Cultural Mapping

Nduta holds a Masters in Human Rights from Curtin University - Centre for Human Rights Education and is a Kenyan native with a deep passion for community development, diplomacy, cultural rights, preservation of indigenous languages, protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage, and the use of art for promoting human rights.

She worked with CAN from 2019 to 2021 and later returned to Kenya, contributing to the State Department of Culture and Heritage. During this time, she focused on the nationwide sensitization exercise of the Traditional Knowledge and Cultural Expressions Act 2016.

Currently serving as the Mapping Menang Producer, Nduta applies her expertise in community and stakeholder engagement to ensure the success of the project.

Outside of her professional pursuits, Nduta is a performing arts enthusiast who enjoys bringing characters to life in imagined realities.
 

Zali Morgan is a Noongar woman with ancestral connections to Whadjuk, Balladong & Wilman Boodjar, born and raised near Wooditchup on Wardandi Boodjar, now based near Boorloo. Zali has a deep passion for working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art and artists, particularly uplifting Noongar art and artists. She has worked closely with private and institutional collections, with a keen interest in decolonising practices. Zali’s practice currently spans curating, creative writing, printmaking and sculpture. In her printmaking, Zali looks at iconic buildings and spaces within Boorloo and the Noongar region and attempts to expose the history and significance of the sites for Noongar people.

Michelle is an award-winning former ABC journalist with more than thirty years’ experience in television, film, radio, print and digital media.

A proud Yamatij storyteller, she is passionate about sharing the stories of First Nation people, and they have formed the basis of many of her creative projects, including short stories, publications and plays.

Michelle’s role at CAN is to look for opportunities to platform CAN’s work and partner with like-minded organisations so we can continue to deliver transformative arts and cultural development programs with communities.

When not working for CAN, Michelle volunteers on the board of 100.9FM Noongar Radio, Seesaw Magazine and As One Nyitting and is a member of the Kalamunda Arts and Culture Advisory Committee.

In 2019 Michelle was featured in the SBS series Every Family Has a Secret which explored her Mother’s stolen generation experiences of removal as a child. She also discovered her Grandfather was sent from England to Australia as a child migrant.

Geri has worked with both Aboriginal community organisations, non-government organisations and government bodies. As the former chairperson of the Southern Aboriginal Corporation she gained experience working in Noongar communities to implement social justice and wellbeing projects.

Geri worked as a project officer with South West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council for several years and has been a part of the South West Native Title Settlement, the largest native title settlement in Australian history, which will affect an estimated 30,000 Noongar people over 200,000 square kilometres in South West WA.