About two years ago, when the Ialorixá Jô Brandão de Nanã moved to a new neighbourhood in São Luís (Maranhão), she was looking for somewhere to build her worship house, celebrate her spiritual rituals and festivities, and receive her devotees and others from the...
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Caring for the common home: 2nd Ecumenical Baianão Meeting highlights importance of commitment to socio-environmental justice
Between 20 and 22 October 2023, the 2nd Ecumenical Baianão Meeting, coordinated by the Bahia Ecumenical Council of Christian Churches (Conselho Ecumênico Baiano de Igrejas Cristãs: CEBIC), was held in Salvador, Bahia. In the context of the Time of Creation, the...
CESE facilitates meeting between independent journalists and grassroots communicators in the Amazon
The challenges of media coverage in the territories of the Amazon, the possibilities of partnerships between non-hegemonic media outlets and some of the many grassroots communicator networks that are taking shape within the movements, the safety of interview sources...
Union and dialogue through ecumenism at the 5th Ecumenical Conference 2023
The 5th Ecumenical Conference promoted meetings between various faiths towards a world with less fundamentalism and gender violence The word Ubuntu, from South African philosophy, means union, solidarity. And this was the great driver of the 5th Ecumenical...
Documentary produced by De Olho nos Ruralistas in partnership with CESE tells the story of people who live under threat in Maranhão
The team listened to six leaders out of the 114 witnesses in the Programme to Protect Human Rights Defenders in Maranhão, the state that suffers the most rural violence in Brazil In October, in partnership with CESE, the De Olho nos Ruralistas observatory launched the...
PAD Roundtable Dialogue: Decoloniality and International Cooperation
The 2023 Roundtable of the Process of International Networking and Dialogue (Processo de Articulação e Diálogo Internacional: PAD) took place on 5 and 6 October at the Sítio Titara, in Planaltina de Goiás. Alongside its Executive Coordination Office – made up of...
CESE invites churches and grassroots organizations to reflect on how events could enhance their fundraising activities
Organizing events is a way to raise funds and a methodology commonly used by churches and grassroots groups that want to raise funds and receive support for their causes. However, these activities don’t always provide a good return. “Normally, when organizations...
Rural workers march: CESE supports women’s organizations on the 2023 Margaridas March
Seven female rural workers’ organizations from five states received support from CESE’s Small Projects Programme to join the 2023 Margaridas March. The event took place on 15 and 16 August in Brasilia. More than 100 thousand people were engaged in this...
CESE resumes Solidarity Feijoada after 4 years, with more than 250 people visiting its offices
On 30 September, after a four-year hiatus, CESE resumed its traditional Solidary Feijoada, a milestone in the Spring for Life Campaign. Over a day full of great music from Robherval and Ito Araújo, good food and much joy, more than 250 people visited CESE’s...
Letter from the Ecumenical Mission: With drums, bells and maracas, in defence of rights
Letter from our Ecumenical Mission ... they shall turn their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into sickles (c.f. Isaiah 2:4) “Transforming the evil of the bullet into grace.” (Anacleta Pires – quilombola leader) From 4 to 6 September 2023, with drums,...