Saturday, June 15

Mary Robinson | Women & Climate Justice | NO ORDINARY WOMEN

Ireland's former president Mary Robinson talks of her struggle to secure global justice the people most vulnerable to climate catastrophe

By YES Derry

Date and time

Saturday, June 15 · 3 - 4:15pm GMT+1

Location

St Columb's Hall

10a Orchard Street Londonderry BT48 6EB United Kingdom

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About this event

1 hour 15 minutes

Mary Robinson has been deeply involved for decades in the struggle to secure global justice for those people vulnerable to the impacts of climate change who are usually forgotten – the poor, disempowered and marginalised. Her mission has led her from Malawi to Mongolia, and to a heartening revelation: that an irrepressible, driving force in the battle for climate justice can be found at the grassroots level, mainly among women, many of them mothers and grandmothers like herself.

Mary Robinson is Adjunct Professor for Climate Justice in Trinity College Dublin and Chair of The Elders. She served as President of Ireland from 1990-1997 and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights from 1997-2002. She is the recipient of numerous honours and awards

including the Presidential Medal of Freedom from the President of the United States. Her memoir, Everybody Matters, was published in 2012 and her book, Climate Justice - Hope, Resilience and the Fight for a Sustainable Future was published in 2018. She is also co-host of a podcast on the climate crisis, called Mothers of Invention.

‘As an advocate for the hungry and the hunted, the forgotten and the ignored, Mary Robinson has not only shone a light on human suffering, but illuminated a better future for our world.’ - President Barack Obama

Organized by

YES Derry

YES has 8 programme strands:

No. 1 Ireland’s first Molly Bloomsday – 18 bespoke events from Sunday 8 am June 16 to Monday 3am June 17th that transpose the Ulysses 18 episodes to Ireland’s north-west: An Grianán of Aileach iron age sun fort replacing Sandycove’s Martello Tower at 8am; Inishowen’s Lisfannon Beach replacing Sandymount Strand at 11am; the Fountain Primary School replacing Episode II (Nestor) school setting at 10am; Derry’s Guildhall Square replacing the Lestrygonian’s food Episode VIII at 1pm; Derry City Cemetery replacing Dublin’s Glasnevin Cemetery; and the Little Acorns Bookshop replacing Dublin’s National Library! One day only, June 16 2024.

No. 2 The Sixteen Nations – women artists from all 16 nations involved in ULYSSES European Odyssey, over 30 artists, performers, writers, residencies. June 13-16 2024.

No. 3 No Ordinary Women – five wonderful discussions: Women & Leadership (20.30 June 13), Women & Power (18.00 June 14), Women & Climate Justice (former Irish President Mary Robinson, 15.00 June 15), Women & Resistance (18.00 June 15) and Women & Media (12.00 June 16).

No. 4 ROUTE – Return of Ulysses Trail Exhibitions: 18 mini-exhibitions of the 18 European cities events of the last two years hosted by Derry~Londonderry venues and organisations from Derry City FC to Ebrington. Open for 8 days only June 10-17 2024.

No. 5 SIRENSCIRCUS – The World Premiere of an aural realisation of Ulysses Sirens Episode XI through the framework of John Cage’s Musicircus. 100-200 musicians and participants in Ebrington Square. Free to the public. Sunday Molly Bloomsday 16.00 June 16 2024.

No. 6 The Molly Films – Up to 8 individual Molly Films have been commissioned by YES, each featuring one of the world’s leading stage and screen actresses performing one of the eight long sentence sections of Episode XVII (Penelope) known as Molly’s Soliloquy. Each of the films will be featured separately across the YES 4 days in the Volta Cinema in the YES Hub St. Columb’s Hall (Derry~Londonderry) and the Regional Cultural Centre Letterkenny. Actors include Fiona Shaw, Adjoa Andoh, Dame Harriet Walter, Eve Hewson and Siobhan McSweeney. June 13-16 2024.

No. 7 The Molly Bed – a specially commissioned public artwork by Derry designer Tracey Lindsay, free to view and interact with plus the opportunity to leave your personal message under the bedsheets for The Future : A Female Vision. 8 days only, Ebrington Square June 10-17 2024.

No. 8 O ROCKS! Imelda May in conversation and acoustic presentation to round off the inaugural Molly Bloomsday 2024.