Activistenpartij Candidate for Faculty of Humanities
I get the job done!
A former Communications and Political Science major, I now study Culture Studies and follow the long line of angry brown women before me who want to deconstruct colonialism so something better can take its place.
I’ve been the editor of my high school paper, lobbyist for a Filipino queer rights group, and volunteer organiser for an Oxford-based human rights art fair. With Spotlight UvA, I’ve helped make a community for queer students and I’ve made it my goal to help internationals feel welcome as a student ambassador. You want someone who has a track record for getting things done? You found your candidate.
Internationalization is a two-way street. If they want internationals to assimilate, the institution has to make it possible for us to thrive in the first place. This includes free or subsidised Dutch lessons, optional academic writing improvement modules, and workshops on practical matters like part-time job-hunting.
Protection of the student voice is vital. As someone from a country renowned for its persecution of speech, it is disgusting to see that a university from the “first world” is no better. It is hypocritical for us to learn about justice and oppression and be punished for applying what we learn outside of the classroom. I look forward to continuing AP’s vigilant reminder of our rights in the next year.
Queer students deserve to study in dignity. Students should not have to play telephone to have their teachers or the university websites refer to them by their lived name, worry whether teachers repeat dangerous or outdated rhetoric in classes uncritically, or doubt their safety on school grounds.
Finally, safety on campus is a must, be it socially or physically. No student should be left behind. We can achieve this through social safety and security seminars during orientation week, visible social safety and sexual consent modules on Canvas, and clear pathways for counselling and student mental health assistance.
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