B E Y O N D 3 9 % – W E B R O O T S D E M O C R A C Y E V E N T
Jack and Kate represented Team #Emilymatters at last night’s excellent WebRoots Democracy ‘Beyond 39%’ event. Areeq Chowdhury, the organiser and founder of WebRoots Democracy chaired this insightful and lively debate covered a range of issues, which included online voting, representation, lack of engagement and votes at 16.
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It’s not just about forcing young people to vote or even about fighting apathy. They care about their future and are demanding more representation and desiring change.
– Nick kajkowski (from a WebRoots Democracy blog post)
Here’s a selection of tweets as a brief summary of the evening:
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Finally, I must add a words of thanks to to Areeq and the @WebRootsUK team for such a considered and informative debate. It was great to support them and I’m excited to see what they’ll be doing next. WebRoots Democracy have been good friends and supporters of the work we do at #Emilymatters.
Here’s more about what we do and how you can get involved:
#Emilymatters highlights gender equality issues & supports campaigns that seek to redress the balance and was created as part of the social media campaign to promote ‘To Freedom’s Cause’ the campaign for equality – still worth fighting for? event at the House of Commons in February 2014.
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Voting is just the start. Team #Emilymatters is busy planning future creative projects that will encourage young people and women, not only to vote, but to step up and lead.
There are exciting times ahead so please do get in touch!
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Listening and valuing what others have to say is very much a a part of what I do, which is another reason I think Periscope is so interesting. Hope you can join me the next time.
Kate Willoughby
Actor & Writer of Emily Wilding Davison play To Freedom’s Cause
