Idil Ali is a proud Somali woman raised by the East African community in the Carlton flats. A settler on stolen Wurundjeri land idil embeds her beliefs of freedom, sovereignty and resistance into her work as a spoken word artist, youth worker, moderator and community organiser. Idil has facilitated conversations as part of the Melbourne Writers Festival, Sacrededge Festival and more. She is in conversation with Christopher Sonn and Matthew Klugman from Victoria University.