Laurence Meyer
Born in Ziguinchor, Senegal, I grew up between Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire and the southwest of France.
Early in my career, I worked as legal advisor to one of the few Black women who were members of the French Parliament at the time. That experience affirmed my belief that power is built in a multiplicity of spaces, a belief that led me to join the French Afro-feminist collective Mwasi.
In 2020, I also co-founded XOOL (wou Rol), the only film festival in France dedicated to Afro-descendant womxn and non-binary filmmakers, with other Black womxn.
Also in 2020, I began work as racial and social justice lead at Digital Freedom Fund (DFF) where I co-led the “Decolonising the Digital Rights Field” process and led the “Digital Rights for All” initiative.
That work became the foundation for my current role as co-director of Weaving Liberation, a new organisation that supports and resources organising at the intersection of racial, social, transfeminist, economic, environmental and digital justice throughout Europe.
I earned a master’s degree in European comparative public law from Sorbonne University in Paris, and I live in Berlin.