ryder is a noongar speaker and is committed to restoring the language to members of the stolen generation and all western australians. as well as being president of the langford aboriginal association and manager of aboriginal programs with relationships australia, angela ryder has acted as treasurer for naidoc perth and been a broadcaster on noongar radio with the yorgas yarning program. she is also a member of the board of yule brook college. she attended the launch of the internal moorditj moodle website for polytechnic west in may 2012. the moorditj moodle contains noongar language content for the college.