Cultural Life, Arts and Expression

"Boxing is in our blood but only the men in the family have been allowed to pursue the sport. We want to train and compete and put in our best efforts – we should not be held back because we are girls!"

""Sports and art both seem to be entertainment but for human beings it is not only entertainment but a necessity to lead a healthy life. But for people living with disability it is mostly taken as a luxury and my aim is to make people aware that people living with disabilities’ also have needs and wants in relation to culture, art and sports. "

"Being able to watch my work gain different spaces and institutions where we wouldn’t be seen before makes me conscious that I’m on the right track to take indigenous representation to places where the story was only told before from a colonised power structure perspective. I want to keep telling our story for those who need to hear it the most.”

"Changing the world is a work in progress and tension – creative, bracing and challenging – is an integral, even exciting, part of change. Onward, I say!"

"As people, as women, as creators, expression is part of our liberation practice. It is how we survive. It is how we thrive.” 

"When we speak of culture, it is the thread that strings our being to lands many of us can never return. It is a manifestation of those lost and those to come. To assimilate and erase this is a loss for all parties. A loss for the carrier and the stranger who could've shared in this gift"