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SUMMARY:Honoring Marielle Franco: Feminist Struggles
DESCRIPTION:Join us March 15\, 2024\, 6-8PM EST for a discussion with Representative Dani Balbi\n(Rio de Janeiro’s first black trans woman State Representative) \nand Special Guests \nOrganized 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 \nphoto: Daniele Carrasco / design: @syncretic_pleasures \nAbout the speakers: \nDanieli 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. \n  \nRSVP here!
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/honoring-marielle-franco-feminist-struggles/
LOCATION:The People’s Forum\, 320 West 37th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10018\, United States
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SUMMARY:People’s movements with Lula in power: challenges and opportunities
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a conversation with Douglas Belchior\, founder and leader of the black movement UNEafro Brasil\, as he speaks with leaders from black movements in the U.S.\, from Brazilian movements\, and leftist political leaders. They will discuss the current scenario in Brazil\, after Lula’s election\, and the government’s commitment to transversality of racial justice in all ministries\, as well as the reinstatement of the Ministry for Racial Equity\, and the presence of social movements within the Brazilian government. \nAs the far right continuously promotes false information about Lula and the current government\, Brazilians are faced with many challenges and the need to continuously defend democracy. They must also recover from a period of systematic destruction of policies and programs\, which were previously achieved through struggle and social mobilization. Nevertheless\, activists also see many opportunities for growth and building a collaborative and intergenerational movement\, with inclusiveness and a progressive ideology. \nSimilar to Brazil\, in the U.S. there is a growing extremist rhetoric on social media that disseminates hate and promotes violence\, as well as similar attempts to destabilize democratic institutions. At the same time\, social movements condemning civil and political violence have grown\, and occupied the streets of New York\, and other cities around the country. \nWhat are movements in the USA and Brazil doing\, and what can they build together in defense of democracy\, for a more just and equitable society? \n\nCo-organized by The People’s Forum\, Defend Democracy in Brazil – NY\, Coletivo Kilomba and UNEafro\nPhoto: @ricardostuckert\nThis event is in-person only.\n\n\nSPEAKERS\n\nDouglas Belchior (History Teacher and founder of the Black Movement UNEafro Brasil)\nThenjiwe Tameika McHarris (Leader within the Movement for Black Lives)\nEugene Puryear (Organizer\, ANSWER Coalition)\nTassiana Moura de Oliveira (joining virtually) (Kilomba Collective)\nMyriam Marques (Co-coordinator\, Defend Democracy in Brazil Committee- New York)\nAbner Francisco Sotenos ( University of California\, San Diego / USNDB Afro Brazilian rights committee)\nFernando da SIlva (Member of the DDB-NY/ and International committee of DSA)
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/peoples-movements-with-lula-in-power-challenges-and-opportunities/
LOCATION:The People’s Forum\, 320 West 37th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10018\, United States
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SUMMARY:Celebrating Marielle Franco: a screening of "Seeds: Black Women in Power"
DESCRIPTION:FULLY IN-PERSON EVENT. RSVP BELOW! \nFilm screening (1h 45m) followed by a discussion with the film’s co-director Éthel Oliveira \n\n\nNew York Premiére!\n\n\n\nThis film shows the aftermath of the tragic assassination of Marielle Franco\, the only Black councilwoman from the city of Rio de Janeiro\, and how it inspired Black women across Brazil to run for office. The film follows several women in various stages throughout their 2018 electoral campaigns\, demonstrating the possibility of doing politics in a new way\, and transforming mourning into struggle.\n\n\n\n\nThe Defend Democracy in Brazil Committee (DDB- NY) and the New York University’s Urban Democracy Lab are partnering with The People’s Forum to bring Éthel Oliveira to New York for the discussion of the original documentary that she co-directed with Júlia Mariano: Sementes: Mulheres Pretas no Poder (Seeds: Black Women in Power\, 2020).\n\n\n\nÉthel Oliveira is an Afro-Brazilian filmmaker and activist who is dedicated to sharing and uplifting the stories and resilience of Black people in Brazil. She’s also a film club member\, and editor. She is co-producer of Sementes: Mulheres Pretas no Poder (Seeds: Black Women in Power\, 2020). Éthel studied social sciences at Fluminense Federal University\, researching the Guaraní indigenous people in Rio and Mato Grosso do Sul through the Ethnographic Film Laboratory and spent ten years producing human rights media projects in Pernambuco. Her previous works are Terceira Diaspora (Third Diaspora) and Vinte de Novembro (November 20\, 2011)\, Arremate (The End\, 2017)\, and the Baobá African Cinema Showcase in Recife (2018).\n\n\n\nNote from the organizers:\nThank you to Bryan McCann and Melyssa Haffaf from Georgetown University for bringing Éthel to the East Coast\, as well as Prof. Gladys Mitchell-Walthour of the University of Milwaukee- Winsconsin; Prof. Gianpaolo Baiocchi for the Urban Democracy Lab; filmmakers Léo Cortana and Miguel Silveira; and all of DDB members\, especially Natalia de Campos\, Marianna Olinger\, Juliana Valente and Myriam Marques for the support.\n 
