Bloody Sunday march and rally
Sunday 28 January
Assemble 2.30 pm. Creggan Shops, Central Drive for march to Free Derry Corner
Speakers:
Sean MacManus, Sinn Féin
Spokesperson for Justice for the Forgotten (Dublin-Monaghan Bombing Campaign)
Alex Attwood, SDLP
Bloody Sunday Campaign speaker
Wreath laying ceremony 11am at Bloody Sunday Monument, Rossville Street. All welcome.
BLOODY SUNDAY WEEKEND 2001
Bloody Sunday Centre, 39 Shipquay Street, Derry.
Permanent Multi Media exhibition.
Saturday 20 January
1 pm Orchard Gallery, Orchard Street, Derry
Bloody Sunday
exhibition by contemporary Irish artists who have previously made work which has referenced the event of Bloody Sunday.
Wednesday 24 January
7 pm 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.
Thursday 25 January
7.30 pm 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.
Friday 26 January
7.30 pm. Calgach Centre, Butcher Street
nual Bloody Sunday Commemorative Lecture.
Martin McGuinness, MP and Assembly member, 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 three decades. Currently the Sinn Féin Minister for Education, he has played a pivotal role in the Irish Peace Process
Admission by Donation.
9.30 pm. Henry Joy McCracken's, Magazine Street, Derry
Screening of The Struggle for Civil Rights & The Road to Bloody Sunday.
Saturday 27 January
Pilots Row Community Centre, Rossville Street
11 am
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.
11.30 am - 12.30 pm 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.
1.30 pm - 2.30 pm. 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 pm - 4.00 pm Face to Face
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, SDLP spokesperson on policing, Gerry Kelly, Sinn Féin spokesperson on policing.
12 noon & 3 pm. Bloody Sunday Centre, Shipquay Street.
historical tour of the Bogside departs from the Bloody Sunday Centre.
2.30 pm-4.30 pm 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.
7.30 pm. 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 pm `til late. Nerve Centre, Magazine Street.
The Whole Tribe Sings & Guests
Bloody Sunday Weekend Committee fundraising concert. Admission £5.
Sunday 28 January
11 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 Free Derry Corner.
Speakers: Sean MacManus, Sinn Féin, 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 McCracken's, Gweedore & Peadar O'Donnell's.
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
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