Power of Place
The Power of Place is a personal essay series that explores the transformative power of places around the world. Written by creatives, writers, community organisers and activists, the series explores the way we connect with land and how places can be both transformative and sites of change, community building, dreaming and evolution.
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Surely that’s the point of it all
Simmone Ahiaku explores how The Point in Lewisham provided a much needed space for organisers and community members to come together to resist gentrification and start building collective futures.
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From lighthouse to lighthouse
In this article Mai-Anh Vũ Peterson explores the power of radical bookshops for creating solidarity and activism and as sites already bringing into existence different models of community care.
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In the epicentre of ICE, a kernel of resistance
In this article US based writer Ning Chang, explores how activists in New York City are fighting against ICE and building support for migrant communities.
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We gather by the water: memories in Manila
Mitzi Jonelle Tan discusses how a plaza by the ocean in Manila has become the home of her family, community building and activism against corruption and climate injustices.
