As part of the Irish Development Education Association virtual conference 2020, Donny McFeely was invited to showcase the work of Children in Crossfire and how they have adapted and responded in the midst of the Covid 19 pandemic.
Who We are
Donna McFeely, Children in Crossfire
What We Did and How We Did it
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Children in Crossfire’s Educating the Heart – a well-being and resilience approach pre-Covid 19 is fully outlined here
Features, blogs and teaching tips
Climate change quiz – take the test
Are climate scientists being alarmist, and does technology hold THE answer to tackling climate change? Take the quiz and test your knowledge
Event: What You Need To Know About The Food Systems Summit 2021
Join us on Thurs 11th February for an open discussion with Olive Towey and Sophie Healy-Thow to find out what’s happening at the summit and how you can play a role in transforming how we produce and consume food, and meeting the challenges of climate change.
What is it about us? The non-Indigenous peoples of Australia
On Australia Day, Phil Glendenning reflects on the colonial facts of Australia’s history, the disregard for its First People and the urgency to act now following the killing of George Floyd
Event: Framing the debate – documentary making and activism in education
Join us on 27 January 2021 for a screening of Never Waste a Crisis, a short documentary film on how human rights are being undermined during the COVID19 crisis, followed by a lively discussion with producer Emmet Sheerin from Trócaire and climate activist and campaigner Alicia O’Sullivan
Have your say! Readers survey 2021 now open
The 2021 reader survey is open – have your say on a changed world, and how we can support you in it
The History Wars
Irish people are no strangers to debates about history, statues and their many and conflicting interpretations. An reflection by Richard J Evans