The pandemic created the need to adapt our forms of communication and mobilization. It is a singular crisis in comparison with previous periods, as it had in contrast the infinite possibilities that the virtual world offers. One of the main forms of communication, mobilization and debate used by civil society in this context were the so-called “Lives”, which became popular from April 2020. This page presents some examples of the more than one hundred lives mapped by Resocie. We selected only those that had the participation of civil society actors to discuss some aspect of the pandemic.
The Center for Education and Popular Advice presents in this live the study "The impact of Covid-19 on the action of popular social movements". The material is the result of interviews with leaders of 23 Brazilian organizations in order to understand how the coronavirus pandemic impacts the political-organizational and political-educational actions of social movements. Access here .
“The CAL/UnB and OEI artistic residency differs from others because it takes place within the university. It assumes itself as a space for dialogues and interactions, discussion of the arts and critical production. Focused on stimulating Latin American and African arts, it has been developing programs in loco since 2017, having already carried out three international residencies. This year, on the 22/09/2020, he will carry out his first online residency that will result in a performance action”. See here .
Travessia is a series of videos made by the Popular Education and Advisory Center whose main theme is the COVID-19 pandemic, but which in each episode brings a new sub-theme. Access here.
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The description of this live argues: “Brazil does not know, so far, how many homeless people were contaminated and died by covid-19. In this serious context, people, movements and entities that guide the violation of rights for people who do not have a roof over their heads join the national Zero Eviction Campaign, with the launch of the “Zero Eviction Campaign and the homeless population”. See here the debate on October 2, 2020, organized by the Gaspar Garcia Center for Human Rights.
The proposal of the live Activism and Care, held on 08/06/2020, was to offer a space for exchanging and sharing experiences, bringing to the debate the themes of self-care and collective care in the various experiences of activism. Participants in the debate were: Lúcia Xavier, Maria Dolores and Gabi Negríndia. Access here.
The live, held on the 06/10/2020th, was a moment of discussion and learning about the Lagunar de Maceió region. Rogério Dyaz, artist, founder of Coletivo Quintal Cultural and Movimento dos Povos das Alagoas; Vanessa Santos, representative of the Cooperative of Marisqueiras Mulheres Guerreiras – Coopmaris; Samuel Scarponi, representing the Lagoas Peoples Committee and Luciene Costa, representing Erê. The circle will be mediated by Mônica Nascimento, representative of the Collective of Support to Workers and Workers – CATT.
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The Brazilian Association of NGOs (ABONG), in partnership with FASE, NEPAC/Unicamp, NETSAL/UERJ and RESOCIE/UnB, held a virtual debate on October 13, 2020 with several guests, based on the theme " Mapping of emergency actions to impact civil society on the pandemic”. Access here.
Debate mediated by the Board of Management of the XVI Plenary of CRP SP, Ione Xavier, on April 5, 2020, with the participation of psychologist Carolina Duarte, who is part of the Brazilian Association of Social Psychology (ABRAPSO), and psychologists Leandro Fonseca, professor of the Psychology course at the University of Sorocaba, and Marcio Farias, member of the Work and Social Action Studies Center (NUTAS – PUC-SP). The live debated the concept of necropolitics, coined in 2003 by Cameroonian philosopher Achille Mbembe, which discusses how governments decide who will live and who will die and how they will live and die. Access here .
Luciana Tatagiba, Débora Rezende and Leonardo Avritzer debate Social movements and pandemic in the "Quarantine, crisis of democracy and politics". The debate, held on June 12, 2020, was aired on the YouTube TV channel of Democracy INCT and on the Facebook page of the Instituto da Democracia e da Democratização da Comunicação. Access here .
Live promoted by the Regional Council of Economy-MG, held on July 09, 2020 with the theme "Social inequalities in times of pandemic", with the participation of Gustavo Agiar, Tania Teixeira, Emmanuele Silveira, Gelton Coelho and Bruno Lazzarotti ( coordinator of the Observatory of Social Inequalities). It is part of the activities of the Economy for All Project, which, in addition to weekly lives, offers courses and, during the pandemic, promoted a campaign against fake news. Access here .
