I am standing for Deputy Leader to breathe change into the Green Party, which has become stymied. As a non-practising barrister, I help disadvantaged people obtain their rights and get access to community care services, by ensuring that their voices are heard. DEMOCRATIC ENGAGEMENTEquality and social justice within our Party will be achieved when more people are enabled to be actively involved in the way that it is run.  Currently, only a select handful of people in ‘top positions’ get supported, promoted and used for publicity and they do not represent the diversity within!  I want to see mentoring and support systems to increase diversity in leadership/spokespersons used: It is not credible to have white spokespeople speaking about Black Lives Matter – it undermines Greens of Colour and the Party’s integrity.  Inclusion is about power-sharing based on the principle: ‘nothing about us without us’ for all ‘self-defining groups’ within the membership. I would like to see members offered the opportunity to be part of an active volunteer pool:  members could be chosen by a random selection process (e.g. tombola maybe one region at a time) ensuring that volunteers are drawn from different parts of the country, for help with campaigns … Continue reading Why I am standing for Deputy Leader of the Green Party