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/celebrating-marielle-franco-a-screening-of-seeds-black-women-in-power/
LOCATION:Paul & Eslanda Robeson Cinema\, 320 West 37th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10018\, United States
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SUMMARY:Film Screening & Discussion: The End of Capitalism by Pachamama (Mother Earth)
DESCRIPTION:A film screening of an interview with Brazilian indigenous activist Ailton Krenak\, on his long-time activism to protect Mother Earth and fight against capitalism. The in-person screening will be followed by a virtually held discussion with a young indigenous leader and activists working in environmental reforestation\, food security and decarbonization solutions in Brazil\, and against land-grabbing by large financial institutions. \nScreening is in Portuguese with English subtitles. Discussion will be in English and Portuguese. \nOrganized by Natalia de Campos and the Defend Democracy in Brazil Committee in collaboration with The People’s Forum.  This is a bilingual program\, also as part of the Portuguese language classes program via The People’s Forum. Open to all. \n  \nAbout the activist featured\, Ailton Krenak: \nIndigenous leader Ailton Krenak shows his indignant and revolutionary face: “We are being massacred. We need to respond accordingly” Text By Laura Capriglione (Jornalistas Livres) \nBrazilian indigenous leader\, environmentalist\, philosopher\, poet and writer Ailton Krenak is one of the most powerful voices in defense of  indigenous peoples and their culture. In this documentary-interview\, Ailton Krenak is indignant at the recent attacks by miners against Yanomami men\, women and children and the genocidal government of Jair Bolsonaro. But he goes much beyond that criticism. Krenak presents himself as a lucid and fierce critic of the Capitalist system and consumer society. \nSupported by the life philosophy of indigenous peoples\, Ailton Krenak\, who is the author of the book “Tomorrow Is Not for Sale”\, points to a new type of social organization\, both necessary and possible\, based on respect for Nature and Life. \nThis documentary is the result of a first-time collaboration between Jornalistas Livres and Fórum Popular da Natureza. At a time of global climate and health crisis\, we hope that this joining of independent media with environmental militancy will bear fruit. As it is necessary to invent a new way of living on this planet. \nAbout the Panel Speakers \nIsabela Kojin Peres has a Bachelor’s in Environmental Management and a Master’s in Science from the University of São Paulo. She is finalizing her PhD in Applied Ecology through the Interunits Program at the University of São Paulo. She is researching social participation in processes of restoration of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. She is a member of the Education and Environmental Policies Lab (Oca)\, of the National Network for Public Policies in Environmental Education (ANPPEA)\, and of the Nature People’s Forum\, where she is the coordinator of the People’s School on Nature.  \nOrome otumaka Ikpeng is 29 years old. He is a member of the Ikpeng people and from the Moygu tribe\, which is part of the Xingu Indigenous territory in the state of Mato Grosso (Brazil). He is an environmental activist and activist for the rights of indigenous people\, as well as a technician in Agroecology. He has worked at the Association Network of Seeds from the Xingu since 2009. He participates in indigenous social movements in Brazil. He works with the Yarang women’s movement\, who collect seeds to be used in the reforestation of the springs and headwaters of the Xingu and Araguaia (Mato Grosso) rivers.  \nThomas Hamre is an international policy and climate advisor with a MSc in Climate Change Management. He has worked as a consultant in the climate change and food security policy sector in the UK\, Norway and Brazil\, advising on decarbonisation strategies. Thomas is a co-founder of Fórum Popular da Natureza and a director of AmazoniAlerta. \nModerated by Maria Luísa Mendonça \nMaria Luisa Mendonça\, PhD in Human Geography from University of São Paulo (USP)\, and research scholar at Center for Place\, Culture and Politics\, CUNY Graduate Center. Director of Rede Social de Justiça e Direitos Humanos (Network for Social Justice and Human Rights – www.social.org.br)\, editor of the book Human Rights in Brazil\, published annually since 2000\, and author of Economia Política do Agronegócio (Annablume\, Sāo Paulo\, 2018). 
