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O papel crucial das mulheres negras na luta por justiça social no Brasil

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O papel crucial das mulheres negras na luta por justiça social no Brasil

No Brasil, a auto-organização das mulheres negras é um raio de esperança e resiliência em meio a uma história de desigualdades sistêmicas. Essas mulheres, muitas vezes marginalizadas e negligenciadas, estão à frente do trabalho de enfrentamento dos desafios urgentes da violência econômica, exclusão social e insegurança alimentar nas suas comunidades. No entanto, apesar de suas contribuições vitais, elas continuam em grande parte à margem dos recursos e das oportunidades necessárias para promover uma mudança verdadeira.

18 de November de 2024 No Comments

Construindo uma filantropia para justiça social: equidade de raça e gênero na centralidade do debate

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Construindo uma filantropia para justiça social: equidade de raça e gênero na centralidade do debate

Este artigo busca analisar acerca da auto-organização das mulheres negras no Brasil buscando evidenciar soluções que são traçadas por elas mesmas, diante das problemáticas vivenciadas diariamente no cotidiano para superar as dificuldades enfrentadas devido a violência econômica de forma coletiva.

18 de September de 2024 No Comments

O Papel Transformador da Afroecologia e da Filantropia Comunitária na busca por Justiça Socioambiental

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O papel transformador da afroecologia e da filantropia comunitária na busca por justiça socioambiental

A urgência de abordar as questões ambientais globais nunca foi tão evidente, essa busca por um equilíbrio sustentável entre comunicades humanas e o meio ambienta se faz mais presente do que nunca.

23 de February de 2024 No Comments

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What once had no name is now Black Philanthropy

Philanthropy is presented as a strategy that turns the idea of donations into a notion of social investment capable of driving transformative actions for communities and groups in vulnerable situations. Despite its recent contributions to democracy, philanthropy is permeated with colonial aspects in terms of the distribution of resources around the world, which poses challenges to the beneficiaries. This is what we understand from the article “Is the Decolonization of Philanthropy Moving Forward?”, written by Allyne Andrade e Silva and Graciela Hopstein, for Comuá Network.

October 30, 2023 No Comments

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What once had no name became Black Philanthropy

Philanthropy is presented as a strategy that transforms the idea of donations into a notion of social investment capable of driving transformational actions for communities and groups in vulnerable situations. Despite its recent contributory role to democracy, philanthropy is permeated with colonial aspects in the distribution of resources around the world, which creates challenges for beneficiaries. This is what we understand in the article “Is the Decolonization of Philanthropy advancing?”, written by Allyne Andrade e Silva and Graciela Hopstein, for Rede Comuá.

With this context, experiences lived by clubs, associations, fraternities and black personalities seem to cause surprise when confronted with the universe of philanthropy.

October 9, 2023 No Comments

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Black Philanthropy in Brazil: Sociedade Protetora dos Desvalidos receives donation of R$ 500 thousand from Fundo Baobá

Among the many inspiring stories that illustrate the tradition of black philanthropy in Brazil, one deserves special attention: the foundation of the Sociedade Protetora dos Desvalidos (SPD), in the city of Salvador, Bahia, on September 16, 1832, by Manoel Vitor Serra , a freed black African. The Protector, as it was known, was a historic milestone in the fight against inequality and racial discrimination. Founded by black workers, the organization's main objective was to provide mutual aid and support to the most needy. Through its philanthropic actions, the society supported enslaved people to obtain their manumission, as well as supporting members who became unemployed.

August 11, 2023 No Comments

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Black Women and the Challenges of Activism in the Pandemic

The Philanthropy, Social Justice, Civil Society and Democracy Seminar, by Rede Comuá, highlighted the central role that black women must play in debates on decolonization and reconceptualization of the field of philanthropy in Brazil.

By Andreia Simplicio

The logic of colonization and the hierarchization of bodies created tools of racial disparity that are based on coloniality and are maintained through power dynamics in social relations. These subsidize the behavior and social imaginary that feed and reproduce racial violence in everyday life. The logic of subalternization also impacts the structure of grassroots organizations and the format in which they are included in the philanthropic ecosystem, donation culture and political scenario.

