“I don’t feel alone in this city”: the journey of Change Makers 2025
By Naia Frías – Community Engagement Volunteer It was summer 2024 when the invitation to participate in the last Change Makers cohort was sent. Change Makers is one of the programmes run by the Community Engagement team at LAWA. It started in 2017 to bring together women from Abya Yala living in London, to explore […]
LAWA community programmes: feminist forces that help strengthening community bonds and women solidarity in London
By Mercedes Vivero and Daniela Londoño Change Makers Programme The Change Makers programme got started in 2017 as a way to bring women together and create a space for collective healing and learning. It’s been a way for women with Latin American heritage living in London to explore their own migratory journeys, build trust with […]
LAWA at the British Museum
By Daniela Londoño LAWA Community Engagement and Volunteer Coordinator We have an invitation for you! Here is some context: For two months, a group of LAWA volunteers and Change Makers worked weekly on a project led by the British Museum. As an intersectional feminist and Latin American organisation, occupying the spaces of this museum and putting […]