Hi, my name is Paula! I am a 5th grade student at Ivy Drive School in Bristol and I was a final candidate in the 2023 Connecticut’s Kid Governor Election. I’m now a member of the Kid Governor’s Cabinet working with 2024 Kid Governor Cristiano!
I ran on a platform of Diversity and Inclusion. I chose this issue because I want everyone to feel included and special no matter their differences. My three-point platform is:
Create posters to help celebrate and create awareness about Diversity and Inclusion
Educate Connecticut’s 5th graders on Diversity and Inclusion with 5-minute Ted Talks.
Create an Interactive Welcoming Classroom for CT kids to learn about everyone’s culture and languages.
Since the Statewide Election, I have been working on my Welcoming Classroom on Google Classroom. I have made interactive videos about diversity and inclusion, a presentation of my own culture as an example of what students can create for theirs and I also added online reading stories that are related to my platform. I will continue to work on my platform by continuing to give talks to the 5th grade classes in my school to teach kids more about diversity and inclusion. I will also continue to post activities and videos on my Interactive Welcoming Classroom.
If you would like to support my platform, you can ask your teacher to create your very own “Welcoming Classroom” for your class to learn more about diversity and inclusion, and to add all the different cultures that are in your school. You can also create posters that reflect this topic and post them around your classroom and school.
I would love to hear about how you are making a difference around Diversity and Inclusion in your own community. Email Paula@CT.KidGovernor.org to tell me all about it! You can also visit CT.KidGovernor.org/Cabinet2024 to read about the other members of the Kid Governor’s Cabinet.
