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What an introduction to organising in the US!
What an introduction to organising in the US! 2nd September 2016

Last night I was in the New York District Council of Carpenters building for a fantastic opening insight…

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Touch down. Hi from across the Atlantic.
Touch down. Hi from across the Atlantic.

Made it! New York city. USA. Finger prints? Check. Retina scan? Check. Totally lost seconds after leaving the…

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NYC's history of activism.
NYC’s history of activism. 3rd September 2016

So, I bumped into a few people campaigning for Donald Trump en route to a New York Activism…

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And then there were two....
And then there were two…. 4th September 2016

I have arrived safe and sound in NYC…..Albeit yesterday but was just too excited (ask Sean like a…

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East NYC and Jersey City....
East NYC and Jersey City…. 5th September 2016

Wow what a day…. Met with Frank and a few of his colleagues today to look at the…

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From Queens to Princeton 7th September 2016

I was very fortunate to spend the morning in Queens with Adhikaar, a group established in 2005 who…

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Brooklyn Life....
Brooklyn Life…. 8th September 2016

Just finished a day in East Brooklyn with Matthew, one of Frank’s colleagues and another organiser from the…

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Jersey City Together - Building power
Jersey City Together – Building power

It’ll take more than a blog to explain it, but Jersey City Together are some outfit. Organised with…

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Breaking Ground....
Breaking Ground…. 10th September 2016

Today was spent East side with Winston, another of Frank’s colleagues who organises ‘Manhattan Together’. Like Jersey Together…

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Slán tamaill New York
Slán tamaill New York

So that’s it for me. Slán tamaill (bye for now) New York. Ten days later and the whirlwind…

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A new age of housing for NYC?…

Today Brady exited the country, leaving me to continue the fight for social change state side alone. Very…

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#socialchange state side comes to an end.....
#socialchange state side comes to an end….. 12th September 2016

I was extremely fortunate to spend Saturday picnicking with some more of the ladies from the NDWA as…

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Hi from South Africa
Hi from South Africa 7th October 2016

So, we arrived in Capetown last night after an epic 28 hour journey. For libel purposes we won’t…

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What a day.....
What a day….. 9th October 2016

Today was spent with colleagues from Ndifuna Ukwazi, Tyrone and Disha, and the residents of Bromwell Street in…

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When your Wednesday looks like this…. 13th October 2016

What a way to begin a Wednesday morning with three of the most inspirational women i have ever…

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Langa - to see how South Africans live
Langa – to see how South Africans live 11th October 2016

Today we had a tour of Langa, one of the many townships established under the Urban Area’s Act…

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From Khayelitsha to Stellenbosch
From Khayelitsha to Stellenbosch 13th October 2016

This is all a day behind because we have been super busy (no complaints mind you) meeting amazing…

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Building a new South Africa
Building a new South Africa

The kids in the photo live in Khayelitsha township with 1 million other people. It’s about 40 miles…

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3rd trip. 1st blog. Frank's fault.
3rd trip. 1st blog. Frank’s fault. 11th March 2017

So what has happened since last Marisa and I were in the USA? I thought with this being…

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Slán New York. Fáilte go d'tí Boston.
Slán New York. Fáilte go d’tí Boston. 13th March 2017

Slán Ms Greene agus Dianne.  So that’s me packed up and outta New York. I’m on the Amtrack…

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Thank's O2 for connecting me to Boston.
Thank’s O2 for connecting me to Boston. 19th March 2017

About half an hour before I pulled up at the Back Bay station in Boston I realised I…

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Day 2 in Eastie – the blizzard hits.

Some time during the night the snow started. The governor had already declared a state of emergency. The…

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Pedro - from Juarez to Harvard
Pedro – from Juarez to Harvard 21st March 2017

I had spent two days living in Madeline and Pedro’s home talking about what we were doing with…

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Vida Urbana and signing off from USA
Vida Urbana and signing off from USA

I spent my last night in east Boston with 40 odd families facing various eviction threats – mostly…

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Half the World Away....
Half the World Away…. 28th April 2017

I have arrived safe and sound in South Africa this time round without any missed flights or lost…

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Township Life....
Township Life…. 29th April 2017

I had the pleasure of spending the day in a township of Kew-Thema located a few miles outside…

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How The Other Half Live….. 1st May 2017

I spent the first half of my Sunday lunching with some of the Shia Ismaili community  (a branch…

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Cindy, Christine and the COSATU Crisis 2nd May 2017

I arrived at the offices of SADSAWU this morning, Cindy greeted me with the tightest hug imaginable and…

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Monday was a Hout Bay kinda day....
Monday was a Hout Bay kinda day….

I have arrived in Cape Town albeit in the late afternoon and missed all the workers day marches!…

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This is Anfield....
This is Anfield…. 5th May 2017

Thursday went as follows: First thing was a follow up meeting with our friend Dustin at the Social…

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Reclaiming Their City.....
Reclaiming Their City….. 4th May 2017

After a quick look around GreenMarket early this morning it was back to the NU offices for various…

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On Wednesday's We Occupy....
On Wednesday’s We Occupy…. 5th May 2017

Last night I got a real insight into how occupied life in the Cissie Goul house was forthe…

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Friday was a Zille good day :) 6th May 2017

“Could I request a 5am wake up call please?” “Certainly Miss Mc Mahon have you an early flight…

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A week of learning and ‘unlearning’ with global activists in South Africa...
A week of learning and ‘unlearning’ with global activists in South Africa… 8th December 2017

Having just spent one of the most thought provoking weeks of my life in Boschendal, undoubtedly the most…

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South Africa. Round 2. Learning how to change the world.
South Africa. Round 2. Learning how to change the world. 11th December 2017

I’m sitting in Heathrow Airport, London waiting on the last of three flights home to West Belfast from…

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