This week ahead is jam-packed with exciting and rewarding events to help you forget all about the impending essay doom. This evening, Dublin University Gender Equality Society (DUGES) will be presenting their third film screening of the term in the GSU Common Room, House Seven at 7pm. The film, Lucky, documents the life of homeless and heavily tattooed mother Lucky Torres in New York. Told over the course of five years, it attempts to accurately portray Lucky’s life and efforts to rise in society. As well as the screening, the society are hosting a sanitation drive. They are asking for a small donation of a pack of tampons or pads, which will then be donated to SVP and the Simon Community, and go to homeless women in Ireland. The screening will be followed by a reception with tea, coffee and chats.
This evening will also see the University Philosophical Society (the Phil) host an evening with First Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon, in the Graduates Memorial Building at 7pm. Sturgeon is Scotland’s first female First Minister, and the first woman to lead any of the devolved UK administrations. Sturgeon has repeatedly stated that she does not want to see Scotland leave the EU as part of Brexit, taking into account the significant majority of voters that voted to remain within the EU. The evening will no doubt see this topic being explored in the midst of learning more about Sturgeon’s position as a woman in politics.
Tuesday evening will see Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) host Leadership 101: Women in Leadership. This is an evening for female students considering running for leadership positions and features an impressive array of speakers who will examine the barriers faced by women running for election as well as the accomplishments of previous female student leaders. The event features USI President Anne Hoey, former President of the University Philosophical Society (the Phil) Ludivine Rebet, current Welfare Officer of TCDSU, Aoibhinn Loughlin; Auditor of Trinity Law Society (Law Soc), Hilary Hogan; and Editor of The University Times, Sinead Baker. It will run from 7.30pm in the Global Room.
Trinity Fashion Society are holding their annual charity fashion show, Burnt Out, on Thursday in The Complex at 7pm. The show aims to celebrate past decades of style and iconic youth cultures which inspire the fashion industry. It will be followed by an after party at the Turk’s Head. The show is in aid of Pieta House, an organisation that provides therapeutic services for people who are experiencing suicidal ideation, people who have attempted suicide and people who are engaging in self-harm.
Bright and early at 7.30am on Friday in the Edmund Burke Theatre, Trinity Entrepreneurial Society (TES) will, in association with the Trinity Business School, welcome CEO of Ryanair, Michael O’Leary. Free breakfast will also be provided to all attendees, with Dean of Trinity Business School, Prof Andrew Burke, interviewing O’Leary, who left Trinity in 1983 after graduating BESS.
On Friday at 2pm, the University Philosophical Society will be awarding their Gold Medal of Honorary Patronage to English television presenter and journalist Anne Robinson. She was the first woman to regularly edit a national newspaper (the Mirror) and gained fame as the “Queen of Mean” while hosting the BBC game show The Weakest Link from 2000 to 2012.
Finally, after the success of last year, TCDSU welcome the return of Pink Day this Saturday. Trinity Pink Day is a training initiative for students in Trinity on LGBTQ issues, featuring workshops on sexual empowerment, Queer 101, consent, mental health, sexual health and more. It will be similar to the Union of Students in Ireland’s (USI) Pink Training, which is always oversubscribed. Do something truly worthwhile with your Saturday and bop down to the SU for the training from 10am.
