(Waskam) Emelda Davis is a Councillor at the City of Sydney, the first Black woman elected to council in 180 years. Emelda is a second generation born Australian South Sea Islander (ASSI), a passionate volunteer community builder and long-term resident of Pyrmont for over two decades. She has worked effectively across corporate and grassroots sectors including advisor to State, Federal and Commonwealth Government agencies on culturally specific indigenous knowledges. Emelda is an advisor to Politics in Colour, various state ASSI leaders and organisations, has worked with Vanuatu Government officials, and is advisor to the International Coalition Sites of Conscience Board of Trustees