CESE supported the first meeting of the Minas Gerais Black Women’s Network, which was attended by around 120 black women and young people. This initiative, resulting from the project ‘Confronting racism in Minas Gerais: black women united for the 2024 elections and towards the 2025 Black Women’s March’, run by Nzinga the Black Women’s Collective, strengthened political links between black feminist organisations in Minas Gerais and involved discussion groups, an analysis of the political situation, debates on racism and environmental racism, mental health and self-care.
‘CESE supported us with funding that we more than quintupled. We are also grateful for the ancestral wisdom that enabled our arrows to fly in the right direction, through a fundraising plan to expand our activities. We expect to multiply this even further,’ said Cris Felipe, the organisation’s Project and Fundraising Coordinator.
In just one year, Nzinga has restructured its governance, implemented a fundraising plan, secured support from a company for the next three years and is about to inaugurate its offices in the centre of Belo Horizonte. It is also seeking a second space for the Black Women’s Health Project.