Younified

Mamobo Ogoro reflects on the trans supports available in Ireland with our panel - Philippa Ryder, of Dublin Pride, former board member and chair of Transgender Equality Network Ireland (TENI) and LGBT activist, Felix O’Connor, trans comedian, and Dr Chris Noone, lecturer in psychology in the University of Galway, whose research focuses on experiences of health and wellbeing in the LGBT+ community, who is a board member of the LGBT Federation.

In this episode of Younified: we'll talk about the trans supports available in Ireland with our panel - Philippa Ryder, of Dublin Pride, former board member and chair of Transgender Equality Network Ireland (TENI) and LGBT activist, Felix O’Connor, trans comedian, and Dr Chris Noone, lecturer in psychology in the University of Galway, whose research focuses on experiences of health and wellbeing in the LGBT+ community, who is a board member of the LGBT Federation. We'll also meet resilience and mindset expert Sacha Dekker. And finally we'll head to Co Cork to speak with the Palestinian cafe Izz. Supported by Coimisiún na Mean.

Go Dance For Change tell us how they use dance for intercultural celebration.

Mental health advocate Blezzing Dada speaks with Mamobo.

Accentism is perhaps the most commonly accepted form of discrimination in the workplace. Joining Mamobo to explore this often unconscious prejudice is entrepreneur Dr Toluwani Akaehomen, and Dr Stephen Lucek, Assistant Professor in Linguistics at the School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics at UCD.

In this week's episode of Younified, why is accentism perhaps the most commonly accepted form of discrimination in the workplace? Joining Mamobo to explore this often unconscious prejudice is entrepreneur Dr Toluwani Akaehomen, and Dr Stephen Lucek, Assistant Professor in Linguistics at the School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics at UCD. Also on the show: mental health advocate Blezzing Dada joins us to share her story; and Go Dance For Change tell us how they use dance for intercultural celebration.

Joining Mamobo is Emma Weld-Moore from Neurodiversity Ireland to explain how festivals and events in Ireland can better accommodate the neurodivergent community.

Mamobo meets spoken word poet Dagogo Hart to chat about how his heritage shapes his creative work.

The Olympics has just kicked off, and representation, diversity and inclusivity is crucial to ensure everyone feels welcome to join it, watch it and enjoy it. Joining Mamobo to discuss the challenges facing sport right now when it comes to discrimination, and potentially some of the solutions, are: Niamh Tallon, founder of HerSport; Amina Moustafa, Sport Against Racism Ireland (SARI) development director; and Fahmeda Naheed, who works with Doras on EU-funded projects SALAAM (Sustainable Alliances against Anti-Muslim hate) and combatting racism in and through sports in the SCORE Project (Supporting Cities Opposing Racism in Europe).

Joining Mamobo to discuss the challenges facing sport right now when it comes to discrimination, and potentially some of the solutions, are: Niamh Tallon, founder of HerSport; Amina Moustafa, Sport Against Racism Ireland (SARI) development director; and Fahmeda Naheed, who works with Doras on EU-funded projects SALAAM (Sustainable Alliances against Anti-Muslim hate) and combatting racism in and through sports in the SCORE Project (Supporting Cities Opposing Racism in Europe). Also in this episode: spoken word poet Dagogo Hart on how his heritage influences his art; and we hear about what festivals and events can do to better accommodate the neurodiverse community.