Community Organiser, Educator & Artist.
Evolving visions
for racial equity, community healing &
transformative justice.
About Temi
Temi Mwale is evolving visions for racial equity, community healing and transformative justice. Rooted in the fight for liberation, her work as a community organiser, educator, and artist is an uncompromising commitment to abolition, reparations, and collective care. For over a decade, Temi has driven grassroots change in her neighbourhood while connecting communities across the UK and globally. Her mission goes beyond dismantling oppressive systems; she strives to build a world that uplifts, empowers and heals those most affected.
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Contributions to change.
Temi is the founder of 4FRONT, a community-led youth organisation on a mission to heal communities by building peace, knowledge and power. Created in 2012, 4FRONT envisions a powerful movement that achieves justice, healing and freedom for communities harmed by violence, racism and the legal system. Members are supported to create change in their own lives, whilst their voices are uplifted to create change in the system - directly challenging the UK’s addiction to criminalisation, policing and prisons. Notably, the launch of Jahiem’s Justice Centre in 2020 transformed a disused chemist into a collective home for peacebuilding, healing, creativity and community power.
Raised on Grahame Park Estate in North-West London, Temi’s journey as a community peacebuilder began at 16, following the tragic murder of a childhood friend. Her devotion to youth empowerment, community safety, and mental health through her early work as a youth worker and campaigner quickly garnered national and international recognition. She has led campaigns that demand accountability and reparative support for young people enduring racial injustice and families affected by fatal police violence. Temi’s dedication to healing not only drives her advocacy for holistic approaches to address trauma but also fuels the crucial care she provides to those experiencing violence and harm. Combining compassion with strength, Temi fights for accountability for systemic injustice while nurturing her community through grief, reflecting her belief that healing and justice are deeply intertwined.
Her storytelling—through writing, poetry, documentaries, and public speaking— reveals the deep scars of systemic harm, urging people to confront injustice while inspiring hope and action for transformation. Her literary work includes co-authoring Harm to Healing: Resisting Racial Injustice in the Criminal Legal System of England and Wales (2023) and contributing to notable anthologies like Loud Black Girls (2020) and Black Joy (2023). Temi’s current focus is on sustaining community-led movements, exposing the criminal legal system’s devastating impact on Black communities across the UK, US, and Brazil, and amplifying Black women peacebuilders’ experiences. At the heart of her work is the commitment to defining what true justice, healing, and repair look like for the community. Temi encourages us all to dream, build and believe that it is possible to change our world.