Election post

Status
Elected
What will you bring to this role (e.g. experience, skills or qualities)?

Rawleka: Having been a head girl and SU hall rep, my experience and vibrant personality will contribute to exciting events that celebrate POC voices. Navigating life as a black woman makes me more socially conscious about cultural experiences and their intersectionality. I'm excited to be a voice of change so that no one feels alone. 

Rachel: As a Student Trustee, I'm responsible & hardworking and understand the need to continuously push to get things done. As an international, it's easy to stay in your comfort zone, but I know fostering a POC network for all can only add to our experience. 

What do you hope to achieve in the role if you are elected?

Increase network visibility- changing it from a society equivalent to one of the first safe and dynamic spaces you know of as a POC student. We hope to effectively connect the UCL POC community on a larger scale with: 

  • Activities e.g. Come Dine with Me
  • Talks with POC professionals/artists
  • Collabs with cultural societies
  • Small family groups within the network 
  • Diversity fairs

We also plan to: 

  • Decolonise the curriculum- workshops on challenging stereotypes
  • Committee positions for specific ethnicities so many voices are heard
  • Destigmatise mental health
  • Zero tolerance for racism
Please summarise why students should vote for you.

With Rawleka being a 1st gen immigrant from Montserrat and Rachel an international student from Hong Kong, we have a nuanced platform to better understand and represent POC interests in the SU. We're both fiercely engaged, and because of our diversity, understand the importance of including as many voices within our community. 

Our main priority is making sure our narrative is not told by someone else in the SU, as well as building a strong network and UCL identity within the POC community through fun, challenging engagement to question and reaffirm where and how we stand at UCL.