The official launch in Brazil of the Virando o Jogo (Change the Game Academy) Portal — a platform that offers online and face-to-face courses in the areas of local fundraising and mobilising support in various countries around the world, took place on June 7. The purpose of the tool is to empower popular groups and […]
On June 8, the CESE’s Annual Assembly elected a new board of directors for the next three years.For the triennial 2018-2020, the organization will continue to be presided by Marcus Barbosa Guimarães, from the Catholic Apostolic Church (CAC). Helivete Ribeiro Pinto Bezerra, from the Brazil`s Baptist Alliance-BBA, will occupy the vice-president position. José Augusto Amorim […]
The 45th Assembly of CESE, which celebrates the 45th anniversary of the Ecumenical Service Coordination, was held last Thursday (June 7th ). At the time, the CESE team, representatives of the Churches and ecumenical organizations visited initiatives that already had projects supported by it in Salvador (Bahia). The group of about 60 people started the […]
On May 24, 2018, a year is completed of the murder of 10 rural workers inside Santa Lúcia’s Farm, municipality of Pau D’Arco, Pará, fact that became known as the Pau D’Arco Massacre. In addition to the 10 dead, two workers were wounded by gunshot. The crimes were committed by a group of military and […]
The Comissão Pastoral da Terra (CPT) today released data on assassinations in conflicts at rural areas in Brazil, during 2017 — the highest number since 2003. The CPT also reported hackers attacks suffered in the last year, as part of the procedures of criminalization of social organizations, which have been increasing, and that made impossible […]
After three years of living together, experiences that empowered the organization of the black and women’s movement from grassroots in the North and Northeast of Brazil, more than 20 women met in Recife to show the world that self-organization is the most radical tool that women can do to face everything that oppresses and exploits […]