our partners
The Rowan Trust partners with strong self-organised communities and the organisations that serve them.
CITYWIDE
Citywide works to promote and support a community development approach to the drugs issue, involving the people who are most affected by the issue - people who use drugs, their families and communities - in developing the responses
UPLIFT
With 340,000 supporters, Uplift is Ireland's largest people-powered community. Our vision is a just and equal Ireland where all people, communities, environment and democracy thrive. Our unique role is to lead campaigns that advance our vision; be a strong ally and collaborator; have the ability to reach the maximum number of people who share progressive values; and tell hopeful and engaging stories and narratives.
MIGRANT RIGHTS CENTRE IRELAND
MRCI is the leading national community work organisation delivering social change with migrant workers in low paid sectors of the economy, at risk of poverty, exploitation, and social exclusion. MRCI believe that the people closest to the struggle are closest to the solution, and that when people act collectively change is possible.
IRISH COUNCIL FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES
Founded in 1976, the ICCL has played a leading role in the most important human rights campaigns in recent Irish history. We lead programmes of work in the areas of justice, equality, democratic rights and digital freedoms. ICCL is independent of government, political parties, and corporate interests and we are committed to challenging powerful interests that might deny human rights and civil liberties.
SKEIN PRESS
Skein Press's vision is to publish literature that celebrates the beauty and richness of the world we share. We are a writer-centred publishing house supporting writers traditionally underrepresented in Irish literature by publishing beautiful, thought-provoking books. We also offer development opportunities designed to create a more inclusive literary landscape.
Irish Network Against Racism
INAR (the Irish Network Against Racism) is a national network of anti-racism civil society organisations which aims to work collectively to highlight and address the issue of racism in Ireland.
THE TYRONE GUTHRIE CENTRE
The Tyrone Guthrie Centre is a cross-border organisation that offers time away, space to work, and opportunities for collaboration and networking for artists and ‘other like-minded persons’ that facilitates the development of their practice across all art forms.
TENI
Transgender Equality Network Ireland (TENI) seeks to improve conditions and advance the rights and equality of trans people and their families.
Dublin LGBTQ+ Pride
Dublin LGBTQ+ Pride is a year round central Pride Hub for the LGBTQ+ community around Ireland.
Conversations on the Margins is created and presented by Lynn Ruane and is a GoLoud Original Podcast. This limited series podcast brings you meaningful conversations and discussions about life, family, art, music and more, from inside the Irish prison system.
Conversations from the Margins is supported by The Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT) Ireland’s leading non-governmental organisation campaigning for rights in the criminal justice system and the progressive reform of Irish penal policy and the Irish Prison Service
CONVERSATIONS ON THE MARGINS
(c) Clodagh Boyd. 1982
LGBT+ RESTORATIVE JUSTICE CAMPAIGN
The LGBT+ Restorative Justice Campaign seek to acknowledge, commemorate and memorialise those who were directly impacted by the criminalising anti-gay laws in Ireland and to build a deeper awareness and understanding of the lives of LGBT+ people and communities directly and indirectly impacted by the laws over the century since independence.
National Youth Council Ireland
NYCI is the representative body for voluntary youth organisations in Ireland. We use our collective expertise to act on issues that impact on young people.
Create
Create is the national development agency for collaborative arts. Their work initiates cross-sectoral national and international partnerships which support artists and communities to co-create work of depth, ambition and excellence.
National Immigrant Justice Center
Heartland Alliance's National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) is dedicated to ensuring human rights protections and access to justice for all immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers.
CGLA strives to remove barriers to equity for people impacted by the criminal legal system.
CGLA
Crossroads Fund supports community organizations working on issues of racial, social and economic justice in the Chicago area, pooling the resources of individuals, foundations and businesses, building a broad base of support for grassroots organisations for social change.
Crossroads Fund
ICIRR is dedicated to promoting the rights of immigrants and refugees to full and equal participation in the civic, cultural, social, and political life of our diverse society.
Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
Solidarity is not the same as support. To experience solidarity, we must have a community of interests, shared beliefs and goals around which to unite, to build Sisterhood. Support can be occasional. It can be given and just as easily withdrawn.'
— bell hooks
The Rowan Foundation, doing business as The Rowan Trust, is a charitable private foundation with 501(c)(3) status, registered in the United States of America.
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