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Discover how the WEA Mexico Collaboratory 2025 is empowering women leaders to drive environmental and social transformation. From agroecology to water sovereignty, learn how grassroots initiatives are strengthening ecosystems and transforming communities across Mexico.

Descubre cómo el Colaboratorio WEA México 2025 está empoderando a mujeres líderes para impulsar la transformación ambiental y social. Desde la agroecología hasta la soberanía del agua, conoce cómo las iniciativas comunitarias están fortaleciendo los ecosistemas y transformando comunidades en todo México.

We are living in a time of both unprecedented challenge and transformative possibility. Environmental protections are unraveling, inequalities are deepening, and systems are failing the very people and planet they were meant to serve. Yet, even in the darkest moments, we see the incredible strength of women leaders—steadfast, visionary, and relentless in building a just future from the ground up.

More than a month after the devastating wildfires in Southern California, their impact lingers—not only in the land but in the health and resilience of communities. Urban wildfires leave behind a toxic legacy, contaminating soil and water with heavy metals, microplastics, and harmful chemicals. These effects disproportionately burden Black and Brown neighborhoods, where systemic environmental injustices have already heightened exposure to pollution and displacement.

Black Girls, Green Futures (BGGF)—a new WEA initiative in partnership with Environmental Charter Schools and Seeds of Carver—is equipping young leaders with tools to restore their communities. Through bioremediation, hands-on apprenticeships, and leadership training, these leaders are reclaiming public green spaces, healing the soil, and advocating for long-term environmental justice.

Read more about how BGGF is driving solutions for post-fire recovery and resilience.