Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace Security and Justice

Mary Robinson
Gives Peace Lecture

By Maggie Holland, Editorial Assistant
January / February 2019

December 22, 2018 by By <a href="https://irishamerica.com/2019/05/maggie-holland/">Maggie Holland</a>, Editorial Assistant<br/> <a href="https://irishamerica.com/archives/2019-archive/january-february-2019/">January / February 2019</a> Leave a Comment

On Tuesday, November 6th, Former president of Ireland and UN Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson delivered the Inaugural Senator George J. Mitchell Annual Peace Lecture at Queen’s University Belfast. Serving from 1990–1997, Robinson was the first female president of Ireland and now works to secure global justice for vulnerable people across the world, with a commitment … [Read more...] about Mary Robinson
Gives Peace Lecture

September 19, 1880

The term “boycotting”- a form of non-violent protesting – entered the English language on this day in 1880. Coined by Charles Stewart Parnell in his speech on land tenants at Ennis, he said, “I wish to point out a better way, a more Christian way which will give the lost man an opportunity of repenting. When a man takes a farm from which another has been evicted, you must shun him on the roadside, on the streets, in the shop and even in the place of worship by putting him in a ‘moral Coventry.’ You must show him your detestation of the crime he has committed.”

Mary Robinson
Gives Peace Lecture

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