On March 21st, community leaders from Paraisópolis made a call to recruit volunteers, who became “street presidents” or “brigadistas” (gathered in the photo above). The call is published on the community's Facebook page Since then, the community has created shelters, purchased ambulances and held protests denouncing the lack of support from the State government. See the Open Letter sent to state authorities here.
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UFMG School of Architecture and Secretariat of Urban Policy map initiatives in BH
The research group Social Practices in Urban Space (Praxis) of the School of Architecture of the Federal University of Minas Gerais
