At La Azotea de la Abuela, ancestral traditions of mourning remind us what it means to carry grief collectively. In the days following the earthquake in Colombia, I have been thinking deeply about what it means for a community to mourn together and about the ancestral practices that teach us how to do so. At La Azotea de la Abuela, in the east of Cali, we had the extraordinary privilege of sitting with mayoras and cantadoras of the Colombian Pacific. La Azotea itself is a space built around...

The New Armada" reveals how Black/Indigenous communities in Latin America face "narrative conquest" - lacking digital infrastructure to counter conservative media machines. Research shows 78% of Colombian orgs need communications strategies. The solution: a Latin American Fund for Communications and Narrative Power to build "narrative sovereignty" and resist mental colonialism through community-controlled storytelling infrastructure.

Panama’s militarization threatens sovereignty & racial justice. AfroResistance demands transparency, accountability & a Zone of Peace.