The AGRI is FIRE Coalition, of which CESE is a member, is made up of approximately 30 social movements, organizations and pastoral services that have worked for decades in the defence of the Amazon, Cerrado and Pantanal, and their peoples and communities. It emerged as a coalition in response to the forest fires that have […]
As an ecumenical organization, throughout its history, CESE has asserted its commitment to the struggles of indigenous peoples for their cultural and territorial rights. From colonial Brazil to current times, original peoples have suffered violence, oppression and expulsion from their territories. As if the dismantling of rights, the invasion of their territories and attacks on […]
An arena for collective identification: through the pathways of the struggles, in survival strategies or in the search for dignity and recognition. This was the atmosphere that marked the “Seminar: Racism and Agri-food Systems in the Cerrado,” run by the Ecumenical Coordination of Service (Coordenadoria Ecumênica de Serviço: CESE), in partnership with the Ibirapitanga Institute, […]
“To talk of Good Living, Full Life, Free Life or the Happy Way of Life is to celebrate our culture. It is being able to sing and cultivate the land in your tradition, transmitting the knowledge and wisdom of the elders to the next generations. It is to have one’s territory guaranteed, demarcated and protected. […]
“Today we’re experiencing necropolitics. Our nation is experiencing great setbacks. And we’re going to combat all of this with our ancestry and spirituality. This will keep us alive. We are the cure for the Earth. If it wasn’t for this spirituality, we’d have already succumbed to Mother Earth, because right now she’s asking for help”. […]
“Non-indigenous society needs to understand the collective process of spirituality for indigenous people. Through connections and joining thoughts, we seek out solutions to all the negativity thrown at Mother Earth. It is through this spiritual connection that we protect the world, so you can live well. This society which hates us, should see us positively […]