Julie Morgan

 

  Labour Parliamentary Candidate for Cardiff North

 

CAMPAIGNING AT WESTMINSTER

I am involved in several campaigns, details of which can be found below:

 

FREEDOM FOR TIBET

VOTES AT 16

THE STRUGGLE FOR DEMOCRACY IN BURMA

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FREEDOM FOR TIBET

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Meeting the Dalai Lama in Westminster in 2008.

 

I have been involved with the APPG for Tibet for a few years now and have worked with them on establishing links with the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile in Dharamsala, India. As part of this work, I have met with Tibetan MPs in Westminster and visited Dharamsala twice to meet with those campaigning for Tibetan autonomy. I have been privileged to meet with His Holiness the Dalai Lama on two occasions and have been impressed by his warmth, intelligence and good humour.

 

To read an article I wrote about Tibet for the Western Maill in October 2007, click here.

 

To find out more about the Tibetan struggle, visit the Tibet Society’s website here.

 

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VOTES AT 16

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Campaigning with members of Funky Dragon at Westminster.

 

In June 2008, I presented a Private Members’ Bill to the House of Commons. This called for a reduction in the voting age to 16. This is now Labour Party policy and I’m campaigning for its inclusion in our next manifesto.

 

The debate can be read here.

 

To read my Cardiff Post  column on Votes at 16 from December 2007, click here.

 

To read the Votes at 16 Coalition’s pamphlet on Votes at 16, click here.

 

To visit the Votes at 16 website, click here.

 

To visit the Electoral Reform Society website, click here.

 

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THE STRUGGLE FOR DEMOCRACY IN BURMA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Presenting a cheque for money raised at the Spotlight on Burma event to Save the Children.

 

I have been involved with the APPG for Democracy in Burma for awhile now and in 2008, organised an event in the Wales Millennium Centre called Spotlight on Burma. The audience of close to 200 heard speakers from the Burma Campaign, Amnesty International Wales and Save the Children about both the human rights situation in Burma and the humanitarian crisis caused by Cyclone Nargis.

 

To read the article I wrote for the Western Mail about Burma in June 2008, click here.

 

To visit the Burma Campaign website, click here.

 

To visit Save the Children’s website, click here.