2022 was a busy and active year, we worked alongside people and organizations fighting to build a more sustainable world. Agents of change are proposing and developing solutions for the crises facing humanity from diverse, innovative, equitable and inclusive perspectives.
We start 2023 with communication and advocacy projects which combine creativity and technology to connect organizations, institutions and companies with local, regional and global audiences, generating positive impacts for society and the environment.
Our expertise in strategic communications, media, public relations, audiovisual production, digital marketing and social media supports the work of organizations, companies and people who seek to create a more fair, diverse and sustainable world.
Our work relies on collaborative approaches that stimulate participation, collective, diverse, culturally appropriate and inclusive creation to create solutions that respond to the needs and realities of each of our clients.
We customize processes and methodologies to deliver specialized projects and products using scientific information, life histories, socioeconomic data and statistics, advocacy actions and the involvement and participation of various sectors (grassroots organizations, NGOs, governments, academia, multilateral agencies, among others).
With the help of communication we strengthen the work of organizations, causes and companies in favor of forests, biodiversity, nature; we develop solutions seeking to contribute to combat and mitigate climate change as well as denounce the problems of mining, extractivism, and the loss of biodiversity.
We expand the proposals coming from agents of change who fight for climate justice, racial justice, free, prior and informed consent, popular and solidarity economy, and fair trade. This has allowed us to approach current individual and community demands and bring them into the international arena.
In addition, we also collaborate with agents of change who work for the respect, recognition and full compliance with human rights, free mobility, health, Indigenous Peoples' rights, the rights of the African Diaspora and collective rights.
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We begin 2023 with local and global projects along with organizations, bilateral cooperation agencies, social movements and NGOs.
This year our goal is to understand the specific realities and necessities of each of our clients so as to adapt the best practices of the communication industry to the contexts of organizations, communities, and social movements.
We want to be part of the agents of change who work from a place of love, common good and solidarity.
Our talent, our experience and our energy are at your disposal.
If this fits you, your projects, your work, we want to work with you.
In 2023, you can rely on us, you can rely on Colmena Lab.
We invite organizations, movements and funders to work with us. We want to be your allies.
Are you interested in learning more about our work?
Check out some of our projects in 2022:
Redesigning Sotz’il Website
Sotz’il is an indigenous organization established under the Mayan cosmovision. It seeks to build integral development alternatives for Indigenous Peoples based on their vision, principles, values, culture, identity and their cosmogonical thinking.
Colmena Lab provided a specialized strategic communication service including the redesign and creation of the website considering new technologies, available platforms and the needs of Sotz’il.
We Are People Campaign for Amnesty International
Amnesty International is a global movement working in favor of human rights. An organization independent of any political ideology, economic interest or religion, and does not depend on any government.
Colmena Lab provided Amnesty International a Colmena Lab has provided strategic communication services for the for the preparation of a campaign for the dissemination of the report “They did not treat us like people: Race and migration-related torture and other ill-treatment of Haitians seeking safety in the USA" carried out by Amnesty International on the situation of migrants at the US-Mexico border.
Creation of the memory of the Black Indigenous Liberation movement (BILM)
The Black Indigenous Liberation Movement (BILM) is a movement that promotes the recognition, respect and full exercise of the rights of Indigenous, Black and Afro-descendant communities in the whole American continent.
Since the founding year until now, Colmena Lab has provided strategic communication services for the collection of data and systematization of the movement's memory. It highlighted the voice and perspective of the members of the movement in terms of its history, achievements, abut also local and global effects.
The services included the preparation of an editorial document for printed and digital channels, in which it involved conceptualization, schematization, copywriting, and layout processes for a magazine in Spanish, English and Portuguese.
1st Meeting for the Liberation of Indigenous and Black Peoples Against Exclusion, Discrimination and the Defense of Territory
The Black Indigenous Liberation Movement (BILM) is a movement that promotes the recognition, respect and full exercise of the rights of Indigenous, Black and Afro-descendant communities in the whole American continent.
Colmena Lab provided BILM services including communication, facilitation, organization and systematization for the 1st Meeting for the Liberation of Indigenous and Black Peoples Against Exclusion, Discrimination and the Defense of Territory.
Implementation of Communication Strategy for the FSC Indigenous Foundation
The FSC Indigenous Foundation is a global Indigenous-led organization, governed by a Council representing Indigenous Peoples from all around the globe, and responsible for providing the Foundation’s strategic guidelines, as well as to ensure it works alongside with its mission, values and principles.
Colmena Lab implemented the 2022 FSC-IF’ communications strategy through the development of activities and products facilitating the relationship with community actors.
We create products for international events, stakeholder engagement, and positioning on digital channels in various formats, including print, podcasts, content for social networks, and the web, among others.
