May 2009: EMBRACE AGM considers how we move beyond welcome.       The EMBRACE AGM considered how we move beyond welcome to create meaningful relationships and a sense of belonging for people of all nations. In his address, Pastor Peter Finch (pictured above) spoke of how all people are

Jan 2008 EMBRACE ‘Who’s who? Who’s here?’ leaflet available. EMBRACE have prepared a leaflet entitled ‘Who’s who? Who’s here?’ which gives summary information relating to commonly asked questions concerning people seeking asylum, refugees, migrants and migrant workers who come to N Ireland. For more information or to obtain free copies,

May 2007 EMBRACE AGM considers the shadow cast by slavery The Keynote speaker at the EMBRACE AGM 2007 was Arlington Trotman, the Moderator of the Churches Commission for Migrants in Europe. He said that African descendants are always aware that skin colour is at the heart of the matter. Africans

January 2006 EMBRACE Launch ‘once we were strangers’ CD Rom On Thursday 25th January 2006, at St. Columcilles Church Hall, Belfast, EMBRACE launched ‘once we were strangers’ CD Rom. This resource consists of a collection of nine first-hand accounts of the experience of arriving and settling here. In addition there are

Research on church responses Many churches have responded to the challenge of increased migration and diversity with warmth and imagination, but a 2009 survey of faith leaders and laity in Ireland, by Dr Gladys Glaniel of the Irish School of Ecumenics, reveals that such actions are patchy. The northern responses