Podcast appearances and mentions of Ellie Kisyombe

This special episode contains speeches and songs from the United Against Racism and Le Cheile rally held on O'Connell Street on Monday, 6th February 2023.  Speakers included activist Ellie Kisyombe, Cllr. Daithí Doolan (Sinn Fein), Paul Murphy TD & Richard Boyd Barrett TD (People Before Profit), Steph Hanlon, Marese Hegarty, Ailbhe Smyth, Dean Scurry and many others. Music by Jimi Cullen and others. Let's build for Saturday, 18th February! 

Taste of Dublin returns to the Inveagh Gardens this week. A celebration of eating, drinking and entertainment, the festival runs for five days from the 1st- 5th September and features live cooking demonstrations, wine tastings and food stalls from all over the world. This year, Our Table will be joining the festival line up, selling a selection of products and showcasing start up businesses from the migrant background. Our Table was founded by activist Ellie Kisyombe and food writer Michelle Darmody, who met through a shared conviction that Direct Provision was an unjust system and that talking about it through food might help to start an important conversation. In today's episode, Kisyombe and Darmody speak to Róisin Ingle about the origins of Our Table and their involvement in this year's festival. Also joining the conversation is pastry chef and Irish Times food writer Aoife Noonan who will be doing a live demonstration at Taste of Dublin this Sunday. See https://dublin.tastefestivals.com/ for all details.

Malawi-born Ellie Kisyombe is the founder of Our Table and currently Ellie’s Kitchen, Home Edition. As an activist and a food producer, Ellie is well known on the political and the food scene, and has been one of the most prominent faces of a changing Ireland. Here, Ellie talks about living in Ireland in Direct Provision, but also about  growing up in Malawi and her family, which was where she got her ambition and her culinary chutzpah. Plus she talks about Malawi food and what makes it distinct; its beautiful freshwater fish, its multicultural influences, and yes, its whiskey and gin.https://ellieskitchenhomeedition.com/

This Reboot Republic podcast sets out the case for inserting the Right to Housing in the Irish Constitution, and why a Referendum is needed. It is part of Maynooth University Social Justice Week. The speakers include Fr Peter McVerry, Homelessness Campaigner, Orla O Connor, Director of the National Women's Council of Ireland, Niamh O Rourke, Inclusion Health Social Worker, James Rooney, Barrister and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law, Trinity College Dublin, Ann Marie Flanagan, NWCI Disability Women's working group and Ellie Kisyombe, Co-Founder Our Table. It is introduced and chaired by Dr Rory Hearne, Dept Applied Social Studies Maynooth University & the campaign for a Right to Housing, Home for Good. Support this podcast and get access to loads of extra content at patreon.com/tortoiseshack

This Reboot Republic is the third podcast for International Women's Day 2021 in partnership with the National Women's Council of Ireland. In this podcast we cover the issue of the experiences of women in Direct Provision. Orla O'Connor, Director of the NWCI, talks to Owodunni Ola Mustapha, Rosemary Kunene and Ellie Kisyombe. They explain the particular vulnerability of women in Direct Provision, the how it allows for the exploitation of women and the trauma of institutionalisation. The panel share their views on what they identify as the denial of human freedom and some of the biggest challenges around work and childcare. They also give their view on Governments White Paper on Ending Direct Provision. These are voices that need to at the centre of any plans. They are wonderful empowered women leaders for now and the future. You either let the system break you or you break the system. Happy International Women's Day. Support this podcast by joining us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack

This Reboot Republic is the third podcast for International Women's Day 2021 in partnership with the National Women's Council of Ireland. In this podcast we cover the issue of the experiences of women in Direct Provision. Orla O'Connor, Director of the NWCI, talks to Owodunni Ola Mustapha, Rosemary Kunene and Ellie Kisyombe. They explain the particular vulnerability of women in Direct Provision, the how it allows for the exploitation of women and the trauma of institutionalisation. The panel share their views on what they identify as the denial of human freedom and some of the biggest challenges around work and childcare. They also give their view on Governments White Paper on Ending Direct Provision. These are voices that need to at the centre of any plans. They are wonderful empowered women leaders for now and the future. You either let the system break you or you break the system. Happy International Women's Day. Support this podcast by joining us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack

On this week's episode Stefanie talks to Ellie Kisyombe about Direct Provision, how it could be managed and how Ireland could be doing better. They talk about the Irish implications and responsibility and reaction to the Black Lives Matter movement. Does Ireland have a problem with racism? If so, is it in the police force? Is it systemic? Ellie Kisyombe lived in Direct Provision for many years, she is now an Irish citizen and she is an activist.

