'In Our Shoes' - Mimi's Story

Mimi’s story is one of hope and ambition. Mimi shares her experience of coming to Northern Ireland as an asylum seeker, and the journey she embarked on to the present day where she has set up her own organisation, Bomoko NI.

Bomoko NI has developed a community of asylum-seeking and refugee women in Northern Ireland to claim their human rights and improve their lives through self determination and public participation.

‘In Our Shoes’, was developed by Voicing the Void in collaboration with the Police Service of Northern Ireland, South Belfast Policing and Community Safety Partnership, and supported by the Community Fund and Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust.

Our goal is to bridge the gap between diverse communities and the PSNI, cultivating understanding, empathy, and cohesion within South Belfast's communities. Central to our initiative is the transformative power of restorative storytelling. This poem demonstrates its potential to inspire significant change, and our hope is to see this initiative extend into communities across all of Northern Ireland.

Directed/Edited by Colm Teague
Produced by Rory Doherty @ Voicing the Void

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