(Rio de Janeiro’s first black trans woman State Representative)
and Special Guests
Organized by the Defend Democracy in Brazil Committee, Brazilian Popular Committee of Struggle NJ-NY-PA, with support from The People’s Forum and Urban Democracy Lab/ NYU Gallatin
photo: Daniele Carrasco / design: @syncretic_pleasures
About the speakers:
Danieli Balbi is a state deputy from Rio de Janeiro. She is a screenwriter, Cinema professor at ESPM, and the first transsexual to hold office at ALERJ. She was also the first trans to get a PhD and become a professor at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. She was elected to the State Assembly with more than 65 thousand votes.
