04/09/2024
Heya there, we are your ESJ Regen candidates for the upcoming MSA elections, remember, vote Regen because itās Brat š
Hey (Hujambo), my name is Jason Kariuki and Iām a Kenyan born student studying IT and Science at Monash University. Growing up in Kenya, Iāve seen first hand the devastating affects climate change and social inequalities can have on a large scale to disenfranchised people, from having locus eat our crops, to having the rich get richer whilst the poor get poorer, it is this lived experience that I can bring to the table. Growing up Kenyan, Iāve always been told that these climate disasters, these social inequalities and institutions lack of actions is ānormalā, but that is something Iāve refused to accept. In my lifetime, I have helped organise and mobilise students from my school to participate in the school strikes for climate, I held mass petitions and community outreach to demand our local council implement and provide composting bins, and I have always envisioned a greener, cleaner, regenerated Monash that cares for these issues. Likewise, climate justice always means social justice, and social justice always means climate justice. With this ethos, I will always fight for a more equitable and just Monash. Itās time to regenerate Monash!
On a similar note, my name is Matthew Marich and Iām a 1st generation Australian who cares deeply about environmental and social justice, specifically Monashās role and ability to do more. I care deeply about environmental and social justice and this is reflected in my prior work too. Like Jason, I have attended and helped organise many climate rallies to get our local council to go net zero and implement compostable bins (something which Monash has yet to properly implement). I have worked deeply and close to members of Parliament and realised that systematic change happens from within the systems, and only when we fight will things change. Vote Regen to change the Apple from the core. At the end of the day itās brat.
[Image ID: two people with some paint splodges and a small plant with leaves superimposed in front. On each leaf, it reads āMatthew and Jason, he/him, ESJ Office-Bearerā]