Nadya Tannous, long time organizer with the Palestinian Youth Movement, to deliver annual Bloody Sunday Lecture in January 2025
The Bloody Sunday Trust is honoured to announce that the annual Bloody Sunday lecture in January 2025 will be delivered by Ms Nadya Tannous, long time organizer with the worldwide Palestinian Youth Movement.
Ms Tannous visited Derry in September 2024 as part of the Bloody Sunday Trust’s Derry Peace and Conflict International conference, along with other Palestinian representatives. Nadya is of mixed Palestinian and Irish heritage, with family ties to Dundalk and Cavan.
“I am honored to be part of this annual commemoration, hosted by the families impacted by the Bloody Sunday massacre and the Derry community who are a leading example of steadfastness, courage and generosity. There are many issues facing our people today, and Derry exemplifies why international solidarity across struggles and issues builds a front line that can advocate for all of us.”
Bloody Sunday Trust chairperson Tony Doherty, whose father Patrick was one of those murdered on Bloody Sunday, said:
“We are delighted that Nadya has agreed to come back to Derry to deliver the annual lecture. We had the privilege of her company earlier this year when she played a central role in our international conference, and we agreed she is the ideal person to deliver the Bloody Sunday lecture.
“As we commemorate Bloody Sunday again in the shadow of the ongoing Israeli genocide against the Palestinian people, we believe it is only right that Palestine is the central focus of our commemoration.
“Derry has always stood with Palestine, and this year we are calling on our Council to make this a formal and public stance by recommitting itself as an apartheid free zone, where those who support the crimes of genocide and apartheid in Palestine, or who aid and abet those crimes in any way, will never be welcome.
“Nadya will, I am sure, give us compelling testimony as to why this has to be done.”
The lecture will take place on Friday 31st January 2025 at 8pm, in the Northwest Learning Disability Centre (Destined), Foyle Road, Derry.
For further information please contact Bloody Sunday Trust director Maeve McLaughlin at maeve@bloodysundaytrust.org.
Notes for editors:
Nadya Tannous:
Deputy Director at Honor The Earth + long time organizer with the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM)
Nadya is a community organizer, born and raised in the Bay Area (Ohlone Territory), with a focus on political education, movement relationship building, anti-militarism, and returning land to the people and people returning to the land. Nadya holds an MSc in Refugee and Forced Migration Studies from the University of Oxford and a BA in Anthropology and Global Information and Social Enterprise Studies from UC Santa Cruz.
Organisation bio:
The PYM is a ‘transnational, independent, grassroots movement’ of young Palestinians and Arab both in Palestine and worldwide. The PYM bring together and mobilize the Palestinian youth across the US, Canada and Europe to assume an active role in the national struggle for the liberation of Palestine via grassroots, community-based organizing, cultural/heritage celebrations, conferences/events and offer Palestinian
youth workshops/ ‘local, national and international programming aimed at developing leadership skills and critical analysis.’
The PYM aims to challenge ‘colonialism, racism and injustice globally through a joint struggle approach’ while ‘growing and developing with third world solidarity allies to maintain and build relationships tying the Palestinian struggle for liberation among all Indigenous peoples.’