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/film-screening-discussion-the-end-of-capitalism-by-pachamama-mother-earth/
LOCATION:Josina Machel & Michael Ratner Combined Classroom\, 320 West 37th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10018\, United States
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SUMMARY:Remembering Marielle Franco: Solidarity with politically persecuted activists in Brazil and the U.S.
DESCRIPTION:1PM Denver\, 3PM New York\, 5PM Brasilia\, 9PM Kenya \nOrganized by the Defend Democracy in Brazil Committee with The People’s Forum \nJoel Northam (National Committee for Justice in Denver\, and Party for Socialism and Liberation) \nSara Branco (CEERT and Brazilian Black Coalition for Rights) \nDamian Platt (Author and educator) \nWith special guest- Anielle Franco\, Institute Marielle Franco \nModerated by Juliana Valente – Anthropologist\, member of the Defend Democracy in Brazil Committee \nSimultaneous Portuguese interpretation will be available on Zoom \nThis event will also be livestreamed on The People’s Forum YouTube. \nIn this event we will review the key facts behind the brutal and yet unsolved assassination of Rio de Janeiro’s Councilwoman and activist Marielle Franco on March 14\, 2018\, and discuss the ongoing violent political persecution of activists fighting for social justice in Brazil and in the United States. Marielle\, among the many social justice platforms that she fought for\, stood against the militarization of the police known for brutalizing poor communities in Rio. For this\, she paid with her life. We remember her courage and legacy. \nTo celebrate her life\, the Defend Democracy in Brazil Committee in New York brings to the People’s Forum a debate on police and militia violence\, political persecution\, the fight for social justice\, for #BlackLives\, and an event of solidarity to activists. \nIn this event\, author and educator Damian Platt will present some of his findings on the plot behind Marielle’s assassination\, which he examines in his recent book; lawyer Sara Branco\, from the CEERT and the Brazilian Black Coalition for Rights will discuss current antiracist movements\, violence against Black Brazilian youth and the struggle for justice in Brazil; political activist Joel Northam will present the injustices against peaceful organizers of #BlackLivesMatter marches in Denver\, who marched for justice for the police murder of the young massage therapist and violinist Elijah McClain\, who was brutally attacked in Aurora\, Colorado for being black\, and died days later. Along with two other organizers from the Party for Socialism and Liberation\, Joel was also brutally attacked and imprisoned in his home in Denver. They are currently being targeted for their right to free speech and for fighting for racial justice\, and facing prosecution with threats of several years in jail\, by the local District Attorney in Aurora. \nWe stand in unity with Brazilian lawmakers and activists who seek racial justice\, with the National Committee for Justice in Denver\, and with freedom and racial justice fighters\, to unite and defend the right to protest. \n— \nAbout the speakers and organizers: \nJoel Northam is an organizer with the Party for Socialism and Liberation and the ANSWER coalition. He has worked in the struggle against police terrorism since the Black Lives Matter movement took shape\, and is active in anti-war struggles\, building international solidarity that links oppressed nations people within the US to countries that are targeted by US imperialism.” \nSara Branco is a human rights lawyer advocating for the promotion of racial and gender equality. She is a project assistant and legal adviser at the Center of Studies of Labor Relations and Inequalities – CEERT\, a 30 years Brazilian black organization. She is also a member of the Brazilian Black Coalition for Rights. Sara is currently based in São Paulo\, Brazil. \nDamian Platt was born in Nairobi\, Kenya. Growing up in London\, he studied modern languages at Edinburgh University. He subsequently spent eighteen months working with Redemptorist Catholic missionaries in Tocantins\, in the northern interior of Brazil. There followed eight years at the International Secretariat of Amnesty International in London. In 2005\, he relocated to Rio de Janeiro to work for AfroReggae\, a favela-based youth and culture organisation\, which he described in his