Keenan Alexander MSYPs Blog

I know it's been a while since I've blogged about anything. I'll try and give a quick update of what I've been doing on behalf of the young people of Glasgow Springburn over the last few weeks.

In January I was in Birmingham for a CYEC course. It was a really worthwhile event and I look forward to being able to use some of the things I learned on the course in the constituency.

February was fairly busy with lots of meetings. Malawi, CPP, MAGM, and visiting youth clubs throughout the consituency...

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Today, Austin Sheridan MSYP and I visited Barmulloch Primary School in my constituency. We were visiting on the request of a teacher at the school. We were asked to give a presentation on SYP and the EU. I was really surprised at how engaged 10 year olds are with current affairs.

We were given a tour of the school and visited the Nurture class. The work they do is fantastic and we have offerred our support when the campaign for money.

The morning was rounded off with a tea and christmas cake!

A ...
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Tonight, Austin Sheridan MSYP and I attended the Smithycroft Christmas Show.

We held a raffle in order to raise money for our Malawi trip. We managed to raise over £300 !!  We also auctioned a bottle of whisky which raised £65.

It was a fantastic night and thanks to everyone who either donated a prize or bought a ticket.

Cheers.
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Today I attended the East End Knife Crime Summit in Parkhead in the East End of Glasgow. The event was organised primarily by Margaret Curran MSP for Glasgow Ballieston. She was supported by local MSPs Paul Martin (Glasgow Springburn) and Frank McAveety (Glasgow Shettleston). They were joined by Labour's Richard Baker MSP - Shadow Justice Secretary.

Senior police officers and local organisations attended what was a very emotive event. We heard from the people that really matter in this importa...
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On the 7th of December it was the Iranian Students day, on this day the students of more than 200 universities in more than 50 cities in Iran took to the streets demanding their rights for free thought, free expression and democratic governance of their country. I support the brave and unwavering students and people of Iran in their call for freedom and democracy.

This was demonstrated by a street protest in Glasgow City Centre to show our support for the people who want to change Iran for th...
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I was elected to chair the Malawi '10 steering group.

There is a trip planned to the African country in Spetember 2010. We have lots of challeneges ahead and I'm looking forward to leading the group. The biggest hurdle for the group to overcome will be fundraising. We will be contacting lots of different organisations in the hope that they will donate to our project.

In Malawi we will be working with the Malawian Youth Congress discussing issues from HIV Aids to youth participation. We are als...
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Labour's Willie Bain was elected to the United Kingdom Parliament as Member for Glasgow North East. Willie is a hard worker and will be a great voice for the people of the North East of the city.

I've had the pleasure of meeting Willie on many occasions and I know that he will give his all to make sure that a consituency with so many challenges gets the best deal.

Congratulations Willie and Good Luck!!

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Julie Lennox MSYP and I met Ruth Davidson, the Conservative candidate in the Glasgow North East by election.
We spent the morning in Ruth's office on Duke Street and then we headed off on a constituency walk about. The office was full of party activists. Most of whom were very young - who says young people don't care about politics? We were joined by Bill Aitken MSP and Mary Scanlon MSP. They were both very enthusiastic and were very friendly. 

During the walk about Ruth spoke about the constit...

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The PM is set to visit Glasgow North East in the run up to the by election on 12th of November.

Julie Lennox MSYP, MYP and I are hoping to meet him and put questions to him.

If you have a burning question then please contact me

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