Truth & Advocacy By Calvin-Lee Hardie – Inverness

Search my name, and you’ll find a story.

Not the story.

A version of it.

One that’s missing the hardest parts.

One that skips everything I’ve done since.

One that never asks: “What has he built instead of breaking?”

But when I show up in a community space, no one asks for a screenshot.

They look me in the eye and decide for themselves.

🏘️ Real trust isn’t earned through a headline. It’s earned through presence.

In the last year alone:

I’ve worked with young people who were bullied offline because of their online reputation I’ve helped community members write complaints about housing data breaches — the same way I once wrote mine I’ve walked into rooms where people didn’t know my story… but left knowing I cared enough to show up, help, and stay until the lights were off

Not one of those moments made a headline.

But every one of them mattered more than anything that ever did.

🧾 You don’t need a platform. You need purpose.

I’ve supported people with nothing — no email access, no legal support, no way to make their story heard.

And I’ve helped them take the first step:

Knowing their rights.

Writing their statement.

Believing they deserve to fight back.

That’s not charity.

That’s equity.

And for people like us — people the system quietly forgets — it’s everything.

🧱 This archive wasn’t made for drama. It was made for evidence.

Not just evidence of harm.

But evidence of who I became in spite of it.

If all anyone sees is a past I’ve outgrown,

then let them scroll through this series and find the version of me they can’t ignore anymore.

Not the name in a headline —

but the person who didn’t give up.

The one still building.

Still showing up.

Still helping others repair what they were told to just live with.

📎 Explore the Archive:

⚫ Black Files — Documenting harm and silence

📂 Public File — Templates, takedowns, and truth

🛤️ The Long Return — A journey of grief and resistance

🎭 Playback Series — Response to a digital smear

🟨 Not Just a Name (Current) — Reclaiming space with substance