"How Youth, Women, and Communities Make Social Change (in Northern Ireland)": A Talk by Emma DeSouza
Mon Feb 10 2025 7:00PM – 8:30PM
Event Description:
"How Youth, Women, and Communities Make Social Change (in Northern Ireland)": A Talk by Emma DeSouza Emma DeSouza is a journalist, award-winning campaigner, and peace activist who changed UK law in a landmark human rights case relating to the Good Friday Agreement. She is the founder and co-facilitator of deliberative democracy platform The Civic Initiative, Director of the Northern Ireland Emerging Leaders Program at the National Committee on American Foreign Policy in New York, and a transatlantic adviser on peace processes and civic innovation. Formerly Emma was the women's leadership coordinator at the National Women's Council of Ireland and led in the creation of the first All-island Women’s Peacebuilding Forum, serving as Chair and Facilitator (2021-23). As a journalist, she writes for several publications including the Guardian, Irish Times, Irish News, Journal.ie, Euronews and Byline Times. In 2023, she hosted a limited podcast series on the implementation of the Good Friday Agreement titled 'Lost in Implementation'.