Meet Larissa, a British Caribbean theoretician, movement griot (storyteller), and community organiser from South London with roots in Jamaica, Barbados, and St. Vincent & the Grenadines. Larissa is founding chair of TALAWA, a Black-led collective focused on the power of liberated education and imagination to grasp at the root of social and climate injustice.

At shado, Larissa is a writer, editor, and co-host of the shado-lite podcast which discusses the big social justice issues we often see discussed on social media, supporting our community to move from apathy and overwhelm to collective action and hopeful pathways forward.

Larissa is currently a postgrad student at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China and has previously studied in Buenos Aires, Argentina and Santiago, Chile. She loves language learning, soca music and dancing bachata. Larissa's lifework is driven by faith and fellowship.

Where can you find Larissa:@larissa_kennedy_ / @talawacollective / @shado.mag

Who/What does Larissa want to promote:

She said watch out for all things on @talawacollective and ⁠@shado.mag

See you next Sunday!