March for Science 2020
On May 7, 2020, the Brazilian Society for the Progress of Science (SBPC) held the Virtual March for Science. Throughout the day, activities were broadcast on social media, with the aim of drawing attention to the importance of science in the fight against COVID-19. The University of Brasília, as well as other universities and […]
App Against Misinformation
Voz das Comunidades, a newspaper created by residents of Complexo do Alemão (RJ) in 2005, launched an application for cell phones, whose objective is to “fight misinformation about COVID-19”. The newspaper identified the demand, on the part of residents of Rio de Janeiro communities, for reliable sources of information in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. See more information […]
Against Police Violence
The Genocide Protection and Resistance Network created the “Fala Quebrada” campaign, in which, through an online form, it made it possible to denounce actions of rights violations during the pandemic. In the form, it is possible to identify who performed the action, insert images and geolocation.
Against Gender Violence
There are several reports on the increase in domestic violence against women in a context of social isolation. Many groups and collectives made videos without sound – to protect the women who access it – in which the participants carried posters with information on where to get help, as well as messages of solidarity. See, for example, the page […]
In favor of the postponement of ENEM
One of the most important digital campaigns of 2020 was the one that demanded the postponement of the ENEM tests, with the hashtags #AdiaEnem and #AdiaEnem2020.
Petitions #FightEmCasa against the coronavirus
During the pandemic, the website change.org launched more than 500 petitions online, created as a form of mobilization to demand quick measures and assistance from the authorities. They are on different topics, such as cancellation of classes, postponement of events and temporary suspension of tax payments. To see some of the petitions click here. To see the video […]
We for Ourselves: Periphery Activists Speak Out on Their Actions
In times of a pandemic, new digital technologies are being used intensively by communication collectives and other organizations in the periphery, to present demands, disseminate opinions, exchange ideas. It is possible to access the various interviews, lives and podcasts that have been made by the activists themselves. See, for example: Interview with Preto Zezé, National President of […]
Marajo Observatory
The Marajó Observatory works to build social technologies that serve the population, especially the Marajoara population, to guide the public agenda and political processes based on knowledge and information. The Observatory launched an initiative to bring data about the social context of the region and each of the municipalities, entitled Cadernos do Marajó, […]
The pandemic and quilombola communities
The coronavirus has had even more devastating effects on quilombola communities, where health services are lacking and lethality is high. To give visibility to this situation and discuss ways out, activists and organizations made several lives. In one of the first lives, organized on June 4, 2020, CONAQ executive secretary Selma Dealdiana and […]
National Shutdown of Application Deliverers
App delivery service workers held a nationwide strike on July 1, 2020 in Brazil. The call material for participation in the strike, both for delivery people and users of delivery applications, was published on the Twitter and Facebook accounts of “Treta No Trampo“.