Live held on May 19, 2020 to discuss the topic “the challenges of social movements in a time of a pandemic: what to do?” Proposed by Grupo Animação Cultural, the live was attended by Professor of History and Director of PT-JP Josenilton Feitosa, Marcos Oliveira, professor of Public Management and Edson Gomes, social activist. Access here.
Live held on July 09, 2020 by the Multiple Knowledge Project with the theme: Social Assistance Workers Movement in times of a pandemic. The live was attended by Psychologist Vanessa Brito. Access here.
The Forum do Amanhã channel, created in 2015, promoted a debate with three activists in the live held on July 17, 2020. Bruno Capão (Capão Redondo-SP), Kdu da Favelinha (Lá da Favelinha project) and Roger Koeppl (You cooperative -Green) talked about their initiatives in the third Live of the Forum of Tomorrow. Access here.
In the fifteenth live promoted by “Morhan in Quarantine”, on June 11, 2020, a debate was held with activists organized in social movements from various parts of the country on how to face issues that were already serious before the pandemic and are now still being discussed. more urgent. Live was attended by Altamira Simões - National Health Advisor / Lai Lai Apejo Network / Popular Health Educator and Psychologist, Ana Lucia - Representative of Overcoming Lupus at the National Health Council and president of Grupar / Encontrar, Darcy Costa - representative from the MNPR - National Movement of the Homeless Population - SP, Moyses Toniolo - National Health Counselor and member of the National Articulation to Fight AIDS (Anaids) and the National Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS and Getulio Vargas Jr. – President of CONAM – National Confederation of Residents' Associations (CONAM) Access here .
The Cidades em Movimento platform promoted, on August 19, 2020, a chat about the strategies to face the new coronavirus carried out by collectives, organizations and social movements in the Manguinhos favela. Challenges related to food insecurity in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic were also addressed. The meeting was attended by: Márcia Corrêa e Castro, from the Coordination of the Campaign se Liga no Corona; Taís Ariza, nutritionist Ensp/Fiocruz; Jussara Rafael Ângelo, from the Coordination of Social Solidarity Action in Manguinhos and Paloma Gomes: Volunteer in the collective Manguinhos Solidário. Access here.
Thinking about the intensification of vulnerabilities by the coronavirus pandemic, the Justice and Human Rights Association - JusDh launched, in this live held on April 13, 2020, the Justice for Human Rights campaign. The Campaign is a space to reflect on another Justice System – a Justice for the defense of human rights. Access here.
The Periferia Viva Solidarity Campaign organized a live on August 3, 2020, to discuss the profound impacts of the pandemic on women, inside and outside the home. The meeting had the participation of Débora Diniz, an anthropologist professor at the University of Brasília, and Isis Menezes Táboas, from Popular Consultation. Eliane Martins, Campaign coordinator, coordinates the debate. In the presentation, she argues, on the theme of the use of social media by the movements: “we are also kind of young here in this Internet story, so we are still a little confused, because our beach was not that virtual one, our beach was – still is – face-to-face… (we are) learning to deal with this space” (minute 10). Access here. To watch other lives organized by the Campaign, see the Facebook page .
On April 13, 2020, the Café com o MST – Especial Quarantena Sem Terra was attended by the chef and presenter Bela Gil, the national leader of the MST, João Paulo Rodrigues, and the member of the MST Health Sector, Susane Lindinalva da Silva. Access here.
To inaugurate the series of Conferences entitled “Reflections on Brazil in Pandemic Times”, the MST discussed, on 10/15/2020, the topic of food sovereignty. The participants were: Maria Emília Pacheco, anthropologist, FASE advisor and former president of Consea, Letícia Sabatela, actress, Bela Gil, culinary artist and television presenter, Luís Inácio Lula da Silva, former president, José Graziano da Silva, agronomist , professor and former president of FAO, and João Pedro Stedile, from the National Coordination of the MST. Access here.
Held on April 17, 2020, the episode of “Café com MST” spoke with former president Lula, musician Chico Buarque, federal deputy (PT-SP) Alexandre Padilha, Contraf Brasil leader Elisangela Araújo, and the president of CONTAG, Aristides Veras. The mediation was carried out by João Pedro Stedile and João Paulo Rodrigues, national leaders of the MST. Access here.
