18/02/2016 – Thursday
We returned to St Mary’s University and spent a very pleasant afternoon with Charlie Cottrell and his political science class. We were joined by Andy Hill’s wife Mary Lynne. We introduced them to the Corrymeela and a bit of Northen Ireland politics. The discussion centred round the Civil Rights movement, internment, gerrymandering and the slide into violence. We encouraged them to see connections with situations and events in the USA.
At least two members of the class were very interested in Corrymeela’s volunteering programme.
We did not discover until after the event that Charlie had retired from being the first lay President of the University in 2012 and is now back to teaching as the President Emiritus. Thankyou Charlie!