Kanchi is thrilled to announce the successful launch of the Sounding Board! The Launch was held Saturday October 4th at the Radisson SAS Hotel in Dublin.
What is the Sounding Board? The Sounding Board is composed of people all whom either have a disability or are in close association with disability. Committed to positive change, this group will assemble four times a year to advise Kanchi on its current and future projects. Members from both Ireland and around the globe will draw from their diverse experiences and backgrounds to offer unique perspective.
Kanchi is eager to work with the Sounding Board and cannot thank them enough for their time!
Disposable People is a Photography exhibition curated by Mark Sealy of Autograph ABP that presents the work of eight Magnum Photographers and explores the issue of Contemporary Global Slavery. When people hear the word slavery they tend to think of it as something in the past this exhibition highlights how global slavery is still a reality for many. The photographers who feature in the show are Abbas, Ian Berry, Stuart Franklin, Jim Goldberg, Susan Meiselas, Paolo Pellegrin, Chris Steele-Perkins and Alex Webb. If you are in London do check out the exhibition in the Southbank Centre running until the 9th of November or there is a publication that accompanies the work featuring the writer Kevin Bale who has written extensively on the subject.
This event will take place in: The O’Reilly Hall, UCD, Belfield on Thursday 11th September 2008.
The event will be open from 5pm with information stands and light refreshments available,
followed by the lecture at 6pm.
Sponsored by Irish Life & Permanent
Check out the Get Ahead website for further information
The Dreamworks film Tropic Thunder directed and staring Ben Stiller has sparked huge controversy amongst disability advocates due to its portrayal of a character with an intellectual disability and the terminology used within the film. Lawrence Carter Long (a critic and organiser of the dis This film series in New York) has seen the film and gives an informed critique on Disaboom
The Irish Government is proposing to merge the Equality Tribunal and the National Disability Authority with three other equality and human rights agencies.
Official documentation confirms that there are plans to merge these two bodies, as well as the Equality Authority, the Irish Human Rights Commission and the Office of Data Protection Commissioner, into a single agency.
For more information on this, check out this article that appears in the Irish Times
The Equality Tribunal’s annual report published today shows a 65% increase in the number of cases of discrimination against those with a disability in accessing services compared to 2006. There were 89 cases brought to the tribunal on the grounds of discrimination in the workplace against those with a disability, an increase off 59% on the previous year.
Check out this exhibition! The concept is simple, visitors are lead by blind guides in small groups through specially constructed darkened rooms, in which scents, sounds, wind, temperatures and textures conveys the characteristics of daily environments, for example a park, a city or a bar. In the dark, the daily routine becomes a new experience. A reversion of roles is created: sighted people are torn out of their familiar environments; blind people provide them with security and a sense of orientation transmitting a world without pictures.
“Dialogue in the Dark” has been touring throughout the world as a travelling exhibition for over 10 years, visiting 17 countries throughout Europe, Asia and America. In April 2000 “Dialogue in the Dark” opened as a permanent exhibition in Hamburg. Check out their website for more information on their opening hours, tours etc.
Also checkout this short interview with the founder, Andreas Heinecke where he talks about “Dialogue in the Dark” and gives out advice to budding social entrepreneurs.
Genetic information is invaluable. It provides a key to our make-up that we can use to proactively manage our health. However, the same information may also be misused and put us at rish for generic discrimination. The Genetic Information Nondiscrimation Act (GINA) was passed in the US and protects individuals from genetic discrimination by health insurers or employers. Find our more about GINA and what this act actually means for Joe Public.
Social Edge is a program of the Skoll Foundation and was set up by socialentrepreneurs for social entrepreneurs. Every week they host two online discussions moderated by experts in the field. For blogs, podcasts and expert advice relating to social entrepreneurs check out this website.
