my manifesto for #NUSDSC

Im running for the position of Womens rep on the National Committee.. heres why...

Hi, my names lucia, and Im a student at Sheffield Hallam university. I have just been elected disabled students rep at my union for next year and I would love to be on the national committee representing women as well.

I study Education and Disability studies, so I have a good theoretical understanding of disability and gender based issues as well as a practical experience of being a disabled person (and a woman!) It is my career aim to work with disabled students to help them overcome the barriers they face and achieve their potential. I really want to represent disabled students and advocate them after I graduate, to get the opportunity to do this beforehand would be amazing and a real fulfilment of my dream.

I have become increasingly involved in campaigning and raising disability awareness since I went on the hardest hit march last October. I really believe that disabled people are once again uniting together and that we are experiencing a new era of campaigning and getting our voices heard. I really wnat to be a part of that on a national level as well as a local level.

I have just been elected as disabled students rep at my union. my manifesto and aims are to raise the profile of disabled students within hallam and to increase awareness of what it means to be a disabled student and how to access support and other relevant services. My campaigning was focused on handing out 200 purple and gold spotted ribbons that also had a tag, directing students to a blog about disability equality.  I firmly believe that it is by doing the small little things that will make the biggest difference, it was great to see my ribbons being worn around campus and I really believe that they made a big impact and got people curious.

I am a great believer in cross liberation, and at a local level I am going to work on engaging with the other part time representatives (LGBT+, International, Black, Womens) to ensure that students who identify with more than one group are well supported. I believe that the system of authentic representation works, but only if all representative groups work together to achieve equality. This is something that is also true at national level. Having studied a module about the theory of multiple identities (belonging to more than one minority group) I really feel passionate about it, and able to act on that to achieve greater changes, and acceptance within different representative groups.

Please vote for me to be your womens rep on national committe, and I will be committed to making positive changes on your behalf.