Reena Ranger: OBV Alumnus Standing for Election

Reena Ranger, along with Tanmanjeet Dhesi and Marsha DeCordova, is an OBV alumnus-having been involved with OBV for many years, is nowstanding as a Prospective Parliamentary Candidate.  Reena is the Conservative candidate for Birmingham Hall Green, hoping to take the seat back from Labour on June 8th.

If Reena is successful, she would join the likes of Marvin Rees, Clive Lewis and Helen Grant as OBV alumni now working as senior politicians.  Her election could mean that participants in OBV’s schemes and projects will account for over 10% of BME senior politicians.

Reena currently serves as a District Councillor for Three Rivers, and is also the founder and chair of the advocacy group Women Empowered, which aims to empower women, particularly those of South Asian descent.

Reena has spoken of her dedication to ensuring that minority groups are better represented:

‘This is our country, our home, our world, and our participation is crucial at all levels to ensure we look after it.’ 

We have already seen Reena’s ability to inspire and empower in action first as a participant then as a speaker  at the Transatlantic International Leaders Network (TILN) in Brussels, a project that OBV has been part of since its inception six years ago. She encouraged the audience, made up of young minority leaders, to set up ‘women of colour’ networks.  Just a year later, one of those audience members – Tracy Tansia – did just that in Belgium, citing Reena as her inspiration. 

With such a great track record, we are confident that Reena’s election would be a triumph for both women and BME groups.

Talia Robinson