Cultural democracy means that everyone’s story is important. It’s about how to fund government and community advocacy programs to include more storytelling, but most importantly, more truth-telling in meaningful ways. It’s also about encouraging corporations and non-profits to take up that mantle too, without ‘washing’ or ‘co-opting’ a communities messages and key values.

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It’s not about what is popular or trending, it’s about representation and community organisational governance with a focus on organisations that promote evidence bases that intersect with and promote lived expertise.

They are mostly dedicated to research, teaching and learning and are no longer available for individual advocacy. They may still be available to consult occasionally, but on select projects linked to research and organisational governance related to cultural democracy and representation only.