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.

What Northern Ireland Means to Me is presented by Julia Paul and produced by Shared Future News, to mark the centenary of Northern Ireland, with funding from the Heritage Fund on behalf of the Northern Ireland Office.

This episode, with transcript, is also available at Shared Future News.

Shared Future News managing editor, Allan Leonard, interviewed Tony Kennedy, whose previous peacebuilding work includes serving as chief executive at Co-operation Ireland, with board memberships at the Community Relations Council, the Centre for Cross Border Studies, and the Institute of British-Irish Studies. Tony also has a passion for the poetry and writings of John Hewitt, directing its society and assisting in its annual summer school.

This episode is part of our series on Northern Peacebuilders — interviews with individuals whose work and efforts contribute to better community relations in Northern Ireland.

It is also available as a published article at Shared Future News.

Shared Future News volunteer Raquel Gomez interviewed Gerry McConville, director of Fally Community Council, based in west Belfast with a range of inner-community and community relations work. Gerry discusses his community development work over decades.

This episode is part of our series on Northern Peacebuilders — interviews with individuals whose work and efforts contribute to better community relations in Northern Ireland.

It is also available as a published article at Shared Future News.

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 tools.

This episode is part of our series on Northern Peacebuilders — interviews with individuals whose work and efforts contribute to better community relations in Northern Ireland.

It is also available as a published article at Shared Future News.

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 through art.

This episode is part of our series on Northern Peacebuilders —  interviews with individuals whose work and efforts contribute to better  community relations in Northern Ireland.

It is also available as a published article at Shared Future News.

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 in their educational environments.

This episode is part of our series on Northern Peacebuilders — interviews with individuals whose work and efforts contribute to better community relations in Northern Ireland.

This episode is also available as a published article at Shared Future News.

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 in their educational environments.

This episode is part of our series on Northern Peacebuilders — interviews with individuals whose work and efforts contribute to better community relations in Northern Ireland.

This episode is also available as a published article at Shared Future News: https://sharedfuture.news/northern-peacebuilders-catherine-creed/

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 and art play in collective memory and efforts to forge a shared future.

This episode is part of our series on Northern Peacebuilders — interviews with individuals whose work and efforts contribute to better community relations in Northern Ireland.

It is also available as a published article at Shared Future News.