Candidate
Statement: Hello! I am Hanna Mahamed, a 16 year old from Cardiff. I would
greatly appreciate the support of Race Council Cymru for the Welsh Youth Parliament
because I want to see doors opening and opportunities being presented to the
disadvantaged, underrepresented youth of Wales.
I am
passionate, committed and care deeply for my community. This in tandem with my
creativity makes me an ideal candidate. A candidate who will regularly engage
with her community’s youth via forums, questionnaires/surveys and social media.
To ensure those who do not have access to the internet are heard, I will
arrange meetings in my local pavilion. This guarantees the voices, opinions and
queries of my peers are heard and understood.
Although I
lack experience in the usual sense, I have the lived experience to more than
make up for it. As a young, black, Muslim, working class girl, I have seen
enough inequalities to know that enough is enough. Becoming a Welsh Parliament
Member will allow me to help facilitate the change that is long overdue.
We are not a
monolith and as such, a society built for one group cannot serve us all and I
hope to see this change through.
