century. In Conversation with Leni Sloan (AAIDN) and Mick Moloney, hosted by Dr. Miriam Nyhand Grey.
Free tickets available from 1st of Feb, 2021, onward.
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Navigating Society Eventbrite link
Challenging Racism in our Communities
Saturday, 13th, 2-5pm (GMT): Challenging Racism in Our Communities: Workshop facilitated by Unite the Union and Communities against Racism with participation from Cobh Ramblers and East Cork Traveller Project.
Free tickets available from 1st of Feb, 2021, onward.
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Challenging Racism Eventbrite link
The Sanctuary Runners' Run Through Africa - Final Run
Saturday, 13th of February, 11am: The Sanctuary Runners' Run Through Africa - Final Run
The Sanctuary Runners was established in Cork on January 30th, 2018 focussing on solidarity, friendship and respect amongst asylum seekers, refugees and wider Irish society. The movement uses running and walking to bring people together and by February 2021 has 24-groups across Ireland and over 2,500 Sanctuary Runners – a quarter of those being asylum seekers or refugees. Like Frederick Douglass the movement focuses on the equality of all people.
Staring Monday, February 8th the Sanctuary Runners will undertake their virtual ‘Run Through Africa’ for Douglass Week. Every day that week we’re asking for Sanctuary Runners to run or walk and contribute your KMs to our epic journey. We’ll provide nightly updates on how far along the route your KMs have brought us as we work our way through the continent step-by-step. We’ll be dropping in on countries and cities from where many of our members come from originally. Our hope is that by Sunday, Feb 14th to have reached our destination in North Africa.
On Saturday, Feb 13th we’re asking for an especially active push to get us over the line. To join the Sanctuary Runners’ ‘Run Through Africa’ just drop us an email to info@sanctuaryrunners.ie
Or to find out more visit SanctuaryRunners.ie - #Solidarity #Friendship #Respect
Exclusive Viewing of Foster Boy (film)
Exclusive Access to the film Foster Boy: Viewing available to the #DouglassWeek audience, 13th (10am) to 14th of February (7pm).
Free tickets available from 1st of Feb, 2021, onward.
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Poetry Evening
Friday, 12th, 8pm (GMT): Poetry Evening: Frederick Douglass: Past, Present and Future
For this special poetry event as part of #Douglassweek, a number of award-winning poets from the U.S and Ireland will gather to read work inspired by and related to Frederick Douglass and his time in Ireland.
The winning entry to our Douglass In Ireland Poetry Competition will be announced, and the winner will join us in conversation.
The event will also feature a very special guest, the multi-award-winning and internationally renowned actor, director, and writer, Roger Guenveur Smith, known for his collaborations with Spike Lee, and most recently for his portrayal of Booker T. Washington on the Netflix miniseries Self Made. Roger will read the winning entry of our poetry competition, and engage in a Q&A on Douglass and poetry.
The event will be hosted by Dr Catherine Gander (Maynooth University).
Featured poets:
A zoom link to the event will be sent to attendees before the event begins.
Free tickets available from 1st of Feb, 2021, onward.
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Poetry Evening Eventbrite link
Reform Through Photography
Friday, 12th, 7pm (GMT): Reform through Photography: Frederick Douglass and the Power of the Image: Discussion with Prof. John Stauffer (Harvard University) about Douglass’s love of photography and the power of the medium, hosted by Dr. Fionnghuala Sweeney (Newcastle University)
Free tickets available from 1st of Feb, 2021, onward.
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A Transatlantic Antiracist Lineage Talk
Friday, 12th, 6pm (GMT): A Transatlantic Antiracist Lineage: Race and Rebellion in the Lives of Thomas Addis Emmet and Nancy Cunard: Roundtable with Dr. Muiris MacGiollabhuí and Dr. Anne Donlon, hosted by Dr. Maurice Casey (EPIC Museum).
The careers of the Irish republican lawyer Thomas Addis Emmet (1764-1827) and the British author Nancy Cunard (1896-1965) were separated by a century yet shared many parallels. Both Emmet and Cunard were involved in transatlantic movements shaped by the politics of race. For Thomas Addis Emmet – whose life straddled the 18th and 19th centuries - the anti-slavery movement would become a constant feature of his politics in Ireland and in exile as a member of the United Irishmen. Later, during the interwar era, Nancy Cunard would emerge as one of the most dynamic organisers of the global struggle against racism. Yet these two rebels shared a further point of connection: Cunard was Emmet’s great-great granddaughter. Using this curious family link to spark a conversation, this DouglassWeek panel asks: can the lives of these two past revolutionaries speak to our present antiracist movements?”.
