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Platform
for Change
is a voice for citizens of Northern Ireland who believe that now is the
time for a new politics focused on the common good. It is a place for
people who feel there is more to be gained from positive politics and
want to be involved
Mission
Northern Ireland needs a renewal and realignment of
politics, if it is to move beyond an uneasy peace to reconciliation, and
from policy inertia to policy innovation. Agreement on a
Platform for
Change
across civil society, and among the more accommodating and progressive
political parties, can be the springboard for a step change.
The goal is to ensure that in a future assembly election
we can install a genuine power-sharing coalition, cemented by commitment
to universal norms, which grapples effectively with the key challenges
facing Northern Ireland in a global context: a shared future, social
inclusion and sustainable development.
Please read our platform, available in a
summary
and
extended
version, and
sign up to offer your support.
Platform
for Change is governed by, and funded by, its members.
From a politics of identity to a politics of ideas
What is the future for politics is Northern Ireland? Is there a way to
move on from voting based on communal identity? Can we create a
political environment of dynamic ideas and comprehensive debate? These
are the central issues that will be addressed in our next public event.
A panel discussion ’From a politics if identity to a politics of
ideas’ will take place in the Black Box, Hill Street,
Belfast, at 7.30 on Monday, March 26. The
discussion will be chaired by Julia Paul of the BBC and panel
will be a compilation of political and civic voices: Tom Elliot (UUP
Party Leader), Dolores Kelly (SDLP Deputy Leader), Steven
Agnew (Green Party), Eamonn Deane (Holywell Trust), Anna
Lo (Alliance), Tony McMullan (Co-op Party), Trevor Ringland
(former rugby international) and Kellie Turtle (Belfast Feminist
Network).
Please put this date in your diary, tell your friends and come along
with your ideas!
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