Aleida Alavez: From Vecinal Activism to the Local Government

Vértigo Político

Factuality

Ownership

In Iztapalapa there was a time when the colonies had no name, they were born without streets drawn and without basic services. These areas were called “lost cities”, but they were never lost to those who built them with effort, organization and community work: it was the women, neighborhood committees and collective hands who made possible the dignified life where they had previously abandoned. They did so through the demand. “It is nothing less…