Bloody Sunday Centre, 39 Shipquay Street, Derry.
Permanent Multi Media exhibition, "The Struggle for Civil Rights"
1.00pm, Orchard Gallery, Orchard Street, Derry
Bloody Sunday
An exhibition by contemporary Irish artists who have previously made work which has referenced the event of Bloody Sunday.
7.00pm. Pilots Row Arts Centre.
Freedom’s Wall Photographic exhibition charting the evolution of Free Derry Wall from January 1969 to the present. Organized by the Bloody Sunday Trust & Rossville Historical Society.
January 24-February 7.
7.30pm Tower Museum, Union Hall Place
Beyond Borders - The Search for Truth
Film screenings of Even Memories (1997), Rodrigo Vazquez, (Argentina) and Portrait of a Dictatorship, (1999) Patricio Henriquez, (Chile). This event will be followed by a discussion concerning the search for truth in Latin America, led by Director Rodrigo Vazquez, recently returned from filming the Pinochet hearings.
7.30 pm. Calgach Centre, Butcher Street
Annual Bloody Sunday Commemorative Lecture.
Martin McGuinness, MP, MLA, became involved with the Civil Rights movement in 1968 as an 18 year old, going on to play a leading role in Republican politics over the past 3 decades. Currently the Sinn Fein Minister for Education, he has played a pivotal role in the Irish Peace Process
Admission by Donation.
9.30pm. Henry Joy McCrackens, Magazine Street, Derry
Screening of The Struggle for Civil Rights & The Road to Bloody Sunday.
Pilots Row Community Centre, Rossville Street
11.00am
Whose Police Service?
A day long series of talks, workshops and discussions examining the changes that have occurred concerning policing and the nationalist community’s response to these changes.
11.30am-12.30pm Presentation
Professor Brendan O’Leary, London School of Economics, will examine the demands for changes in policing in the north and the response to these contained in the Mandelson Police Act 2000 & the implementation plan.
1.30pm-2.30pm. Workshops
Examining the proposed changes and their ability to create a new and equitable police service, and how the nationalist community should respond.
2.45-4.00pm Face to Face
An opportunity for the workshop participants to exchange views, and hear the opinions of Martin Mansergh, special advisor to the Taoiseach, Fr. Timothy Bartlett, St. Marys Teacher Training College, Alex Attwood, MLA, SDLP spokesperson on policing, Gerry Kelly, Sinn Fein spokesperson on policing.
12.00 noon & 3.00pm. Bloody Sunday Centre, Shipquay Street.
An historical tour of the Bogside departs from the Bloody Sunday Centre.
2.30-4.30pm Pilots Row
Make Your Own Banner
Banner Making Workshop, providing the opportunity to produce banners for the Bloody Sunday March. Materials provided. All Welcome.
4.30 pm. Tower Museum.
Writing Wrongs
A panel discussion on the making of a drama documentary on Bloody Sunday. Panel: Writer Jimmy McGovern, Producers from Gaslight Productions (Derry) & Box TV (London). Chair: Margo Harkin, film maker.
7.30pm. Calgach Centre.
Lessons of the Irish Hunger Strikes
A panel discussion examining the political, historical and personal impact of the Hunger Strikes of 1980/81. Chair: Dodie McGuinness, H-Block/Armagh activist. Panel: Tony Doherty, former prisoner (1981-85) and a founder of the BSJC, Jim Gibney, National H-Block/Armagh Committee, Laurence McKeown, member of 1981 Hunger Strike, Martina Anderson, former prisoner.
10.00 pm -late. Nerve Centre, Magazine Street.
The Whole Tribe Sings & Guests
Bloody Sunday Weekend Committee Fundraising concert. Admission £5.00.
11.00 am. Bloody Sunday Monument, Rossville Street.
Wreath laying ceremony and prayer service.
Everyone welcome.
2.30 pm. Creggan Shops, Central Drive.
Assembly point for march to Guildhall Square.
Speakers: Sean MacManus, Sinn Fein, Spokesperson for Justice for the Forgotten- Dublin-Monaghan Campaign, Alex Attwood SDLP, Bloody Sunday speaker.
Soup & Sandwiches will be available after the march in Sandinos, Henry Joy McCrackens, Gweedore & Peadear O’Donnells.
ASSEMBLE
CREGGAN SHOPS, DERRY
2.30pm
SUNDAY 28TH
JANUARY
2001
FOR INFORMATION ON ANY OF THESE EVENTS CONTACT THE BLOODY SUNDAY CENTRE, 39 SHIPQUAY STREET, DERRY
PHONE (028) 7136 0880
E-MAIL patricia@bloodysundaytrust.org