Rushanara Ali
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Rushanara Ali - Labour Parliamentary Candidate | |
Rushanara Ali Prospective Parliamentary Candidate Bethnal Green and Bow Experience My achievements are the achievements of the teachers and youth workers at Mulberry School and Tower Hamlets College. It was their belief in me that gave me my passport to opportunity – a place at Oxford University, and jobs in Parliament, the Institute for Public Policy Research, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the Home Office, and now as an Associate Director of the Young Foundation in Bethnal Green. I know how to make change happen – I have experience of doing this at a grass roots level. I helped set up Tower Hamlets Summer University, which has benefited thousands of young people and cut youth crime. I am a Governor of Tower Hamlets College, where I studied. I am a Commissioner for the London Child Poverty Commission, because it's a scandal that so many children here in the East End and across London are living in poverty. When I saw people in Tower Hamlets denied the help they needed because they couldn't speak English, I helped to develop "Languageline", which has grown into a national telephone interpreting service in over 100 languages. It provides a lifeline for the most vulnerable in our communities. I have first hand experience of dealing with tough situations working to bring divided communities together in Burnley, Bradford and Oldham after the riots in 2001. As your MP, I would:
349 Cambridge Heath Road London E2 9RA Website: www.RushanaraAli.org Email: rushanara.ali@googlemail.com Phone: 020 7729 6682 |
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