Consultation: | Young Greens AGM 2021 |
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Agenda item: | J.5. Young Greens Womxn (2x Co-Chair, 1 Non-Portfolio Officer) |
Proposer: | Natalia Kubica (Ealing Green Party) |
Status: | Submitted |
Submitted: | 07/16/2021, 16:32 |
WXRE1: Natalia Kubica
Which role are you applying for?
- Which role are you applying for?:
- Young Greens Womxn Non-Portfolio Officer
Candidate Statement
My name is Natalia Kubica. Having followed politics and social issues from a young age, I first got actively involved when the climate movement first began to rapidly grow in the UK in early 2019. I joined several activist organisations, and eventually began to campaign in other areas too, such as Free School Meals. Throughout my work in activism, I have had the privilege of speaking to and working with various amazing and experienced activists, and I have gained invaluable skills in organising and mobilising young people. I also founded and led my school’s first Environment Society for Years 7-13 when I was in Sixth Form, providing me with the admin skills and experience necessary for a Young Green Womxn Non-Portfolio Officer. Outside of my involvement in politics, I am about to begin studying Theoretical Physics, a heavily male-dominated field, in university in September.
I joined the Green Party just after the 2019 General Election. Having been mostly involved at a local level, I would like to scale up my involvement within the Party, and this seems like the perfect place to start. Having been a lifelong feminist, I am acutely aware of the underrepresentation, and often blatant misogyny, that womxn in politics experience, and I would like to do whatever I can to empower and support young womxn in the Party. One thing that’s extremely important to me is representation, particularly in the context of intersectionality. I strongly believe in the concept of “nothing about us without us” – womxn who are also members of other marginalised communities should have their voices uplifted, and when conversations take place that concern certain groups, those groups should be able to not only be present, but actively involved. I can never fully understand the experience of womxn who are also members of minorities that I am not a part of, such as trans women and women of colour, but I can endeavour to listen to and empathise with them. As a Young Green Womxn Non-Portfolio Officer, I would work to empower marginalised young womxn within the Party.
Links
- Twitter:
- NataliaKubica_
Self-identification
- Do you self-identify as belonging to this Liberation Group? (Yes/No/Unsure):
- Yes
- Local Party:
- Ealing Green Party