LaDon Love

LaDon Love is the Executive Director of SPACEs In Action/SIA. SIA is a membership based community organization that focuses in the District of Columbia in wards 7 and 8, as well as, Maryland in Montgomery County. In 2019, SIA was a lead organization in the campaign that secured $15.8 million in the DC budget for childcare and health services for DC families raising children from birth to three. 

LaDon has over two decades of experience in community, leadership and organizational development. She uses grassroots organizing to engage in local, state and national campaigns to affect public policy. She works with local leaders to identify issues and develop solutions to improve the lives of low and moderate income families and their community. She is also a published photographer who uses her photography skills to document the work and tell the story of those directly impacted. 

Once a year she is the lead trainer for Empowered Women International's Entrepreneurs Training for Success program. Through the course of the 18 session program, she guides women business owners in the process of developing their business plan and pitch. 

Additionally, she is the Vice-Chair of the Algebra Project Board of Directors and a founding member of Community Voices Heard. In her 20 years of experience, she has worked with the Neighborhood Preservation Coalition of New York State, the Northwest Bronx Community Clergy Coalition, Citizen Action of New York, the Center for Community Change, the Center for Progressive Leadership, and Community Learning Partnership. She received the Shirley Chisholm Leadership and Ms. Magazine Woman of the Year awards.