Showing posts with label Lesley Carroll. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lesley Carroll. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Platform for Change debating Haass Talks

On 25 November 2013, Platform for Change hosted a public talk in Belfast focused on the current Haass Talks. Speakers included Lesley Carroll; Dominic Bryan; Peter Osborne; Brandon Hamber; Maureen Hetherington and Chaired by Trevor Ringland. Below is a Storify record of the event, including a summary article, the audio and a selected Tweet record.
  1. Summary of the Event published on Slugger O'Toole
  2. Audio of the Event captured by @alaninbelfast

  3. Tweet Record (Selected)
  4.  #haassp4c In his introduction @trevor4change quoting from Blackadder "It was too much effort not to have a war"
  5. #haassp4c The panel at tonight's @platform4change discussion panel around the Haass talks/agenda pic.twitter.com/BGuMSzozya
  6.  @ianjamesparsley: Rev Lesley Carroll (Presbyterian) speaking now at #haassp4c” I'm an atheist, but I do like @Fmpcrevlesley…
  7.  Hamber suggests asking not if light at end of tunnel, but why there is no tunnel. #haassp4c
  8.  Young men put flags up; people regard them as paramilitary markers. So concludes @Domsball #haassp4c
  9.  #haassp4c Last 2 speakers - @Domsball & @PeterOsborne_ - have both questioned culture being under attack when number of parades is on the up
  10. #haassp4c a centralised mechanism to deal with the Past seems to be coming.
  11.  Hamber suggests reasons: scared of having own perceptions challenged; all fear truth (various reasons). #haassp4c
  12.  Maureen Hetherington, community relations practitioner from Derry, up next. Notes 1998 Agreement's wheels coming off.#haassp4c
  13.  Calling in Haass at all demonstrates political process failed due to institutionalisation of sectarianism, claims Hetherington.#haassp4c
  14.  #haassp4c Last 2 speakers - @Domsball & @PeterOsborne_ - have both questioned culture being under attack when number of parades is on the up
  15. #haassp4c Maureen Hetherington responds to flag protest Q & refers to a spirit of generosity in Derry this year as party of Culture year
  16.  Now question on getting more women involved in the Haass consultations #haassp4c
  17.  #haassp4c Speaker notes the need to challenge patriarchy to progress to a truly shared society. So true.
  18.  Latest: A spirited discussion about issues on @RichardHaassagenda at @platform4change's #haassp4c  http://bit.ly/1bQngmS