The Covid-19 pandemic has created a social emergency of unprecedented proportions while simultaneously creating enormous obstacles for civil society organization in addressing this emergency. Even so, since March 2020, a massive surge of social and political organization has occurred in Brazil. This repository was created to give visibility to these initiatives. Our goal is both to support civil society itself in combating the pandemic and to serve as a resource for researchers studying the subject.
The Repository catalogs, in a non-comprehensive way, examples of various types of initiatives: solidarity projects that sought to provide social and health services in the absence of an effective response from the State; political mobilization campaigns aimed at pressuring political authorities and society regarding denunciations and alternative proposals on how to combat the pandemic; communication activities that seek to inform society about Covid-19 and combat fake news; and knowledge production activities about the pandemic and how best to combat it. We also included a cross-section drawing attention to the role of digital activism in the pandemic.
