http://katemccabe.com Fri, 25 Jun 2010 20:07:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A message from the Bloody Sunday Families and wounded: To our supporters everywhere On 30th January 1972, a dark cloud descended upon this beautiful city. It stayed until last Tuesday, 15th June 2010 – over 38 years of a journey. It has now been lifted. It has been a long journey from the ... http://katemccabe.com/?p=426 I believe I may be the only person interested in live-tweeting the New York New Belfast Conference which begins today, but so be it! As someone who is interested in the post-conflict regeneration of the North of Ireland, absolutely loves Belfast (and New York!), I'm really looking forward to ... http://katemccabe.com/?p=423 An article in today's Belfast Telegraph reports that the number of those affected by trauma (PTSD, etc) has increased by a third since last year, prompting the WAVE Trauma Centre to launch a new program at Queens to teach social work students to work with those affected by trauma related ... http://katemccabe.com/?p=420 http://katemccabe.com/?p=417 So said Nobel Prize-winning poet Seamus Heaney last night, in reference to his being inspired to write "A Sofa in the Forties," a poem about the Holocaust train into Auschwitz. Last night I took Max to see Heaney's poetry reading at Hunter College, where he was awarded an honorary ... http://katemccabe.com/?p=413 I came across a reference to the following prose poem in a book I read about lessons from the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission. It is called "Unchopping a Tree" and was written by M.S. Merwin; the book described it as a metaphor for the healing of a ... http://katemccabe.com/?p=410 Irish Heritage and Cultural Celebration Video The clip above is from the New York City Council's "Irish Heritage and Cultural Celebration," hosted by Council President and Speaker Christine Quinn and held on Tuesday, March 9th. Quinn's support for Relatives for Justice and the struggle for truth was a fantastic way ... http://katemccabe.com/?p=392 A great article in the Daily News today that highlights the experiences of a couple of the Haitian members of Brother High Kanaval. As Wilgainson Toussaint played horn for Brother High Full Tempo at Klub 45 above Connolly's Pub in Times Square last week, he did so with a ... http://katemccabe.com/?p=390 I had the pleasure of joining the organization Irish American Writers & Artist almost immediately upon relocating to Brooklyn. IAWA is a unique organization in the city which is not only highlighting Irish American artists, writers, actors and so forth, but one that is "committed both to bringing together ... http://katemccabe.com/?p=384 I watched the documentary film "The Cove" last night, which has apparently been nominated for an Academy Award this year. It has been a while since I've watched any sort of documentary film about animals, and it was particularly interesting to watch now that I would no longer describe ... http://katemccabe.com/?p=382