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65Autonomous CampaignsCUSU supports five liberation campaigns. These are:The Black and Ethnic MinorityStudents’ (BME) CampaignThe Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay andTransgender (LGBT) CanpaignThe Women’s CampaignThe Disabled Students’ CampaignThe International Students’ Campaign (iCUSU)These campaigns are called “Autonomous campaigns” because theyare led autonomously by the group of people who define into thegroups.Whilst the University is committed to equality, it (like society) stillhas much to change to achieve this. The autonomous campaignsrepresent the needs of traditionally disempowered students in auniversity with a deeply entrenched history of elitism and aims tofacilitate the University in making progress towards achieving theequality it is committed to.The campaigns each aim to keep their members up to date onevents within the university and national news that is relevantto their campaign as well as coordinate responses on issuesthat are important to their members.They communicate through email lists, facebook groups andmeetings as well as producing a publication that keeps studentsinformed of their activities. The campaigns aim to have a representative in eachcollege to help raise awareness of what each campaign is up to and to enable any studentto get involved!If you define into one of the groups and want to getinvolved in their campaigns or even bring your owncampaigning experience and ideas, find the relevantcontact in the next few pages and get involved –these campaigns rely on student involvement.The more you get involved,the more they can workfor change!