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CESE reasserts commitment to resistance of indigenous peoples in Brazil

News - 03.04.21

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 […]

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CESE promotes debate on tackling racism and strengthening agri-food systems in the Cerrado

News - 01.04.21

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, […]

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#SilenceforthePain #BreatheBrazil

News - 30.03.21

Less than a year ago, we counted the first 100 deaths from coronavirus in Brazil. In September, we were indignant at 100 thousand deaths. In March 2021, one year after the country’s first case, more than three hundred thousand lives have now been lost.  How many more deaths will we have to count? While some […]

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CESE supports training in art and resistance for young people

News - 22.03.21

Initiative from Homeless Movement of Bahia builds autonomy in young people from the Subúrbio Ferroviário district in Salvador Art can be an instrument of struggle, building self-esteem and strengthening the expression of one’s self and one’s desires. It was in this knowledge that the Homeless Movement of Bahia (Movimento Sem Teto da Bahia: MSTB) decided to train young people from Salvador, […]

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Threatened by the advance of capital, communities and social movements fight for the preservation of water resources in Brazil

News - 22.03.21

World Water Day, celebrated on 22 March, provides an arena for debate about the importance of guaranteeing access to quality water and basic sanitation for the whole population   By Rafael Oliveira When walking with Dona Raimunda in her garden, in the rural community of Gleba Tauá in the municipality of Barra do Ouro in […]

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INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION: COVID-19, ENVIRONMENTAL AND STRUCTURAL RACISM

News - 21.03.21

21 March is marked down in the global calendar of struggles as International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. The date was proposed and established by the United Nations (UN) in memory of the Sharpeville Massacre on 21 March 1960. On that day, approximately twenty thousand people protested against the pass laws in Johannesburg […]

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