There is growing interest and push for more meaningful engagement with Indigenous peoples, communities and organisations within the research space. Often this process can prioritise certain kinds of engagement with certain types of community members, in particular those already well connected to the environmental management space, potentially leaving out capacity building and involvement of the wider community. The DeakinSeaweed/Wathaurong Aboriginal Co-op seaweed culture revitalisation project was developed to be community facing, with opportunities for all Indigenous community members to participate and develop their skills, connections and understandings. Broad engagement is key to the revitalisation and continuation of cultural knowledge and resilience within community. Natalie Murphy is a proud Gunditjmara and Wadawurrung woman and will be highlighting the ways in which the ways the project prioritised and supported the engagement of, in particular, women and Aboriginal people on a journey to reconnect to culture.