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James Connolly Visitor Centre Opens in Belfast

By Maggie Holland, Assistant Editor
May / June 2019

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At a ceremony on Friday, April 19, President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins officially opened Áras Uí Chonghaile, the new James Connolly Visitor Centre, providing a new space for discovery, education, study, work, meeting, and socializing on the Falls Road in West Belfast, only yards from where Connolly lived. Connolly, a labor leader, was executed for his part in the 1916 … [Read more...] about James Connolly Visitor Centre Opens in Belfast

Irish Senator Receives Award for Humanitarian Efforts

By Mary Gallagher, Editorial Assistant
June / July 2018

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Frances Black, Irish senator and founder of the nation’s RISE program, was presented with the Arab American Institute Foundation’s Kahlil Gibran Spirit of Humanity Award in Washington, D.C., in April. Black was selected as an individual who embodies the values of the foundation, whose mission is to showcase figures who commit themselves to the practice of inclusion and … [Read more...] about Irish Senator Receives Award for Humanitarian Efforts

Behind the RISE Foundation

By Adam Farley, Deputy Editor
August / September 2014

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Frances Black, the founder of the RISE Foundation, which is helping families cope with addiction and showing that the impacts of addiction go far beyond the addict. Earlier this year, Ireland’s Health Services Executive published a survey called “Alcohol’s Harm to Others in Ireland.” Among the primary findings of the study was the fact that at least a quarter of the population … [Read more...] about Behind the RISE Foundation