2005 Spring General
Election Supplement

External Vice President, Local Affairs


candidate
Kelly Burns - Students' Party

Isla Vista is a place unique to all others. Separated from the rest of the world by the Pacific Ocean, the mountains, and our fine University, 17,000 people live in one densely packed square mile. UCSB students make up over 60% of Isla Vista's population and therefore truly have the opportunity and ability to make an impact, and express creativity. As Vice President of Local Affairs I will embrace our special community and work to take it to its full potential. I am currently a director on the IVRPD, so have been given the resources to further understand and effect Isla Vista. I am active in the Environmental Affairs Board and am passionate about environmental practices and creating an equal, sustainable and healthy community. I have gotten the chance to work on this vision from many different angles. I am a Green Campus Council intern and am on the Community Center Task Force. I also have experience working on many local political campaigns with Campus Democrats. I believe that students should be celebrated, not taken advantage of through unsuitable living conditions, exuberant rent, and rising parking fees. I am currently working on this as Vice Chair of Student Lobby, where I sit on the IVFP accountability committee. I also propose a plan to expand the Tenants Union. Overall, I hold very strongly that all people in IV should should be seen as vibrant, contributing, and valuable members of society. I am passionate, open, experienced and ready to hold this position. A vote for me is a vote for IV!

candidate
Gerardo Zepeda - Student Action Coalition

Hello, my name is Gerardo Zepeda and I am running for External Vice President of Local Affairs; I am a third year, double major in Chicana/Chicano Studies and Dramatic Art. In the last three years, my involvement in the community as well as various other groups, such as the Student Commission on Racial Equality (SCORE), the Queer Student Union (QSU), Queer People of Color (QPOC), and the Tenants Council for Francisco Torres, have shaped my political understanding as well as developed my leadership. These valuable organizational skills have allowed me to foster and develop the leadership necessary to bring about real change and effectiveness to legislative council, the UCSB community, and our community at large. Through my involvement, I am reminded everyday to think critically about how to progressively change and develop my political surroundings. As EVPLA, I will work to represent and attain access for all students by fighting to stop student fee hikes, obtaining affordable student housing, and building coalitions with local organizations, institutions of higher education, and legislative representatives to create a more sustainable and diverse campus. Nelson Mandela once said, "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world;" too often do people lose sight of the value of education.
Education should be accessible and affordable for everyone. Through organizing and coalition building UCSB can work to create a community that values education for all in order to build a sustainable social, economic, political, and environmental movement.
So Take Action today and VOTE SAC to Attain Access for everyone!



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