Ellie Kisyombe talks about grief and trauma in the aftermath of nearly a decade living in Direct Provision, how she is coming to terms with the lost years, and the new home she is building for her family. Liadán also spoke to Katie Mannion, Managing Solicitor with the Irish Refugee Council, who talked about some of the issues being experienced by people living in Direct Provision, and some of the ways we can help people currently in the system.

Ray speaks to Ellie Kisyombe about the protests over the death of George Floyd in the USA.

On today's show Ray speaks to Ellie Kisyombe about the current protests in the USA. Gerry Daly announces the Bord Bia Gardening Competition, Martina Blake from the HSE talks about smoking and covid & Ray chats to Normal people actress India Mullen about the show coming to an end, they are joined by Cormac Farrell, the owner of the O'Neill's Brand.

A Q&A for new documentary The Cave with Ellie Kisyombe, Dr. Gillian Wylie, and Caelainn Hogan, moderated by Michael Lenehan. In association with the Irish Syria Solidarity Movement. The Cave is at the IFI now https://ifi.ie/the-cave/ Recorded at the Irish Film Institute on the 7th of December 2019.

This episode was not easy to record. And it won’t be easy to listen to, but it is essential listening. Direct Provision will be the stain on our generation’s existence. It feels like we all know this. We all talk about this. But when talk feels empty, how do we change a broken system? Sylva Tukula was a transgender woman buried in Galway without ceremony after being housed in an all-male direct provision centre. Her personhood was removed in death as it was when she was alive. She deserved more. Ellie Kisyombe who has been living in Direct Provision for 8 years joins us in studio to share what it feels like to live like this. To have your personhood removed. We talk to Maeve O’Rourke, a lecturer in Irish Centre for Human Rights in NUIG and has done a lot of work on the culture of institutionalisation in Ireland. We also bring you some joy. Nicola Coughlan is not in fact our Derry rep as you would think as the gas bitch from Derry Girls, she’s from Galway and she shares with us all the things she loves about Galway. We talk about the week in review, all our fave things and of course end with a Tuna Chicken Roll.

Founder of Our Table, activist and Social Democrat candidate Ellie Kisyombe talks about living for almost a decade in Direct Provision, in a life over which she has virtually no control. About the strength she draws from the memories of her family and her life in Africa, overcoming depression, the importance of your own home, raising children within the Direct Provision system where they do not even have a kitchen table to sit down at, and the difficulty for teenagers integrating their life in Direct Provision with that of their school life, how the support and empathy of Darina Allen helped her to find her self confidence again, accepting her life here, and ultimately building a community of friends and a new life here. How to Fall Apart is presented by @liadanhynes and produced by @talltalespodcasts

Two part podcast. First half: hot takes on Paddys day and the music of Enya. Second half: an interview with Ellie and Michelle, Founders of Our Table, an organisation that raises awareness around the Direct Provision system, using food. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ellie Kisyombe and Carol Deans will contest the local elections in May for the Social Democrats in Dublin’s North Inner City ward. They speak to Kathy about why they chose to run, what drew them to the Social Democrats and what they'll do if they succeed in becoming Dublin City Councillors.

