Take time to re-discover the year 2017
of ATD Ireland in 2×17=34 events!
Event 1 – A new team to start the year!
Event 2 – In January ATD joins the Appolo House Movement
to “End Homelessness”
Event 3 – Long starts the sculpture of Joseph Wresinski’s bust
(Centenary of birth)
Event 4 – 12 Feb: centenary of Wresinski’s birth –
the Stop Poverty Campaign starts (see international video here below)
Event 5 – European Meeting of the “Our Voices” Project (in France)
Event 6 – St Patrick’s Day – launch of the 2017 fundraising challenge
Event 7 – With the ESC Rights Initiative: Human Rights Conference
in Mansion House
Event 8 – Launch of “When Voices Unite”
with the Opera du Rhin Youth Choir
Event 9 – In the spring of 2017, ATD run a pilote of “Leave No One Behind” workshops with groups of young people
– Here in the Cavan Youth Centre
Event 10 – An Irish “Our Voices” delegation meet experts of Eurofound
in Dublin
Event 11 – The 30th Famine Walk participants say “Stop Poverty”.
ATD joins the Walk
Event 12 – At the 2017 AGM, the ATD board of Directors welcomes
25 new members in the registered Company
Event 13 – A “Wresinski Legacy” workshop with members
of the Polish Community in Dublin
Event 14 – On behalf of the Irish End Poverty Day Committee,
ATD presents a “17 October” Exhibition
at the 2017 Social Inclusion Forum
Event 15 – Mairead McGuinness, Vice President of the European Parliament, launches the “Our Voices” report in Strasbourg
Event 16 – The bust of Joseph Wresinski by ATD volunteer Long
is unveiled at the Alliance Française in Dublin
Event 17 – ATD supports the All Island Global Goals Cycle tour
with the Global Citizenship Schools
Event 18 – Final “Our Voices” event at the Irish Equality and Human Rights Commission in Dublin with the Community Platform
(an overview of the project here:
www.atdireland.ie/wp/ourvoicesoverview/)
Event 19 – Masterclass with Professor Victor Friedman from Israel,
one of the leader of the “Learning from success” approach
Event 20 – Strategic planning meeting with members of ATD international
Event 21 – Rememberance meeting to pay homage to activist Brendan Core
(with attendance of his children and siblings)
Event 22 – Giant banners near the Famine Statues
to mark 2017 #ActionAgainstPoverty Mandela Day
Event 23 – “Stop Poverty” workshop during the Festival of Nations
in Mountjoy Square
Event 24 – Irish Delegation of young adults flying to the European meeting “European Youth Rise Up Against Poverty”
(Netherland, August 2017)
Event 25 – ATD volunteers with Dublin GAA player Johnny Cooper
at the “Stronger Together” event in Mountjoy Square
Event 26 – “Will Ireland Light the Way Again?” march with Coalition 2030 , marking the 2nd Anniversary of the adoption of the 2030 Agenda
Event 27 – New ATD Youth Group “Unity in the Community” wins a €5,000 grant from the Coca Cola Thank You Fund
for the 2018 “Ireland, I Have a Dream” project
Surprise of 2017 – “Playing For Change” supports the ATD Stop Poverty Campaign with the Song Around The World “With my own two hands”!
Event 28 – Launch of the Global Goals Boats during the End Poverty Day
Gathering at the Human Rights and Poverty Stone
Event 29 – “When Voices Unite” gathering to mark UN End Poverty Day
(more pictures and videos from End Poverty Day at www.17october.ie/gallery2017)
Event 30 – Sing along evening with Cathal Holland
(“When Voices Unite” project)
Event 31 – Launch of “If Only You Knew – Stories of Change”
at the DCU Library
Event 32 – To mark Human Rights Day and Universal Health Coverage Day, ATD and the Community Platform
launch the “Health Inequalities” infographic
Event 33 – Street Collection during ATD’s Christmas
fundraising challenge
Event 34 – Santa takes over and runs the Stop poverty Campaign on Christmas Day