LPA’s root system was established through longstanding partnerships with community-based projects and NGO’s in South America (based out of Quito, Ecuador). Over many years, LPA has been providing ongoing collaborative training and mentoring on topics relating to work with families impacted by trauma, addiction, mental illness, interpersonal and community violence, and the many stressors caused by and resulting in internal and external displacement of family members. LPA’s international work, through annual “congresos”, has provided a critical socio-political context for its U.S.-based work, as the majority of families served by LPA straddle local and international communities and identities.
International
