Creating Unity Amidst Diversity
The Ulster Project is dedicated to promoting a peaceful parity of esteem between Roman Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland by building tolerance, trust, and ongoing positive relationships among potential leaders from these Christian traditions.
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A Word ……about Peace
As many of you may be aware the conflict in Northern Ireland is a very old one, dating back to the early 1600’s and involves two proud Celtic peoples, the Scots and the Irish. The conflict is so deep and entrenched that even the name of a city, Derry or Londonderry, can evoke heated, sectarian discussion. The Ulster Project works to find “Unity Amidst Diversity” and strives to identify aspects which both cultures have in common. Sometimes this is difficult as expressions of each culture, such as step-dancing (too Irish) and piping (too Orange), also take on political overtones. One thing that both sides have in common is the rich heritage of their language, Gaelic. It is in this spirit of a common heritage that we chose to gaelicize the word for peace as our CD title. You may see it written the Scots Gaelic way or you may see it written the Irish Gaelic way. We choose to use both. To our Scottish friends we wish you Siochaint. To our Irish friends we wish you Siochain. To all we wish you Peace.
Peace, 2007 Board Members
ULSTER PROJECT ATLANTA 2007 FALL FUNDRAISER!
WE ARE GREATLY HONORED TO HOST NOTED BELFAST AUTHOR AND JOURNALIST BILLY KENNEDY FOR A LECTURE AND BOOKSIGNING!
WHEN: Friday, October 19th 7:30 PM
LOCATION: St. David’s Episcopal Church, Roswell, GA
Directions:
http://www.stdavidchurch.org/directions.shtml
ADMISSION: Suggested donation: $15 per person (includes wine and appetizers)
Live music – bagpipes and harp. Kilts welcome!
With a special introduction and reading from W.B. Yeats by honorary host, Dr. James Flannery, Director of the W.B. Yeats Foundation of Emory University.
Billy Kennedy has been
a journalist of wide recognition in Northern Ireland for over 30 years.
With the Ulster/Belfast News Letter, a newspaper founded in 1737,
he has been News Editor, Assistant Editor, and Lead Writer. Acknowledged
for authoring nine books on the Scots-Irish settlement on the American
frontier, he has lectured in major cities all over the U.S.
In addition, he is considered an authority on American country music and
culture. Watch for Billy on
the two-hour History Channel documentary on the Scots-Irish, which will
air on Sunday, September 23rd at 8:00 pm.
Dr. James Flannery is the Director of the W.B. Yeats Foundation and Winship Professor of Arts and Humanities at Emory University. He holds a B.A. degree from Trinity College, Hartford; an M.F.A. from the Yale School of Drama; and a Ph.D. from Trinity College, Dublin. He received an honorary professorship at Trinity in 1994, and is included in The Oxford Companion to Irish Literature. Dr. Flannery received an honorary doctorate of letters from the University of Ulster in Northern Ireland. In 2001, he was also named a Distinguished Fulbright Scholar in Northern Ireland and the following year received the Georgia Governor’s Award in the Humanities for his work promoting the Celtic heritage of the American South. Additionally, Dr. Flannery founded and is the host of the annual Atlanta Celtic Christmas Concert at Emory.
DO YOU KNOW A TEENAGER (BETWEEN AGES 14 – 16) WHO WANTS TO BE A PEACEMAKER? ULSTER PROJECT ATLANTA IS NOW RECRUITING FOR THE CLASS OF 2008! www.ulsterprojectatlanta.org
Want more information? Call Melinda Shannon Freels at (404) 660-0317
A Benefit Concert for Ulster Project Atlanta with performance by Barney's Goat was held at St. Pius Catholic Church in Conyers on June 3rd! Check out the info and pics
Change A Life, Change The World
Host a Northern Irish teen
Each year, we need host families with teens of their own between the ages of 14-16 to host Catholic and Protestant teens from Northern Ireland. This year, we have had to make the hard decision not to host a summer program in 2007. This is the second time in its history that Ulster Project Atlanta has decided to concentrate its efforts on fundraising, while rebuilding its Board and volunteer base.
Volunteer
We need dedicated board members who have experience in public relations and strategic planning. We need clergy for our spiritual advisory board.
Donate
Your funds are what drive this project...Without you, we can’t help to change the world!!!
CD fundraiser 'Peace' is here!
Peace...Siochain......Siochaint!!!
Fifteen Atlanta Celtic musical artists
and bands have collaborated on an unprecedented CD to support the Ulster
Project. Brainchild of LongDrop fiddler and former Tennessee Ulster
Project family member, Katherine Irwin Thomas, the CD consists of one song
from each of the contributing artists. Produced professionally by Border
Collies’ Michael Robbins, the CD represents the very
best of Celtic Atlanta and clearly demonstrates the depth of Celtic roots
and culture in our city.
The cover design is by summer ‘04 NI
teen, Elaine Gallagher from Omagh with graphic design by Beth Pitchford.
AND best of all, as should be, the
music is sensational! The preview demo was complete in time to bring to
the international Ulster Project conference in Londonderry/Derry and was
played as background music during lunch on the final day and at the
Closing banquet by the DJ again during the dinner meal.
