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After a successful first year with the outgoing committee, I am nominating myself for President for 24/25. I take pride in the work that I did as Events and Campaign Coordinator last year, and I'd now like to keep up the ethos that Anna, Alice and Gabby have led us in thus far.

In a practical sense, I am able to dedicate time to making sure things are ran correctly to keep up our reputation as an active group. I also have a wealth of experience in running weekly and committee meetings, on top of the fabulous 'Jamnesty' gigs that UoL Amnesty is renowned for. I'd like to see these fundraising endeavours continued because they are such a crucial part of our campaigns and are evidence of our hard work in challenging injustice in a feel-good way. In fact, I am already in touch with some bands ahead of our next event, and can't wait to be back jamming in Belgrave once again!

There are also areas in which I think we can involve ourselves more as a student protesting group. If I were elected, we'd try to collaborate more with other societies to increase attendance at our meetings, and keep growing as a group. It would be great to come together with Spoken Word or students from the Gryphon, for example, and do some writing for our Blog Page. And, on those more laid back weeks, it would be nice to convene for a couple of socials per term to talk all things 'rights' and university life, since our group is such a diverse yet like-minded community.

Above all else, I find great comfort in knowing that we are doing good at a time in which the world - and university (!) - around us is so turbulent a place. This society encourages people to voice concern and manages, yet, to be a break from the humdrum of everyday life, and I look forward to what the coming year holds.

I wish the best of luck to all nominees running for positions.