Ailbhe Smyth | Convenor of the Coalition to Repeal the Eighth Amendment speaks at Saoirse | Freedom - a Trailblaze experience live at Kilmainham Gaol on Easter Monday 2017
Ailbhe Smyth, former head of Women’s Studies at UCD, has been active in feminist, LGBTQ, and radical politics for a long time, and was centrally involved in the Marriage Equality campaign in 2015. Ailbhe has been campaigning for women’s right to choose for over 35 years and is Convenor of the Coalition to Repeal the Eighth Amendment which she co-founded in 2014.
“If we fight for something, we fight for the thing we love. When we fight against something, we fight against the thing we hate” Simon Sinek
What does freedom mean for us as individuals, as nations and as world citizens living in extreme times? What are we fighting for in a #post-truth culture?
Freedom invites a host of artists, musicians, performers, activists and thinkers to decode the burning questions at the heart of cultural revolution and evolution. These “freedom fighters” set out to navigate many perspectives from the personal to the political and beyond.
Participants included Colm O’Gorman {Amnesty International Ireland} Sunny Jacobs {Human Rights Activist}, Raoul Martinez {Philosopher, Artist, Author and filmmaker- Creating Freedom}, Lynne Ruane {Educational Activist and Independent Politician} Ailbhe Smyth {Feminist & Activist}, Mary Kate O’ Flannagan {Award Winning Writer, Grand Slam Champion storyteller of the Moth}, Razan Ibraheen {Syrian Journalist, Irish Tatler International Woman of the Year} Diarmiud Lyng {Hurler and Youth Facilitator},Tavengwa Tavengwa {Director in Ernst & Young}
Radie Peat {Musician Performer}, Eric Mingus {Musician Performer} and Tonnta Music Ensemble.
Saoirse was brought to you by The Trailblazery with the kind support of Creative Ireland, Dublin City Council, The OPW and Catapult.