Free training opportunities during Race Equality Month 

Are you interested in fostering good relations between long-term residents and new arrivals? Maybe you´re keen to find the best way to tackle racist comments or behaviour or perhaps you want to know more about Irish Traveller culture or migrant workers and their rights.

If so look no further. The Equality Commission is pleased to be able to promote a number of free training opportunities which are being held to coincide with Race Equality Month. These sessions are open to anyone interested in learning about a variety of race equality related issues. Places on the sessions are limited and will be allocated on a first come first served basis.

To browse 2010 training events scroll down the page. Please click here to view other events.

Migration Awareness Training - provided by Belfast City Council and South Belfast Roundtable

Thursday 4 November (9.30am to 1.30pm)

Venue - Equality House, Belfast

Migrant Awareness Training is a half-day workshop designed by South Belfast Roundtable and the Good Relations Unit of Belfast City Council.

It is an interactive session which explores inward and outward migration and the rights of migrant workers in Northern Ireland. It aims to dispel myths and provide practical information on issues relating to migration.

For more information or to book a place, call Leish Dolan on 028 9032 0202 (extension 6028) or email dolanl@belfastcity.gov.uk

Ending Hate in our Communities Training - 2 sessions

Venue - Equality House, Belfast

Ending Hate in our Communities is a half day workshop which aims to give participants an understanding of the extent of bias, harassment and hate crimes in their community and the impact of bias and harassment on those targeted, as well as practical skills to help them respond to and prevent hate crime. The sessions will take place on:

Tuesday 9 November (9.30am to 1.30pm) - delivered by Denise Wright, South Belfast Roundtable and Leish Cox, the Good Relations Unit of Belfast City Council.

For more information or to book a place, call Leish Dolan on 028 9032 0202 (extension 6028) or email dolanl@belfastcity.gov.uk

Tuesday 23rd November (10.30am to 1.30pm) - delivered by Roisin O´Hagan, Holywell Consultancy and Darren Ferguson, Beyond Skin.

To book a place contact Bronagh Kelly on 028 90500588 or email bkelly@equalityni.org

Traveller & Racism Awareness Training - provided by An Munia Tober

These free sessions are open to all. They will take place at An Munia Tober and will cover issues such as:

• History, Language & Perceptions
  
  
• The rich culture of Irish Travellers
  
  
• Differences & Similarities between Irish Travellers & Romany/Roma Gypsies
  
  
• Discrimination & Racism
  
  
• Issues re Education, Health, Accommodation and other areas

To book a place or to find out more contact Mark Donahue:

An Munia Tober Travellers Group
An Munia Tober, 12-2 Blackstaff Complex
77 Springfield Road, Belfast BT12 7AE

Tel Belfast: 028 9043 8265

Minimarket Prague, Ormeau Road, Belfast
Information Session on Employment Rights and Race Equality Rights

20TH November 2010

11.30 – 1.30pm, in Minimarket Prague, Ormeau Road, Belfast

• Do you have problems with your employer?
• Is your job under threat?
• Do you feel discriminated at work?
• Do you know your equality rights?
• Do you want to find out about trade unions?

Come and talk to the Irish Congress of Trade Unions and Equality Commission.

LEARN ABOUT YOUR RIGHTS!

African and Caribbean Living Heritage Programme

HUMAN LIBRARY

During "Racial Equality Month" 2010, the Afro-Community Support Organisation ("ACSONI"), in partnership with the Equality Commission Northern Ireland will be hosting an African and Caribbean Living Heritage Programme. This project will seek to contribute to the promotion of community cohesion and integration by creating a platform for intercultural dialogue and myth-busting conversations between people of different cultural and ethnic backgrounds. These ´intercultural exchanges´ will enable people to explore issues of living with cultural difference and encourage mutual understanding in a safe, supported, neutral and relatively structured environment.

The conversationalists are made up of "Books" which are people from an African or Caribbean background and "Borrowers"; someone who is interested in learning about a certain culture or discussing certain issues affecting people from that geographical location or ethnic background.

Borrowers of "Afro-books" will reserve a 30 minute time slot on the day of the event to borrow their ´book´. They will need to be at the venue at the allocated time and date to take out their "book". Some of our "books" are from Jamaica, America, Sudan, Kenya, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Zambia, Uganda, Somalia, South Africa, Cameroon, Libya, Congo, Ghana, Egypt, Somalia, Ivory Coast, etc. They are people that are representative of minority communities frequently confronted with stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination (and are sometimes victims of exclusion and marginalisation)

Free tea, coffee and refreshments will be served for participants to enjoy while conversing with their ´book´

This first session is targeted at staff of public authorities, voluntary and community organisations.

Date: Thursday 25th November 2010
Venue: Equality House Training room, 7-9 Shaftesbury Square, Belfast, BT2 7DP
Time: 10:00am - 1:00pm

For further information on our books and the African and Caribbean Living Heritage Programme, please contact: Alfred Abolarin, ACSONI Manager on 02890 434 090 or email programme_manager@acsoni.org

To book a slot to borrow one of our ´books´ on the 25th contact Alfred or Catherine on 028 90 434090 or email info@acsoni.org

Equality Commission / Derry City Council
Equality Workshop For Community and Voluntary Sector

As part of the Race Equality Month, the Equality Commission is offering community and voluntary groups a chance to catch up on all the equality areas - race, age, disability, gender, religion, politics, sexual orientation.

Community workers are well placed to help people day to day and equality issues can sometimes be in the mix. This session can be a useful reminder for you.

Workshop content includes:

• Equality laws made easy
• Unfair? Unlawful? - "what it means when you do nothing"
• Identifying discrimination - actions you can take
• Equality takeaways - tools to spread understanding

If you would like to attend on Friday 26th November 2010 from 10am - 12noon, in the Peace and Reconciliation Group Offices, (old Inner City Trust Offices), 18-20 Bishop Street, Derry-Londonderry, contact Carol Stewart, Community Relations Officer, Derry City Council at carol.stewart@derrycity.gov.uk or by phone on 02871310814.