Youth August is a symbolic period of mobilization and resistance for young people in Brazil. Throughout the month, meetings, debates and activities are held to strengthen young voices and increase the profile of their causes.
The Youth Meeting organized by CESE, with support from DKA/Austria and Bread for the World, provided an important space for dialogue on the theme of “Strategies of Resistance to Confront Violence in Rural and Urban Territories”. Held on August 13, the virtual event brought together young people from different social movements in the northeast to discuss challenges and construct alternatives.
The meeting was mediated by leaders, such as Camylla Santiago, from the Juventude Quilombola do Cumbe (Ceará), Flora Rodrigues, Coordinator of the Tumulto Network (Rede Tumulto, Recife/Pernambuco), Leandra Arruda, from the Strength to Tururu Collective (Coletivo Força Tururu, Paulista/Pernambuco), and Rozalia Alencar, from the Youth Working Group of the Agroecology Network (Rede de Agroecologia) of Maranhão. It began with a presentation of CESE’s benchmark policies by project advisors Vanessa Pugliese and Marcella Gomez.
Both underlined the importance of young people in building a fairer future. Vanessa highlighted the role of the “Here Among Us” meetings, which have been connecting dialogue between young people from the countryside, the city and the waters since 2023, with activities planned until 2026.