Lorenzo Martinico (he/him)

I am standing as Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Working Group Officer to continue contributing to the important work of the working group. As an ordinary member in the last year, I represented the working group in the Holyrood campaign team, focusing on engagement with marginalised voter communities. Having learned a lot from this, I would like to build on the experience and the Councillor's group work on candidate development to help us run a more inclusive 2027 campaign, winning the votes and trust of voters that we haven't always spoken to. While the committee's focus on an election year is rightly focused on campaigning, I would also like us to continue previous years' work in reviewing the branch's internal practices.

I see the remit of the working group as intersectional, and as part of this role I would like to work with committee on how branch engages with volunteers experiencing marginalisation, in particular around class and wealth. In the last year, a significant challenge has been the lack of internal demographics data and feedback mechanisms - I would like to continue our ongoing work on establishing these.

While I think I could positively contribute to this role, if a sufficient number of women or candidates that experience multiple marginalisation have put themselves forward, I would encourage members to rank me below them.