Amanda for VP Community

WE DID IT!!!

(proper actual thank you to come later)

3 HOURS TO GO: eusa.ed.ac.uk/elections

🗣🌟GOOD MORNING STUDENTS OF EDINBURGH! ☀️🏡

Voting is STILL open for our Student Elections until 5PM TODAY! So I'm just reaching out to MAKE SURE you have voted. If NOT: you can cast your vote through your MyEd channel or at eusa.ed.ac.uk/elections

Make sure you have YOUR say, because this is YOUR student home. And because this is your home, as your VP Community I want to make sure NO students, especially marginalized students, get taken advantage of by landlords and employers. I will also fight for accessible, sustainable, and cheap transport options across ALL our campuses, I'm going to re-evaluate the student guarantor scheme and university housing scheme, working towards expansion and accessibility of these services, and SO MANY other things.

This just a sliver of what I can do if you vote Amanda #1 for VP Community - you have until 5PM!! 💚

rain or shine we are out here campaigning (and crafting) 🌟☀️🌧🖌

Thank you so much everyone for the love and support so far!

THERE IS STILL TIME TO VOTE- OPEN UNTIL TOMORROW AT 5PM: EUSA.ED.AC.UK/ELECTIONS

Thank you Sexpression Edinburgh for asking us some really important questions that should be at the heart of the work of any elected Student Association officer 🌟

Definitely have a read to get a better sense of all the amazing candidates running this year.

AND REMEMBER TO VOTE, only around 24 HOURS LEFT: eusa.ed.ac.uk/elections

Sexpression Candidate Q& A 2020 SEXPRESSION:EDINBURGH CANDIDATE QUESTIONS 2020 We sent three questions out to every EUSA candidate (aside from school specific roles). We received answers from the following roles: President VP Welfare VP Community VP Activities and Societies VP Education Women’s Liberation Officer Trans and No...

Have you remembered to vote in the student elections?

You can vote through MyEd or at eusa.ed.ac.uk/elections

Our community at Edinburgh is absolutely PIVOTAL in transforming sustainable practices. Not only are we an institution that educates and develops designers, engineers, future business leaders, decision makers, potential market influencers, policy makers, and many others; WE ARE IN CONTROL OF OUR OWN SUPPLY CHAINS.

🌟♻️LET'S GET SUSTAINABLE 🌍💚

Slurp Edinburgh has truly been one of the best experiences during my four years at Edinburgh and I am so grateful for the support they have given me during this whole process. 🧡🌟

(if you haven't heard me ramble on about slurp yet, please check out what we do!!)

🌟Attention all Edinburgh University students🌟

Our co-Director Amanda (Amanda for VP Community) and the co-Head of Campaigns Lucy (Vote Lucy For Women's Officer) are both running for the Student Elections and voting is open NOW until Thursday at 5pm: eusa.ed.ac.uk/yourvoice/elections/

Amanda and Lucy are both incredibly compassionate, hard-working, and dedicated students who we know will both do an incredible job and will take the values of and experiences had at Slurp forward into their roles. Knowing them, their hard work, commitment, and their passion for what they believe in, we are confident they are both the best candidates for the job.

We wish them all the best with the campaign!

Day 1 of voting is almost done and what a day it has been🌟💚🌟

Thank you Edinburgh Uni North American Society for the endorsement and the incredible work they do to help build the international student community🇺🇸❤️🇨🇦

Also thanks to Vote Lucy For Women's Officer for all the fun today at Easter Bush 👯‍♀️💖

🗳VOTE 🗳: eusa.ed.ac.uk/elections

🗣🚨VOTING IS OPEN 🗣🚨

You can vote through MyEd or at eusa.ed.ac.uk/elections (feel free to message me with any questions on how to vote!)

Be sure to read my manifesto to hear about all my actions plans and why I am passionate about enhancing the student experience:
https://www.eusa.ed.ac.uk/elections/manifesto/3017/

While we've been working hard to get the word out about the student elections and my manifesto across our campuses and bus stops, we're not finished yet!! Amanda for VP Community flyering coming to a location near you.

Voting opens tomorrow morning at 10am, and it's so important to have your say about what YOU want from YOUR student experience in these elections. Watch this space for updates on how to vote this week!

MANIFESTO SPOTLIGHT:

💪🏡 LET'S MAKE EDINBURGH A HOME FOR ALL! 🏡💪

TWO DAYS TO GO BEFORE VOTING OPENS

Been out and about talking to students across campuses the past few days, but it's not over!

See all you party-goers tonight at the cheesiest of Edinburgh nights out and look out for me at Easter Bush, Little France, and a student accommodation near you!

MANIFESTO SPOTLIGHT

💚🌍LET'S GET SUSTAINABLE! ♻️🌟

MANIFESTO SPOTLIGHT:

🏘🌟 LET'S GET LOCAL! 🌟🏘

First two days of campaigning done but so much more to go!

Thanks for the fun so far Central, ECA, and Kings!

Look out for some more posters on some more campuses soon 🌸💚

🌟💚 MY MANIFESTO 💚🌟

It's time to get more local, more sustainable, and make Edinburgh a home for all. Here are my action plans on how to do so and if you have any comments or questions please do get in touch!

Let's get local

🌟 Increase student engagement with local issues through workshops on social issues in Edinburgh to be run by Local MPs or community members/organisations

🌟 Have all Students' Association survey vouchers and giveaways be partnered with local shops

🌟 Create an online platform to amplify and promote local events that are being run outside of the university community

Let's get sustainable

💚 Make Students' Association buildings a resource for information and space to drop off hard to recycle items such as electronics or furniture

💚 Create a campaign around sustainable food choice, including a guide and tips on how students can make more local and greener choices
💚 Expand the zero waste shop and conduct a survey on what students want and need when it comes to making the transition to zero waste

And let's make Edinburgh a home for all

🌟 Start a campaign to get students aware of their tenancy and employment rights to make sure students are not being taken advantage of and have access to safe accommodation and work

🌟 Continue to fight for a rent cap on university student halls and advocate for university builds instead of private housing

🌟 Keep pushing for accessible, cheap and sustainable transport options across campuses

🌟 Reevaulate the student guarantor scheme and university housing scheme, working towards expansion and accessibility of these services

🌟 Encourage more art on campus and advocate for temporary art installations across campuses, with a focus on art that gives a platform to underrepresented student voices

🌟 Create more community events and meet-ups for postgraduate international students

Hi everyone! 🌟💚

Figured I would quickly take a moment to introduce myself.

I'm Amanda and I'm a fourth year International Relations student originally from New Jersey, USA.

During my time at university I've had the pleasure of co-directing a student social enterprise, coordinating a Peer Assisted Learning Scheme, became a social responsibility and sustainability auditor, and have involved myself within lots of (and some would say too many at times) different student and community initiatives.

I have loved being apart of such an incredible city and student body but I know there is SO MUCH that can be done to create a better sense of community.

We are living through a local housing crisis, a global climate catastrophe, on top of juggling the day to day madness that comes with being a student. I want to enable students to tackle all of these issues and to get as much as they can out of their experience being a student and living in Edinburgh. It is for this reason and so so so many more, that I ask for your vote to be your VP Community!

Now it's easier to send Amanda for VP Community a message.

I am so excited to finally announce that I am running for VP Community!

I'm grateful that Edinburgh has truly felt like home since I've been at university and I have been a part of some brilliant student initiatives and societies that have helped foster that feeling.

However, I know there is so much more that can be done when it comes to enriching the relationship students have with the university and wider city community, which is why I want to represent students' voices and fight for positive and lasting change!

Thank you for following this page and look out for my full manifesto!