UNC student body president candidate and junior Health Policy and Management major, Kailey Wadsworth said she loves UNC, but she also recognizes that there is room for improvement.
Wadsworth currently serves as executive assistant to the Chief of the Cabinet in the Executive Branch of Student Government and has previously served on various Student Government committees.
She said the protests on campus last year and subsequent “discrimination” against student groups drove her desire to run for SBP and advocate for all students.
“When I see an injustice to one, it's an injustice to all,” she said. “Goes to think, if some students can be treated that way, that means any student can be treated that way.”
Wadsworth said her campaign slogan, “Leading with Love,” is a motto she has lived by her whole life.
“I've always kept this love and compassion with me in every single form of leadership that I take on in life,” she said. “So ‘Leading with Love’ is just a manifestation of that. It was a manifestation of what younger Kailey had truly inspired to instill within her community, and it came out of my need and want for there to be more humanity back home at Carolina.”
Rachana Sherman, deputy chief of the cabinet and Wadsworth’s campaign manager, said her SBP campaign platform is student-focused and aimed at advocating for those who feel like their voices are not represented by Student Government.
One of Wadsworth’s Day 1 objectives is to rename Student Government’s DEI department to DEIA, adding "accessibility" to the acronym.
Wadsworth’s DEIA policies include reviewing campus facilities for Americans with Disabilities Act compliance, renaming buildings with problematic histories, a formal land acknowledgement for Indigenous peoples and creating a student-run DEIA resources hub.
