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Being a Challenge Leader

29/6/2020

I knew I wanted to be a challenge leader after undertaking one of RAG’s fantastic challenges in my first year. I discovered a love for fundraising and RAG captured my heart, it’s such a wonderful society and I knew I wanted to become a bigger part of it going forward. I applied and was lucky enough to land the job of skydive challenge leader raising money for Unseen UK!

Another reason for wanting to be a challenge leader was that I was returning from a year abroad and knew it would be a great way of meeting a new bunch of people! And I was right!

Being a challenge leader has been fantastic. I’ve loved working with Unseen UK and getting to learn so much about the charity and how it runs and have loved helping out participants with their fundraising. However, perhaps the best part of being a challenge leader for me has been helping RAG on the whole! You really become part of a community when on the RAG committee and everyone works as a team to run all the amazing events they put on. I particularly loved helping out in RAG week, doggy de-stress will always be my favourite event!

There are so many ways to get involved in RAG and being a challenge leader is a fantastic opportunity! Knowing that I played a part in helping to raise RAG’s grand total of £90K this year really is the icing on the cake.

I would recommend being a RAG challenge leader to pretty much anyone, but perhaps more specifically: to anyone looking to gain skills in leadership, teamwork, and fundraising; to anyone who wants to make a difference to the world by helping to raise money for a bunch of amazing charities; or to anyone simply looking to make new friends and is willing to put in some work to do so!

If you'd like to apply to be a challenge leader for next year, fill out this form!

RAG love xx

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Reflecting on the BLM Awareness Talks

26/6/2020

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On Monday 22nd June, Warwick RAG presented a day of talks surrounding the Black Lives Matter movement. Spearheaded by our wonderful president and vice-president Bia and Haroon, the day consisted of 6 talks about different aspects of the movement.

The day was organised because we felt that the BLM movement is one of the most important movements of our generation with great historical significance. As a result it is something that we all should be aware of, whilst striving to further educate ourselves. The livestream talks were a great opportunity for people to build a foundational understanding and use recommendations to further their learning. Being a society that focuses on changing and improving the world, we wanted to show our solidarity with the BLM movement whilst also highlighting the racial structures that are so apparent in our society today.

If you've not seen any of the talks, I'd highly recommend taking a look. They can be found on the Warwick RAG Facebook page and a list of the resources suggested throughout the day can be found in this post.

But now I want to take a bit of time to reflect on the day.

The morning involved some discussions with members of Warwick LitSoc and Amnesty International. It was a chance to think about how White my education has been and how I could further my education to include a more diverse set of experiences. The members of Amnesty also discussed different forms of activism and projects currently ongoing to tackle racial discrimination.
The overarching theme of both discussions was the importance of education in fighting racial injustice and that just taking the time to learn a little bit more about the lives of others can make a big difference and discussing what you learn with others can make an even bigger difference!

The importance of education was further highlighted in the afternoon with talks by Dr Lydia Plath, Ruva Knight, Dr Schroeder and Dr Simon Peplow.
Through these talks, we learnt about the history of racism, the portrayal of People of Colour in music, a little about the life of a man who escaped slavery, and more about the relationship between the police and black people in the UK.

The afternoon was really thought provoking with some ideas expressed that seemed to turn the current national narrative on its head. Learning about the history of racial discrimination and the different stats at play was really eye-opening and I plan to look at the suggested resources to further my understanding of the topics involved. It was also interesting to take a look at the representation of Black People in media, especially in media created by Black People themselves, especially in hip hop.

Overall, the day was very insightful and it is definitely worth watching some of the talks or looking at some of the resources suggested. If you want to take some action, do take a look at the links on the Black Lives Matter event page where you can find some petitions you could sign, and places you could donate to.

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