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What Have We Achieved: Social Apartheid? - Dialogue Event

16 September 2010

In his first speech as Presbyterian Moderator Rev. Norman Hamilton named sectarianism as “the demon among us”, (PSNI figures show a 25% rise in sectarian incidents over the past year). He believed that we have settled into; “a social apartheid, where it is very comfortable to live without…meaningful contact with folks who are different from us”.

While the NI Executive has just launched the draft Programme for Cohesion, Sharing & Integration (28.07.10), Norman saw the initial lengthy failure of politicians to agree a community relations strategy as “a public disgrace”; heightened by the failure of wider society to be concerned by it.

Community Dialogue invite you to participate in a dialogue event @ The Junction Bishop Street Derry/Londonderry

11.00am to 1.00pm

Friday 8^th October

Lunch provided afterwards

If you want to attend please contact admin@communitydialogue.org or call: 028 90351450 for a registration form.