
UNIVERSITY of Limerick Alumna, Mamoba Ogoro has been named Activist of the Year at the inaugural Black and Irish Awards.
The ceremony took place last weekend in Dublin in the Hilton Hotel where the social psychologist took home the award.
The PhD student is also the founder of Gorm Media,ย a digital media platform thatย curatesย common ground on social issues.
⭐️Activist of the Year⭐️
Thank you to the @Black_andirish Gala Awards. I am so honoured.
🙌🏾Understanding our shared humanity is listening to each othersโ stories with openness and empathy 🙌🏾#mobomemoirs #bigawards #yourvoicematters pic.twitter.com/ifjTAbyVXs
โ Mamobo Ogoro (@Mamobo96) December 5, 2021
In 2021, the platform went from strength to strength, holding regular online events and producing aย wide-rangeย of multimedia content that promotes curiosity, conversation and creativity.
She was also honoured at this yearโs Social Entrepreneurs Ireland (SEI) Gathering.
Gorm Media launchedย โThemโ, an online series that sees through the lens of people from five different backgrounds in Ireland, in October.
This is โThemโ launched on Youtube Premiere on Oct 25th and you can watch itย HERE
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