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As part of the new Youth Programme, LASC provides workshops on demand for Youth organisations, youth leaders and youth workers. Examples of workshops are listed below. Workshops can be tailor made and focused on other topics. For further information, please contact Amal Abordán at education@lasc.ie
Linking to Latin America
This introductory workshop provides an overview of Latin American development issues and some ideas on how to make these issues relevant to young people in Ireland. The duration of the workshop can be varied according to your needs, from two hours to a full day workshop. A taster workshop can provide an overview of the region and the main issues affecting it and a tailor-made workshop can focus on any of the topics listed below
The workshop can explore issues such as:
Latin America through its music
This workshop equips youth leaders to use music creatively to bring Latin American issues to youth groups in an engaging and exciting way.
The workshop provides an overview of the region's peoples and geography. It explores issues such as race and identity, migration, history, violence, celebration, protest, poverty and others through the musical expression of indigenous and Afro-descendent Latin Americans.
The workshop uses all kinds of Latin American music including funk, rap, folk and traditional and touches on issues of identity, marginalisation and popular culture which are relevant to young Irish people.
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Newport Town & the Mulcair river, which runs through it, is represented.
Newport's historical well is represented on the left. This well used to supply water to Newport town over 50 years ago. The man getting water from the well represents this.
The South American woman and her child, represent people from South America & other countries, where people still may not have access to clean, running water.
The large bearded man on the right, is the River God. Many of the rivers in Ireland are named after River Gods. These have often been represented on buildings, and on bridges as old bearded men.
This gives the idea of the sacredness of water, and our need to respect it.
The River itself is painted in celtic swirls. The Celtic Design at the bottom of the Mural is painted in the colours of Newport Town Gaa Team.
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