Belfast's Bahá?í Community Celebrates Peace
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Access for the Disabled
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- 1987-03-10
Belfast's Bahá?í Community Celebrates Peace (UTV Live at 6)
An awards ceremony overseen by Belfast's Bahá'í community celebrates contributions to the Peace Process.
Belfast has a fascinating relationship with the Bahá'í faith. The Persian religion has had a community of worshippers in the city since the 1940s. The community, though small, have always been proactive community contributors. The religion emphasises unity and understanding across socio-economic and religious backgrounds. In 1999, the community held an awards ceremony to celebrate everyday people who made a great contribution to the Peace Process, as well as to mark the centenary of the faith's presence in the island of Ireland. Among the people presented with awards included emergency services workers who helped in the aftermath of the Omagh bomb; Anne Carr from the social group Women for Peace; and John King, who formed an integrated school for children from the Catholic and Protestant religions. Many influential people attended the ceremony, including the highly respected community worker May Blood.
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A selection of news clips from the UTV archives highlighting the struggle for equality and diversity in Northern Ireland.
The 1980s and 1990s saw several significant changes in Northern Irish society. From improving services and support for neurodiverse people and people with physical disabilities, to amending workplace laws to address inequality for women, UTV documented many small but significant steps towards progress.
The channel also covered Northern Ireland's growing diversity in terms of population. People from all over the world moved to the country to live and work. In this collection, we learn more about the Chinese, Indian, Persian and other communities that now call Northern Ireland home.
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