book Culture is Your Weapon\, co-authored with Patrick Neate. Later he teamed up with TED prizewinning French artist JR to work on his Women are Heroes project in Rio. In 2019\, he mobilised a team of local and international volunteers to build a world-class skate park in the Maré favela complex. In 2011\, he completed a Master of Studies in International Relations at Cambridge University – the same year he received an award from the British Government\, for “services to community development and human rights” in Rio de Janeiro. He is a qualified teacher in the UK\, since completing the Teach First leadership programme in 2018. \nJuliana Valente is a member of the Defend Democracy in Brazil – NY chapter and a PhD candidate in Anthropology at the CUNY Graduate Center. Before coming to the US\, Juliana worked for several years at an NGO in Brazil with youth who committed crimes. Her current research is focused on issues related to human rights\, crime\, violence\, and youth in Brazil. \nThe National Committee for Justice in Denver is composed of constitutional rights lawyers\, legal scholars\, trade unionists\, educators\, journalists\, clergy\, human rights activists and others in social justice movements from all over the United States. We have come together in defense of free speech rights and in opposition to the dangerous campaign to criminalize dissent by charging peaceful protest leaders with serious crimes that could send them to prison for decades. On Sept. 17\, 2020\, multiple Denver-area police forces carried out a coordinated series of arrests of lead organizers of peaceful protests against police brutality. Three of the activists\, Eliza Lucero\, Joel Northam\, and Lillian House\, were held in jail for eight days in dangerous and degrading conditions before they were brought before a judge. They now face numerous felony and misdemeanor charges that could put them in prison for as many as 48 years. \nIt is a bitter irony that the leaders of peaceful protests demanding justice for Elijah McClain\, a 23-year-old Black man murdered by Aurora police\, are the ones who are now facing arrests and decades in prison. We have come together to mobilize public support throughout the nation to demand that the political prosecution of these social justice activists be dropped. Justice requires nothing less! https://www.denverdefense.org/about \nDefend Democracy in Brazil Committee (DDB- NY) is a group of Brazilians and allies fighting for democracy in Brazil and the Rule of Law\, since before the illegal impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff in Brazil\, elected with 54 million votes and ousted for minor administrative charges. Since then\, and with the political imprisonment of President Lula\, DDB-NY has staged more than 110 public actions and protests in New York City\, among which many were performances. DDB works to change fake narratives in the media\, and has written and published dozens of Open Letters\, Manifestos\, Statements\, denouncing the illegalities and retrocess in Brazil’s public policies since 2016. It also helped organize the #cancelBolsonaro coalition\, which contributed to the cancellation of his visit to New York for an award in May 2019. To learn more about what we did\, what we do and how to engage\, visit our pages on Facebook\, Instagram and Twitter ( @BrazilDemocracy). For more details\, visit: https://www.defenddemocracyinbrazil.org \nBlack Coalition for Rights – Aware of the genocidal politics expansion of the Brazilian State\, organized civil society entities\, representatives of the black population\, opted in early 2019 to form the Brazilian Black Coalition for Rights. The Coalition’s main goal is to focus on the Brazilian National Congress\, international advocacy and seek international support from the movements across the Americas and Caribbean. Black women and men are 54% of the Brazilian population and only a little bit over 20% of parliamentarians elected to the Brazilian National Congress. This underrepresentation\, not only highlights the racist character of Brazilian society\, but also has perverse consequences for the Brazilian black population. Twitter: @coalizaonegra https://coalizaonegrapordireitos.org.br \n 
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/remembering-marielle-franco-solidarity-with-politically-persecuted-activists-in-brazil-and-the-u-s/
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