In show twenty-one, Ellie Kisyombe comes in to studio. She tells Tara about the wonderful Our Table project (www.ourtable.ie) that shows how food can connect people, and what we all need to do to end Direct Provision. There’s also matchmaking, an Ellie-inspired energy drink, and we find out which animal could be the one to put an end to Ellie’s political career. Website http://www.taraflynn.ie Patreon https://www.patreon.com/taraflynnirl Instagram https://www.instagram.com/taraflynnirl

We have a system in Ireland called direct provision that keeps asylum seekers who have come here to seek refuge from violence and the threat of being killed in their home countries in institutions with very poor living conditions. The direct provision system forces people into a limbo for long periods of time where they can’t work, build a meaningful life for themselves in this country, and have no control over the food they eat and their overall day to day lives. It is an inhumane system that needs to be ended. In this episode I chatted with Ellie Kisyombe who has lived in the direct provision system since 2010, is an  activist, and founder of Our Table, an organisation that works to highlight the direct provision system as well as bringing people together to learn new skills and share experiences around food. Our Table: http://www.ourtable.ie Journal.ie Article on Ellie https://www.thejournal.ie/readme/having-been-in-direct-provision-for-such-a-long-time-i-had-started-to-lose-confidence-4072559-Jun2018/ Independent Article on Ellie's Pop Up Restaurant https://www.independent.ie/life/food-drink/i-might-not-have-money-but-im-rich-after-starting-a-popup-restaurant-this-asylum-seeker-has-found-a-recipe-for-success-37249556.html https://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/q-a-what-is-direct-provision-1.3373747 https://www.thejournal.ie/readme/opinion-direct-provision-has-been-a-disaster-4066146-Jun2018/ https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/she-has-bad-days-sometimes-mother-of-three-outlines-effects-of-direct-provision-on-her-children-872663.html

Pantisocracy - Season 3 (2018) Episode 3 ‘Be the Change’ In this episode of Pantisocracy host Panti Bliss shares her own experience of being HIV Positive and her work as a change advocate with Irish Aid in Asia and Africa. Her guests in the parlour are all change-makers making a positive difference in the world. On the story of HIV AIDS in Ireland there's Dr Fiona Mulcahy and young playwright Shaun Dunne. With them is asylum seeker Ellie Kisyombe of Our Table and Iseult Ward cofounder of the food charity Foodcloud. Then there's musical cousins Grainne and David Hope the force behind KidsClassics bringing music to sick children and finally Northern Irish actor/singer Conleth Kane who performs his song 'Proud'. www.pantisocracy.ie

**Smashing the Glass Ceiling, the Right to Work, and a new Name for the Children’s Hospital** This week on Sparking Change we’re talking about some of the true-blue rebels in Irish history – Dr Kathleen Lynn, and Hannah Sheehy-Skeffington – and the women commemorating them today. We also have a panel discussion whether the new right to work scheme for those in Direct Provision goes far enough. In her editorial this week, Dil discusses Female Genital Mutilation, the beliefs behind it, and why there’s no way to have a balanced discussion about it. **Dr Micheline Sheehy Skeffington (4:42)** We are joined by Dr Micheline Sheehy-Skeffington for a lesson in history and feminism. The granddaughter of one of Ireland’s foremost suffragettes, Hannah Sheehy-Skeffington, Micheline joins us to discuss smashing windows, (and glass ceilings) and marking the centenary of the women’s right to vote. **Caroline Reid and Ellie Kisyombe - The Right to Work (36:43)** Caroline Reid from the Irish Refugee Council, and Ellie Kisyombe from Our Table join us this week to discuss the new right to work scheme for those in Direct Provision, and why the extensive restrictions in place make it a bittersweet victory. Ellie takes us through how she stays positive in Direct Provision, and the power of food in connecting people. **Deirdre Mullen and Emily Duffy: Name the National Children’s Hospital after Dr. Kathleen Lynn (1:07:40)** Deirdre Mullen has started an online uplift petition to name the National Children’s Hospital after Dr. Kathleen Lynn. Dr. Lynn was the founder of an all-female run hospital for the impoverished mothers and children in Dublin in 1919 and was the chief medical officer of the Irish Citizen Army. So why do more people not know about her?

Flight Risk explores the thoughts and fears of Elizabeth - a woman seeking asylum in Ireland

with Ellie Kisyombe and Michelle Darmody. A companion programme to ‘Flight Risk’ on food, activism and the Direct Provision system.