WORK WITH PRIDE Diversity & Inclusion Conference Thursday July 28th 9am to 2pm Cork City Hall
WORK WITH PRIDE CONFERENCE SPEAKERS
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The Cork LGBT+ Pride Festival is delighted to present its annual diversity and inclusion conference - Work With Pride - which will run both in-person at Cork City Hall and remotely to registered online attendees on Thursday, July 28. Once again, the festival is thrilled to have Ibec as its title sponsor, and will welcome conference attendees from more than 50 companies and organisations who are invested in creating and maintaining lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT+) inclusive workplaces. The theme of this year’s conference is ‘Proud To Be…’ and is adopted from the overall theme of the Cork Pride LGBT+ festival for 2022.
‘Proud To Be’ means different things to different people and, in itself, is almost a rhetorical statement and question. Pride is a time when you can truly celebrate yourself as a whole person and be proud to be authentically yourself. We can be proud in the community for the strides we have made. We can be proud because of how far we’ve come, of the battles we’ve faced and will continue to face, and the strength of the community to be strong in the face of adversity. The journey to being proud can be a rocky and difficult path, however the legacy of Pride is one of bold, unapologetic, self-celebration, culminating in being Proud To Be. We have a stellar line-up of speakers and panellists which we can’t wait to share. A sneak preview of just some of this year’s speakers are outlined below, but you can register now online at www.workwithpride.ie or by following the link on www.corkpride.com . The conference agenda can also be found on the website, or by scanning the QR code on this page. We are so grateful to this year’s sponsors, without whom we could not have made this event possible.
Arthur Leahy Cork gay and social change activist
Nikki Gallagher Head of Public Affairs, Ibec
Ailbhe Smyth LGBTQI+, feminist and socialist activist, and former founding head of Women’s Studies at UCD
David Gough School principal, All-Ireland final referee and LGBTQ+ advocate
Amanullah De Sondy Head of Religions, Senior Lecturer in Contemporary Islam and Chair of Race Equality @UCC
Saoirse Mackin Human rights activist and Support Advisor
Darren Fitzgerald Solicitor, Head of Private Client Department CDS Law & Tax LLP
SCAN HERE FOR CONFERENCE AGENDA
Session Sponsors
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