The tenth episode of the series “On the Trail of the Struggles: Grassroots movements paving the way for democracy and rights in Brazil” takes a look at the role played by the ecumenical movement in the long journey towards democratic construction and strengthening...
On the morning of 11 December, 62 civil society organizations jointly issued an Open Letter in protest against the rise in violence against the black population in both the urban and rural parts of the state. The initiative, which brought together organizations that...
Fifty years ago in Brazil, during the military dictatorship, in a context of countless Human Rights violations, the Ecumenical Coordination of Service (Coordenadoria Ecumênica de Serviço: CESE) was born, inspired by the Christian principles that prioritize a dignified...
Exchange between communities always involves a very rich exchange of knowledge, but also the feeling of renewed resistance to carry on in the struggle. The visit by the group that participated in the training session “Sharing Knowledge through the Paths of the...
The ninth episode of the series “On the Trail of the Struggles: Grassroots movements paving the way for democracy and rights in Brazil” includes a conversation with Ana Célia da Silva, Doctor in Education, writer, poet, and activist from the Unified Black Movement...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