Tauá Pires (Oxfam Brasil) received Wesley Teixeira, activist of the Caxias Movement and member of PeriferiaConnection, columnist for Folha and Podcast Mamilos, to talk about Activism and Solidarity in the Periphery, on May 28, 2020. Access here.
This debate, held on June 21, 2020, discussed the actions that psychologists and social movements are developing in the territories. It counts with the participation of Andrea Arruda (psychologist, member of the collectives Periferia Segui Sangrando and Escola Feminista AbyaYala), Rodrigo Silva Santos (State coordinator of the Emancipa Network of Popular Education Movement) and Glória Maria (journalist and audiovisual producer and producer of the battle of Paraisópolis). Access here.
The eighth live promoted by the Brazilian Association of Teaching and Research in Social Service , held on September 1, 2020, discussed the theme "Social movements, social struggles and class solidarity". Exhibitors and exhibitors: Marina dos Santos – Landless Workers Movement (MST) -Rud Rafael – Homeless Workers Movement (MTST) -Josi Costa – Small Farmers Movement (MPA). Access here.
The second live of the Gender and Family Relations Laboratory - LABGEF, held on July 14, 2020, had as its theme "Social movements in the pandemic: experiences of Florianópolis, Lisbon and Seville", with mediation by Francisco Canella and participation of / the teachers: Francisco José Cuberos Galhardo (University of Seville, Spain. Assembly of Alcalá), Simone Frangella (University of Lisbon, Portugal. Grupo Chão), Elisa Jorge (National Movement for the Fight for Housing – MNLU. BrCidades, SC). Access here .
To talk about the issue of inequality and the pandemic, the weekly live organized by Oxfam-Brasil on June 11, 2020 invited two experts. The first guest was Anielle Franco: Writer, professor and master in journalism and English from the University of North Carolina (USA). She is director of the Marielle Franco Institute. The second guest was Marcos Nobre, writer, philosopher and social scientist, professor of philosophy at Unicamp and president of the Brazilian Center for Analysis and Planning (Cebrap). Live can be accessed here.
Quilombola Selma Dealdina, from the National Coordination for the Articulation of Rural Black Communities and Quilombolas (Conaq), and the former Deputy Attorney General of the Republic, Deborah Duprat, talked about the topic “Inequalities: Quilombola Communities Facing the Pandemic”, on the day June 14, 2020. The moderation was in charge of Katia Maia, executive director of Oxfam Brazil. Access here.
How can the coronavirus pandemic impact life on the periphery? What has the government done to prevent the already difficult life of millions of people who already live in precarious conditions from becoming even worse? Economist Laura Carvalho, author of the book Valsa Brasileira, and activist Renê Silva, founder of the NGO Voz das Comunidades (from Complexo do Alemão, in Rio de Janeiro) discussed the topic with Katia Maia, executive director of Oxfam Brazil, on the 30th April 2020. Access here.
On May 7, 2020, Live with Coletivo Catarse , a cooperative that works with cultural production and media in Porto Alegre, took place. The live addressed the issue of civil society communication during the COVID-19 pandemic. The event was presented on the Witness Brasil channel and had the participation of the cooperative members Bruno and Clementina. Access here.
The Dialogues at USP program, held on May 22, 2020, discussed the topic “indigenous populations in the pandemic” online. The following guests participated: Marcello Rollemberg (journalist), Marcos Wesley (advisor at Instituto Socioambiental – ISA) and Marta Rosa (professor at USP). Access here.
How has the pandemic impacted urban quilombos in Rio de Janeiro? How important are these spaces to preserve memory and as tools of resistance? These were some of the questions discussed in the live held on May 5, 2020 with leaders of the five urban quilombos in Rio de Janeiro, who also spoke about the situation of their territories in times of a pandemic: Luiz Sacopã (Quilombo Sacopã); Adilson Almeida (Quilombo do Camorim); Gizele Mesquita Martins (Quilombo Cafundá Astrogilda); Bárbara Guerra (Quilombo de Marambaia). Access here.
