Polita Cameron

newDemocracy Foundation

Polita Cameron is the Director of Public Engagement and Outreach at the newDemocracy Foundation and is the Campaign Director for their large, public campaign Change Politics, which is centred around driving support for deep democratic reform. The aim of the campaign is to advocate for healthier democracy, which builds trust in policy decisions by meaningfully bringing every day people into the decision making process.

She has a decade of experience working in the public movement space, including being the Australian Program Director for the leading philosophy & emotional intelligence organisation The School of Life and also works as a mediator and facilitator, providing spaces for people across natural divisions to have hard conversations to move towards understanding and better outcomes.

She is available to speak on a range of subjects including deliberative democracy, public and community engagement, conflict mediation & emotional intelligence.