About Us

Who We Are

Democracy in Colour is an organisation that advocates for racial justice by identifying the various manifestations of racism in society and providing targeted and strategic interventions that centre the voices and lived experiences of racialised and marginalised communities. The work we do is built upon a rich legacy of community organising, personal sacrifices and collective wins of the anti-racism movement across the world.

We exist in a world where racism is normalised and perpetuated through discriminatory systems and structures. With the alarming rise of far-right politics, extremism and fascism, and the ongoing targeting of communities of colour (Indigenous people, migrants and refugees), our role as a civil society organisation working for racial justice has never been more vital.

We acknowledge that the challenges we face as non-Indigenous People of Colour are intersectional across the broader movement for justice, from First Nations justice to climate justice, socio-economic and disability justice. We also acknowledge that solidarity across this spectrum is essential to our collective success.

Our Vision

We are committed to creating a just world where People of Colour, Indigenous, and other marginalised communities, can thrive across all areas of life, free from the harms of racism.

Our Mission

To create the environment needed for our communities to thrive and not only survive, we will identify racism and discriminatory injustices in our society and challenge the power structures that enable it.

Our Guiding Principles

We apply decolonial and anti-racist frameworks across all areas of our work.
We understand that for our work to be impactful we must challenge systemic and structural barriers, build our communities and ground our work for racial justice in First Nations justice on this continent and beyond.
We centre First Nations and People of Colour’s lived experience, voices and demands.
We are led by racial justice as a value and understand that our work for racial justice intersects with social, economic and climate justice.
We work in solidarity and partnership with other values-aligned civil society organisations.
We are committed to growth, learning and developing our communities and each other.
We co-design solutions with our communities.

Our Pillars

Movement Building: We will build a diverse, informed, highly skilled, resilient and well connected movement that is capable of developing and implementing long and short term strategies to create change
Advocacy: We will challenge structural and systemic racism, and shift the public narrative around race and racial justice by designing and delivering high impact campaigns to shift policies.
Solidarity: We will strengthen the broader movement for justice and civil rights on this continent by building coalitions and working in partnership with values aligned civil society organisations.

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