December 7, 2022 No Comments

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Philanthropy and Racial Equity in Brazil

By Selma Moreira & Fernanda Lopes

The relationship between the black population and philanthropy is ancient, with the greatest expression being the Black Brotherhoods. Created during the colonial period, these organizational structures enabled black people to occupy and define forms of social action, to cover expenses for a minimum standard of dignity, funerals, for example. They were spaces of resistance and solidarity in the face of the hostility imposed by slavery. Currently, of the 207.8 million who reside in Brazil, 46.5% declared themselves mixed race, 9.3% black and 43.1% white.

November 9, 2021 No Comments

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Philanthropy, yes, but philanthropy for racial equity…?

Despite a large Black population, Brazil has struggled to mount an effective response to racial inequality

Fundo Baobá launched a collection of black dolls with Estrela to educate children about respect and diversity.

The relationship between philanthropy and the black population is long-standing, the best expression of it being the Black Sisterhoods. Dating back to the colonial era, these institutions allowed blacks to assume and define forms of social engagement, and to pay expenses with some dignity for things such as funerals. They represented resistance and solidarity against the hostility of the colonial mentality. Today, out of the 207.8 million people in Brazil, 55.8 per cent describe themselves as brown, 9.3 per cent as black, and 43.1 per cent as white. Black and brown people form the Afro-Brazilian group or black population. However, despite these figures and the efforts of institutions like the Black Sisterhoods, philanthropy in Brazil has been slow to take up the cause of promoting racial equity.

November 9, 2021 No Comments

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Sowing the values of black philanthropy: the pandemic and the actions of the Baobá Fund

By Fernanda Lopes

On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization – WHO declared the disease caused by the new coronavirus (Sars-Cov-2) a pandemic. On April 3, 2020, the Baobá Fund for Racial Equity – the first and only philanthropic fund that mobilizes people and resources, in Brazil and abroad, to exclusively support projects and actions to promote racial equity for the black population in Brazil, mobilized to publish and widely disseminate the Notice of Emergency Donations to Combat Coronavirus. At that moment, when we were asked why we would issue a notice, we explained that, in our assessment, the notice would allow us to map individual or organizational initiatives that sought to respond, in the best way, to the most immediate needs of the community, assuming a lower risk of focus support on groups with more access to the philanthropic ecosystem.

November 9, 2021 No Comments

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O papel crucial das mulheres negras na luta por justiça social no Brasil

Construindo uma filantropia para justiça social: equidade de raça e gênero na centralidade do debate

O papel transformador da afroecologia e da filantropia comunitária na busca por justiça socioambiental

What once had no name is now Black Philanthropy

What once had no name became Black Philanthropy

Black Philanthropy in Brazil: Sociedade Protetora dos Desvalidos receives donation of R$ 500 thousand from Fundo Baobá

Black Women and the Challenges of Activism in the Pandemic

Philanthropy and Racial Equity in Brazil

Philanthropy, yes, but philanthropy for racial equity…?

Sowing the values of black philanthropy: the pandemic and the actions of the Baobá Fund

Territórios, clima e modos de vida: repensando a justiça climática a partir dos saberes tradicionais

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Rede Comuá realiza assembleia em Serra Grande (BA), com encaminhamentos sobre identidade institucional, planejamento e cuidado coletivo

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Fundo Brasil completa 20 anos apoiando a sociedade brasileira na luta por direitos

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Visibilidade em Disputa: Sociedade Civil na Era Algorítmica

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E OS QUILOMBOS, “CUMÊ QUE FICA’? A URGÊNCIA DE UMA FILANTROPIA QUE RECONHEÇA ANTES DE TUDO AS PRÁTICAS ANCESTRAIS

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Fundo Casa Socioambiental recebe doação de Mackenzie Scott pela segunda vez

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