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Global Advocacy and Engagement

Community Conversations and Kilomba Network of Black Brazilian Immigrant Women: Online monthly community-engaged  events that create a safe and informative space for Black Brazilian women immigrants, discussing discuss a variety of topics that pertains to their livelihoods. Join us every second Tuesday of the month via Zoom.

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2nd Annual Defend Black Women March, Washington D.C. - Honoring the legacy of Marielle Franco and in solidarity and celebration of Black feminisms in Latin America. The March is a global call to action to protect Black women, girls & gender-expansive people across borders.

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UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent, and participatory meeting with Brazilian Minister of Racial Equality Anielle Franco, where we proposed joint actions. We also spoke at a civil society meeting with the UN Mission of Brazil, and took part in the exchange agenda of the Black Alliance for the End of Violence, a project by ELAS+.

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“Matriarchs” is a community conversation and an artistic-musical-literary intervention about the transnational journey of the Brazilian African diaspora, linking the past, present, and future of the Black Brazilian immigration in the United States. Join us at the  Countee Cullen Library, New York, on May 7.

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International Solidarity: We are raising funds to support the National Fundraising Campaing for Emergency Actions Against Hunder and Violence During the Covid-19 pandemic in Brazil. The campaign mapped 222.895 families in vulnerable situations that will benefit from food baskets delivered directly to them.

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Justice for Miguel Otávio: Join the international week of action for Miguel Otávio.

COVID-19 Resources:

  • Fundraising campaign to support Brazilian communities impacted by the pandemic in the New York Metropolitan area.

  • COVID-19 Resources For Brazilian Communities in New York and New Jersey (in Portuguese). First Edition here.

Second Edition

Mental health, reparations, and racial justice - with Diva Moreira, an iconic activist of the Brazilian Black movement. Conversation moderated by and moderated by Clélia Prestes.

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Workshops and Events

  • Course: Black Brazilian Feminisms and Favelas. March, 2020. More >

Workshops

  • Black Brazilians Studying Abroad. Series of workshops for Black Brazilian students who wish to pursue graduate studies in the United States. October 2020. Videos>  Event>

  • Resume and job interview in the U.S.: Free professional development workshop for Black Brazilian women. April 2021. More>

events

  • People’s movements with Lula in power: challenges and opportunities
    A conversation between Brazil and U.S. activists.  March 1, 2023. The People's Forum, New York. In collaboration with UNEafro Brasil, Movement for Black Lives,  ANSWER coalition, Defend Democracy in Brazil Committee, USNDB- Afro-Brazilian Rights Committee, and DSA International Committee).

  • Join us for an inspiring and celebratory event in March! Tomorrow, we’ll have an engaging discussion with lawyer Rafaela Garreta on immigration, writer Ane Costa, and musician Víviam Caroline to celebrate Março de Lutas on Kilomba’s Instagram at 7 PM (US) and 8 PM (Brazil).

  • 1st Black Brazilian Women Intellectuals International Conference: Quilombo as Global Black Solidarity in the Past, Present and Future. Event organized in partnership with the Institute of Latin American Studies at Columbia University. More>

  • Black Lives Matter Across the Americas: Black Youth Organizer and the Struggle for Racial Justice. Event organized in partnership with the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies and Harvard University. More>

  • Economic Hardship and Vaccination in Black Communities in Brazil and in the United States. February, 2021. More>

  • 41st Birthday of Marielle Franco: Celebrating Her Legacy and Honoring the Marielles in the World. July, 2020. More > 

  • Black cinema, ancestrality and liberation: Celebrating Brazil's Black History Month. November, 2019. More >

  • Centering Black Brazilian Feminisms. More>

  • The Global War on Black People and our Global Resistance. Organized by AfroResistance. Co-sponsor: Kilomba Collective.  June, 2020. More >

  • Black Parenting as Immigrant During The COVID-19 Crisis. More>

  •  A Year Later: Racial and Gender Inequalities in Health. March, 2021. More>

  • International Vigil for Justice, Action, and in Remembrance of João Alberto Silveira Freitas and Countless other Black Brazilians Who Were Victims of Violence. More>

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