To celebrate International Childrens Day and Mothers Day Forum Polonia in conjunction with Polski Expres organizes Mother & Child Health Day.
Information stoles : Cairde, Siptu, Cross Care, Dublin City Council
Information Seminars
– Cairde – (access to health care, maternity benefits)
– Siptu – (employment rights related to pregnancy and child care)
– Cross Care – social welfare benefits for parents and children
– Dublin City Council (Housing)
Children’s corner (in collaboration with Illac Library – book reading corner)
Location:
– Polish House – Fitzwilliam Place
Time:
Saturday 6th June
Start 12 am
Partners: POSK, Kurier Polski, Red Pepper Design, nadajemy.ie, www. itve.p
More info emilia.marchelewska@gmail.com
Zbigniew Bujak, together with Lech Walesa, was one of the most resilient Polish opposition leaders in the fight against Communism and will take part in a seminar about the political changes in Poland in 1989.
In order to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the 1989 political & social shift in Poland, the Polish Embassy in Dublin will launch the seminar ‘Road to Independence – Polish case study’, which will take place on Wednesday, Nov 11 in the EU House (18 Dawson St., Dublin 2 ). Zbigniew Bujak is going to be a Guest of Honour of the event.
Zbigniew Bujak, an electrician in Ursus, one of the biggest tractor factories in Poland in late 1970s, became chairman of the Warsaw Region branch of Solidarity in September 1980.
He was one the few Solidarity leaders who escaped arrest in 1981 after martial law was declared in Poland in an attempt to break Solidarity. He became one of the leaders of Solidarity’s underground movement and was finally arrested in 1984 after evading the secret police (S?u?ba Bezpiecze?stwa) for nearly three and a half years, becoming the last one of Solidarity’s leader to be captured. Soon afterwards he was released in a general amnesty, and participated in Polish Round Table Talks with the government in 1989. He was elected to the Sejm (Polish parliament) in Polish legislative elections in 1989. In the 1990s he joined left-wing political parties, won a seat to the Sejm at the 1993 legislative elections and served as an M.P until 1997.
Dr Tadeusz Szumowski, the Ambassador of Poland in Dublin and the initiator of the seminar – “1989 constitutes a stepping stone in the contemporary history of not only Poland but also the whole European continent. Zbigniew Bujak is, right beside Lech Walesa, one of the engines of the political transition in Poland”.
Dr Jacqueline Hayden, a TCD lecturer and a former RTE journalist, who witnessed the political changes in Poland and interviewed many leaders of the Communist party and of the opposition will also take part in the seminar. She is the author of two books on the Polish transition – ‘Poles Apart; Solidarity and the New Poland’ (published by Irish Academic Press -an analysis of the role of Solidarity in the transition) and ‘The Collapse of Communist Power in Poland: Strategic Misperceptions and Unanticipated Outcomes’ (published by Routledge).
For further information please contact:
Nikola Sekowska
Embassy of Poland in Dublin
Ph. 01 219 74 30, culture@dublin.polemb.net
The next meeting of the Steering Group will be at Store Street Garda Station at 2.00pm on Wednesday 28th October. The agenda will be as follows:
1. Feedback from discussion on 12th October meting
2. Agenda for Community Policing Forum seminar at Bettystown on 6th and 7th November
3. Formalising of Steering Group membership and formal roles for individuals
It was agreed that the medium to longer term objective of the Steering Group is to ensure that local residents from minority ethnic backgrounds feel confident to engage with their Irish neighbours in the local Community Policing Fora in their own locality. The Steering Group is considering having the next Forum in a community venue and reaching out to individuals from diverse backgrounds living locally to encourage them to attend.Garda North City Division New Communities Forum chce zwi?kszy? uczestnictwo osób z polskiej mniejszo?ci narodowej, szczególnie mieszka?ców Dublina 1. Je?li chcecie uczestniczy? w spotkaniach forum, prosze napiszcie na info@forumpolonia.org. Poni?ej agenda spotkania: The next meeting of the Steering Group will be at Store Street Garda Station at 2.00pm on Wednesday 28th October. The agenda will be as follows: 1. Feedback from discussion on 12th October meting 2. Agenda for Community Policing Forum seminar at Bettystown on 6th and 7th November 3. Formalising of Steering Group membership and formal roles for individuals It was agreed that the medium to longer term objective of the Steering Group is to ensure that local residents from minority ethnic backgrounds feel confident to engage with their Irish neighbours in the local Community Policing Fora in their own locality. The Steering Group is considering having the next Forum in a community venue and reaching out to individuals from diverse backgrounds living locally to encourage them to attend.
You are cordially invited to the launch of
The Irish Polish Society Art Exhibition
Exploring Irish and Polish connections through Art
The Exhibition will be opened by his Excellency Dr. Tadeusz Szumowski
The Ambassador of The Republic of Poland in Dublin.
Wine reception on the evening of the opening
RSVP to Marysia 087 6853452 or
Ginger 087 6955894 or
irishpolishsociety@gmail.com
The Exhibition is open daily from Tuesday 23rd June 9:00 – 5:00
until Friday 3rd July till 12.00pm