In this episode of What Northern Ireland Means to Me, we meet Quintin Oliver, who’s an activist, a campaigner, a lobbyist, and a public policy specialist. I was brought up in east Belfast in what was termed a Protestant house in a Protestant area. And I went to a Protestant school and my father, apparently, […]

In this episode of What Northern Ireland Means to Me, we meet Quintin Oliver, who’s an activist, a campaigner, a lobbyist, and a public policy specialist. I was brought up in east Belfast in what was termed a Protestant house in a Protestant area. And I went to a Protestant school and my father, apparently, […]

Northern Peacebuilders — Brendan McCOURT by Raquel GOMEZ 12 June 2018 Shared Future News volunteer Raquel Gomez interviewed Brendan McCourt, a journalist, film maker, and producer for over 30 years, who works to empower women and young people to imagine a new vision for their communities, including through the use of virtual and augmented reality […]

Northern Peacebuilders — Kelly MORRIS by Raquel GOMEZ 13 June 2018 Shared Future News volunteer Raquel GOMEZ interviewed Kelly MORRIS, a freelance photographer who has worked with numerous communities in Northern Ireland over the past 20 years. For her, photography can bring love, compassion, inspiration, and healing to people, with participants telling their own stories […]

Northern Peacebuilders — Catherine CREED (CRIS) by Daniel BENNETT 27 June 2017 Shared Future News volunteer Daniel BENNETT interviewed Catherine CREED, an Advocacy and Training Coordinator at Community Relations in Schools (CRIS). She described the work of the education and peacebuilding organisation, working increasingly with school leaders to increase their capacity of developing community relations […]

Northern Peacebuilders — Dr Gul Kacmaz ERK (Cinema and Architecture in the City) by Daniel BENNETT 15 June 2017 Shared Future News volunteer Daniel BENNETT interviewed Dr Gul Kacmaz ERK at Queen’s Film Theatre. Dr ERK explained the motivation behind the CACity research group’s film series event, Walled Cities, and the powerful role that media […]

Northern Peacebuilders — John O’DOHERTY (The Rainbow Project) by Daniel BENNETT 8 May 2017 Shared Future News volunteer Daniel BENNETT interviewed John O’DOHERTY at The Rainbow Project. Topics included: LGBT inclusive services, what a shared future means personally and for the LGBT community in Northern Ireland, what we need to develop a shared future, and […]