Rowenna Davis
| Rowenna Davis | |
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| Born |
28 February 1985 Lewisham |
| Residence | Bitterne Park, Southampton |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Balliol College, Oxford |
| Occupation | journalist |
| Notable work | Tangled Up in Blue |
| Political party | Labour and Co-operative |
| Website | www |
Rowenna Davis (born 28 February 1985) is a British political journalist and educator. She was the co-author of Tangled Up in Blue about the Blue Labour movement. After serving as a Labour councillor in Peckham, she unsuccessfully contested the marginal seat of Southampton Itchen in the 2015 general election.
Davis was born in Lewisham and spent her early years in Portsmouth and Catford before her family moved to North London, where she attended the comprehensive Hampstead School, which encouraged pupils to think independently and be assertive. At the age of fourteen, she organised a protest against the quality of the school meals provided by Serco. Home-cooked, healthy food was offered in a rival, all-you-can-eat tuck shop and the students boycotted the official canteen, forcing them to change their menu within two weeks. In 2003 she and two schoolfriends organised 'Hands Up For Peace' in response to the war in Iraq. This led to thousands of other students making a hand-print bearing their name and a message of peace. These were then printed out, attached to sticks and planted in Parliament Square to make a protest with the intention of influencing Prime Minister Tony Blair.
After leaving school, she read Politics, Philosophy and Economics at Balliol College, Oxford. In 2005, while still an undergraduate, she won the Oxford Leadership Prize which is a contest requiring an essay on a contemporary issue of political leadership. Her winning essay, "Invisible Leaders", was presented in a novel audio format and won her the prize of £4,000. Her leadership models were those that "create space and opportunity for action". She subsequently undertook a postgraduate MA degree in journalism from City University London.
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