There is to be an interesting event at 7.00 p.m. at Friends’ School, Magheralave Road,Lisburn hosted by the Lisburn Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) and S.N.I.P.P. (Standing Northern Ireland Peacebuilding Process). At the event at Friends’ School, the evening will end with a performance by musicians from Moldovia, one of whom is the conductor of the State Orchestra.
A group of visitors from Moldova/ Transnistria is visiting Northern Ireland from 14th – 21st May, 2011 to engage with people here. There is a sort of a parallel between Ireland and Moldova in that both countries have been partitioned. This has caused problems in both regions.
On the evening of 18th May, there is to be a panel comprising local community activists from opposing sides of our difficulties here, and two Moldovans representing the JCDC (Joint Committee for Democratisation and Conciliation) in Moldova.
Alan Bell commenting on the event said, “The discussion should be interesting and will be open to questions from the audience. For those requiring further information, please see :- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_Transnistria#Historical_background
“This is just one of a number of events taking place during the week, but the majority are not open to the public, some being in schools where a group of musicians from Moldova will engage with the pupils.”
If you would like to attend, please advise Alan. His E mail address is: alan.bell@dunmurry.org