Rachael Hambleton has a long-standing commitment to supporting community initiatives concerned with challenging systems of oppression. She has worked at, volunteered with and/or served on the board of a range of civil society organisations, including: Victorian Women’s Trust, Reichstein Foundation, the Human Rights Law Centre, Justice Connect, Refugee Legal, Eastern Health Foundation, GiveOUT, Lawyers For Animals, the Victorian Gay & Lesbian Rights Lobby (now known as Victorian Pride Lobby) and Reprieve Australia (now known as Capital Punishment Justice Project). She is currently working on a project that aims to strengthen advocacy for criminal justice reform in Australia, known as The Justice Map, and is also a board member of Flat Out.