We welcome with open arms the Irish govt’s move to officially recognise Palestine as a state. We hope our Palestinian brothers & sisters see this as another mark of our dedication to the liberation of Palestine & its people. This is a welcome first step. 🧵

⚡Keychange Presents: Michelle Kambasha – ‘black radical’ (Newsletter)⚡ Sign up now to ‘black radical’, Michelle Kambasha’s new newsletter! It's space that will highlight and feature Black artists typically underrepresented in alternative spaces: blackradical.substack.com

⚡Manifesto Mondays: 5. Visibility and Awareness⚡ While visibility and awareness of gender diversity may seem like an obvious point, in practice, we know this tells a very different story. Read more on what we can do about it in our latest Manifesto: tiny.cc/keychangemanif…

Dr Joanne Cusack Dr Joanne Cusack presenting on feminist activism in Irish traditional music and her work with FairPlé in the Applied Ethnomusicology MA seminar at Universität Würzburg #UniWürzburg Irish Studies Würzburg - ISWÜ just now 👏🏼

So grateful to deliver guest lectures on my research and FairPlé activist work for Universität Würzburg #UniWürzburg, Irish Studies Würzburg - ISWÜ. Thanks to Dr Dr Felix Morgenstern, Prof Juniper Hill for the invite, & Maynooth University for supporting the trip. Photos taken outside lecture venue, Residenz - what a place 😍💖

⚡Manifesto Mondays: 6. Community and Networking⚡ We speak from experience as Keychange traverses communities and networks, witnessing first hand with individuals & organisations alike, thrive in the connections and collaborations. Read in full here: tiny.cc/keychangemanif…

Delighted to have been shortlisted for the Maynooth University Public Engagement Awards for my research on women & Irish traditional music and activist work with FairPlé. My research is shaped, informed by & conducted with the goal of benefitting the people of the study. #Research

Here is the Gender & Racial Disparity Data Report on Irish Radio 2023-2024. Big shout out to the entire team of data analysts who worked with me on this report for free as volunteers! None of us are paid or funded. We do these reports because we are tired of nothing changing year

I’ll be up on Drivetime RTE at about 6.30(ish) discussing the latest Why Not Her? report and also how could we not be congratulating RTÉ Radio 1 for 5 years in a row playing 50% women on air - the only national station to do so without fail! That is definitely something to

This...just this!

#Standwithnatasha rally at the Dail on Tuesday 6 pm #Thisisnotjustice

In a groundbreaking year where women artists have not only outnumbered men in the UK's Top 100 Radio playlist chart but also achieved gender parity on major national radio stations, the silence from music media outlets is deafening. This lack of coverage speaks volumes about

Be sure to join Trad is Amach at @dublinpride this weekend! Check out the events below 👇🌈🎶 #Pride2024 #Irishtraditionalmusic #Irishdance #Celebrate #Inclusion #Diversity #Love

Data collected from this #research #survey will be published with the aim of informing deeper understandings into the experiences of #Irishtraditionalmusic practitioners from the #LGBTQIA+ community 👇🥳