— GLOBAL SITES: NORTHERN IRELAND —CATCHING UP WITH UNA AND ALEXWe sat down with PeacePlayers Northern Ireland coach Una Harkinand Scaling Project Coordinator Alex Mosley, to hear in their wordswhat PeacePlayers Northern Ireland is all about, and what basketballhas to do with it.What you’redoing there isnot about basketball.IT’S ABOUTBRINGINGPEOPLETOGETHERto allow for theconversations toopen.-UnaSO, TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELVES.Una: I’m Una. I’m from Northern Ireland. I was a footballer, I was a Gaelic [football] player and thenI moved onto rugby when I moved abroad. I’ve been a PE teacher for about 15-16 years. I coach theLeadership Development Program and the Bridging Divides Program. I really enjoy the LeadershipDevelopment Program, because the students are really positive. They really want to be there andthey really want to make a change.Alex: We’re big on Una inThe conflictsPeacePlayers. She’s been a greatthat exist areaddition to the team. So, I wasabout people notborn in London and spent mostunderstanding howof my life outside of England. Ito celebrate otherlived in Hong Kong and China forpeople’s cultures.a lot of my younger years. Andthen I moved to Dublin when II THINKTHAT’S THEREASON WHYPEACEPLAYERSEXISTSIN MANYPLACES.”was 17, and I’ve been living onthe island of Ireland for nearly25 years. I’ve worked mostlyin the youth and communitysector and played basketball atuniversity in Dublin. My love ofbasketball actually came fromjust playing pickup as a child, butalso my love for connecting with-Alexothers and experiencing differentcultures.PAGE 40
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