Free tickets available now.
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Transatlantic Antiracist Lineage Eventbrite link
I am remarkable!
Friday, 12th, 6pm (GMT): I am remarkable: Cork Migrant Centre, Nano Nagle Place in collaboration with CYPSE and the #DouglassWeek team are happy to present a webinar series called ‘I am remarkable’. Joined by guest speakers, this event will serve to highlight and promote positive narratives of black people in Ireland.
Free tickets available from 1st of Feb, 2021, onward.
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Douglass Day Transcribathon
Friday, 12th, 5pm (GMT): Douglass Day Transcribathon: Virtual event using the “By The People” platform at the Library of Congress. We will transcribe the papers of Mary Church Terrell, a foundational Black activist, educator, thinker and writer who helped to create Douglass Day in 1895. She also helped found the National Association of Colored Women (NACW) and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), hosted by Dr. Orla Murphy (University College Cork).
Free tickets available from 1st of Feb, 2021, onward.
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African American Irish Diaspora Network Event
Friday, 12th, 4pm (GMT): The African American Irish Diaspora Network (AAIDN): “Celebrating the Legacy of Frederick Douglass”. A conversation with Board Members of African American Irish Diaspora Network.
This conversation will feature a number of board members who will discuss the importance and legacy of Frederick Douglass in today’s society. It will feature founder of AAIDN, Dennis Brownlee, Don Mullan, Stella O’Leary and Keith Wright. It will be moderated by Professor Christine Kinealy.
Free tickets available now.
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AAIDN Eventbrite link
Advocacy through Music Workshop
Friday, 12th, 4pm (GMT): Advocacy workshop: With former UN human rights advocate and co-founder of the Irish Institute of Music and Song, Dónal Kearney
Free tickets available from 1st of Feb, 2021, onward.
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Céad Míle Fáilte to the Stranger’: Poetry talk
Friday, 12th, 3pm (GMT): ‘Céad Míle Fáilte to the Stranger’: Poems Celebrating Frederick Douglass’s 1845-7 Tour of Britain and Ireland. Talk by Dr. Laurence Fenton
Free tickets available from 1st of Feb, 2021, onward.
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Douglass’s Genres
Thursday, 11th, 8.30pm-10pm (GMT): Douglass’s Genres: Panel discussion highlighting Douglass’s enormous contribution across several literary genres – autobiography, oratory, letter writing and more; featuring Prof. Christine Kinealy (Quinnipiac University), Dr. Robert Levine (University of Maryland), Dr. Leslie Elizabeth Eckel (Suffolk University) and Dr. Marjorie Stone (Dalhousie University), Dr. Fionnghuala Sweeney (Newcastle University), hosted by Prof. Lee Jenkins.
Free tickets available from 1st of Feb, 2021, onward.
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Douglass’s Genres Eventbrite link
Creative Writing Workshop with Writer and Poet David Mills:
Thursday, 11th, 6.30pm (GMT): Creative Writing Workshop with Writer and Poet David Mills: Based around a speech by Frederick Douglass (no familiarity with Douglass’s work required!)
Free tickets available from 1st of Feb, 2021, onward.
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Creative Writing Workshop Eventbrite link
Douglass’s 18th Century to 21st Century Cork
Thursday, 11th, 5pm (GMT): Douglass’s 18th Century to 21st Century Cork: Mentors and young people from the Cork Migrant Centre speaking about their inspiration and the work they have created as part of Douglass week.
Free tickets available from 1st of Feb, 2021, onward.
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Slavery, Abolition and Empire: Ireland and Cuba
Thursday, 11th, 5pm (GMT): Slavery, Abolition and Empire: Ireland and Cuba: Panel including Dr. Margaret Brehony, Dr. Kerby Miller, Dr. Gera Burton and Giselle González García; hosted by Dr. Nuala Finnegan (University College Cork).
Free tickets available from 1st of Feb, 2021, onward.
