Women’s movements in the Brazilian Northeast are plural, creative and persistent. They are diverse struggles, since there are different ways of organizing to deal with the volume of denunciations and with proposals to defend the right to a life without violence...
In African-origin religions Ipadê is a ceremony to greet ancestors and ritualize their importance for the community. The name comes from the Yoruba word Ìpàdé, meaning meeting or encounter. The principles of this ritual were also the essence of the “Ipadê...
Over three days, approximately 30 young people from the Northeast region came together at CESE to share lessons learnt and debate the current political situation, as well as the challenges young people experience. The meeting “Here amongst us: dialogue with young...
It couldn’t have been anywhere else. The “Celebration of Joy and Commitment,” an inter-religious event at Holy Trinity Church on the night of 13th June to mark CESE’s 50th anniversary, underlines the place the organization has occupied over these five decades:...
“But the meek will inherit the land and enjoy peace and prosperity.”Psalms 37:11 This is one of God’s dreams for humanity, revealed through the voice of the psalmist. This dream nourished a group of people committed to a prophetic and liberating faith, when they...
On 5 June, World Environment Day, the newspaper Le Monde Diplomatique Brasil (in Portuguese) launched a special series “Living Territory: the fight against climate change in the Cerrado”, in a partnership between the Guilhotina podcast and the Ecumenical Coordination...
“We are at war. The ideological falsification that suggests we are at peace is just to keep us going. There is no peace anywhere. It’s war everywhere, all the time.” This scathing statement from indigenous leader and environmentalist Ailton Krenak,...
“On the Trail of the Struggles: grassroots movements opening up pathways to democracy and rights in Brazil” is a series produced in partnership between the Brasil de Fato newspaper and the Ecumenical Coordination of Service (Coordenadoria Ecumênica de Serviço: CESE),...
This year, the Citizen of Faith project, run by the Network of Black Evangelical Women (Rede de Mulheres Negras Evangélicas: RMNE) came to an end. In its second edition, activities were based on the central role black evangelical women have begun to play on the...
On 18 May, Daud Abdullah, Research and Director of the international institute the Middle East Monitor (MEMO), launched his book “Engaging the World: The Making of Hamas’s Foreign Policy” in a roundtable conversation about “Palestinian Resistance in search of peace –...
