Families have lost everything they built over the years. Days without clean water, food, or electricity. Neighbourhoods, cities, and entire communities under water. Victims. The scene that unfolded in Rio Grande do Sul due to the floods that have affected the state...
Ancestry, identity, renewal, and grassroots struggle. These are some strategic points that the Movimenta Juventude collective, from the Quilombola Community of Lagoa Grande in Feira de Santana’s rural areas (BA), has aiming to link up in order to strengthen youth...
"In the hustle and bustle of constant competition, isn't it time to co-create spaces for exchange and collective empowerment?" It was with provocations such as these that the Tumulto Network, a collective formed by young Black women from the city peripheries of Recife...
"Combatting inequalities, saving lives, mobilizing territories, 'sustaining the sky,' and promoting the autonomy of organizations were some of the reflections highlighted by 22 individuals from 11 organizations from several Brazilian states, who gathered between May...
Between 16 and 18 May, CESE hosted the Mato Grosso Tapiri in Cuiabá. The gathering was attended by traditional communities such as quilombolas, riverside dwellers, indigenous peoples, followers of African-origin worship houses, fishermen/women, youth representatives,...
"There will be a time without time. A way without a way." This statement about the changes that occur over the years came from Joana Benedito, the matriarch of the Mesquita Quilombo, who, at 98 years old, clearly and wisely expresses the words she heard as a...
Applications close on 30 June and are open to indigenous organizations in the Amazon. On 24 April, in the COIAB tent at the 20th Free Land Camp (Acampamento Terra Livre: ATL), the Ecumenical Coordination of Service (Coordenadoria Ecumênica de Serviço: CESE) and the...
On 20 and 21 April, a training meeting brought together 25 young people from the Young Indigenous Communicators Network of the Coordination of Indigenous Organizations of the Brazilian Amazon (Coordenação das Organizações Indígenas da Amazônia Brasileira: COIAB) to...
In Brazil, 27 April is National Domestic Workers Day, in honour of Saint Zita, an Italian woman who is the profession’s patron saint. Beyond this religious reference, 27 April is a date for the struggles and demands of a labour category whose profile represents a...
São Gabriel da Cachoeira (Amazonas), where indigenous people represent 93.2% of the population, is one of the most indigenous municipalities in Brazil. Despite these numbers, education remains a worrying challenge for the young people in the city, which has had dire...
