17M Act denounced evictions in Salvador’s Historic Centre during the pandemic During the pandemic, the gentrification of parts of Salvador’s Historic Centre, which has been going on for years, did not encounter any obstacles. To denounce the evictions carried...
On 30 and 31 March, the ACT (Brazil) Ecumenical Forum (Fórum Ecumênico ACT Brasil: FEACT), coordinated by the Ecumenical Coordination of Service (Coordenadoria Ecumênica de Serviço: CESE) and the FLD-COMIN-CAPA partnership, hosted the second edition of the Ecumenical...
Supported by CESE’s Small Projects Programme, initiative from the Solidarity Action Centre helps to strengthen peasant women’s autonomy. Between August and October 2022, based on their experience of Revolving Solidarity Funds to support the construction of economic...
But let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream! Amos 5:24 Water, the element that represents life, is a gift from God for all the creatures that inhabit this earth. It is where we come from, what...
There were so many setbacks that the movements, traditional peoples and communities, and the more grassroots levels of Brazilian society suffered following the 2016 coup. In 2023, Brazil is free of its extreme right government and this opens up a window of...
After four years of systematic attacks on democracy and the Rule of Law, social movements and organized civil society faced 2023 with renewed hope, despite the countless challenges they confront. Prompted by this urgency, on 1 and 2 March, CESE hosted an “Online...
This year, 8 March has a special meaning for us, because it has been 50 years since CESE’s foundation. In 1973, at the height of Brazil’s military dictatorship, the seeds were sown of a shared dream between the churches and the social movements, between communities...
Initiative of the Coalition for Black and Quilombola Women from Tocantins addresses the issue of environmental racism The environmental racism agenda has become a priority for black quilombola women from Tocantins, a state that has more than 36 quilombola...
Themes included training for the Committee, Subcommittees and Practice Communities. The meeting takes place annually and brings together programme partner directors and teams. The Director’s Meeting, run by the Dutch organization Wilde Ganze, took place between 05 and...
Awarded a grant by the Small Projects Programme, Aquilombar took quilombola representatives from Minas Gerais to a political act in Brasilia. Quilombola movements went through four years of systematic attacks, with the strangulation of both public policies and...