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Slavery Abolition and Empire Eventbrite link
Teaching Douglass and Decolonising the Curriculum
Thursday, 11th, 3-4pm (GMT): Teaching Douglass and Decolonising the Curriculum: Roundtable event introducing the Frederick Douglass Educational Curriculum efforts in Ireland with Dr. Hannah-Rose Murray (University of Edinburgh), Dr. Naomi Masheti (University College Cork), Dr. Adrian Mulligan (Bucknell University), Dr. Hussein Omar (University College Dublin) and Dr. Caroline Dunham-Schroeter (University College Cork) discussing efforts in Ireland to decolonize the educational curriculum in schools and universities, hosted by Dr. Dónal Hassett (University College Cork).
Free tickets available from 1st of Feb, 2021, onward.
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Teaching Douglass Eventbrite link
Musical Evening
Wednesday, 10th, 8pm (GMT): A Musical Evening to Commemorate Douglass, featuring:
“In Conversation” with International Musical Experts: A conversation featuring Hamilton stars Paul Oakley Stovall and Nikhil Saboo, Brendan Breslin (Royal Irish Academy of Music), Eimear Noone (first female conductor at the Academy Awards), Grammy-award winning songwriter Marcus Hummon, Lesley Roy, Balbriggan songwriter who has worked with Katy Perry and is the Irish entrant for Eurovision 2020/21 and others, hosted by the Irish Institute of Music and Song co-founder, Dónal Kearney and Sarah McCreedy
Performances by a variety of artists in different genres, ranging from hip hop to traditional, spirituals and folk music
BLM and #EndDirectProvision Song project: Led by University College Cork’s Dr. Griff Rollefson, performance of “Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child” with Irish translation and with the help of a mix of Irish traditional musicians, western instruments, Caribbean steel pan, and student contributors from the School of Film, Music and Theatre at University College Cork
Presentation of commissioned Song IIMS: The composition of a brand-new piece to mark the life of Frederick Douglass, written by co-founders of the Irish Institute of Music and Song, Dónal Kearney and Michael T. Dawson, in collaboration with members of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton and the Cork Migrant Centre
Showcase of American Prophet, a new musical about Frederick Douglass, opening at Arena Stage in Washington, DC in 2021, including a discussion with composer Marcus Hummon and Kenneth B. Morris, Jr., great-great-great grandson of Frederick Douglass, and a performance of the song "What Does Freedom Look Like?"
Free tickets available from 1st of Feb, 2021, onward.
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My Ireland
Wednesday, 10th, 6.30-8pm (GMT): “My Ireland”: Unsilencing Black Voices: Roundtable discussion hosted by Sandrine Ndahiro and Catherine Osikoya (University of Limerick) from Unsilencing Black Voices, and featuring a range of young Black Irish voices.
Free tickets available now.
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INSPIRATIONS Kick-Off Event
Wednesday, 10th, 6pm (GMT): Inspiration Series Cork Kick-Off: Established artists inspire youth groups from the Cork Migrant Centre, hosted by Stevie G.
Free tickets available from 1st of Feb, 2021, onward.
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Interactive Singing Workshop
Wednesday, 10th, 6pm (GMT): Interactive Singing Workshop: Run by choral expert and co-founder of the Irish Institute of Music and Song, Michael T. Dawson.
Free tickets available from 1st of Feb, 2021, onward.
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Teens Online Music Workshop
Wednesday, 10th, 4:30pm (GMT): Teens Video and Workshop: A collaboration between Barretstown, Stevie G (Cork Migrant Centre), Paul Oakley Stovall and Nikhil Saboo (Hamilton the musical) and The Irish Institute of Music and Song, hosted by Fiona Killeen (Barretstown)
This will consist of an interview with our esteemed guests, Paul Oakley Stovall and Nikhil Saboo, who are in Ireland at the moment researching and writing a script and treatment for a mini-series focused on Douglass’s journey to Ireland.
Cork DJ and musical historian Stevie G will do a short workshop tracing the journey of music through migration, paying particular attention to how hip-hop drew its roots from a small island in the Caribbean (Jamaica), and how much music and culture traveled from Africa across the Atlantic back in the days of slavery. He will also detail some of the work that the young teens from Cork Migrant Centre have been doing for #DouglassWeek.
Our young audience are encouraged to ask questions and take part through the chat!
Free tickets available now.
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Early Years Video and Music Workshop
Wednesday, 10th, 3:30pm (GMT): Early Years Video and Workshop: A collaboration between Barretstown and The Irish Institute of Music and Song.
Free tickets available now.
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