Marlene Morgado segundo dos santos
Ashoka Fellow since Aug 1987
Brazil
Instituto Sólazer - O Clube dos Excepcionais
Having secured the legal foundation for the human rights of the LGBT community through judicialization, Marinalva is now reinforcing mainstream support of the LGBT community in public life and at home.
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Rebeca Duarte is combating the pervasive yet veiled racism in Brazilian society by reforming a judicial culture that impairs enforcement of existing anti-discriminatory legislation. Working with lawyers, judges, police officers, prosecutors, victims, and civil rights groups alike to better utilize...
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Entrevista Ashoka na TV ALESP
Helena Singer e Wellington Nogueira vão ao programa Terceiro Setor da Tv Alesp para falar sobre a Ashoka.
Ashoka na Mídia
Reunimos aqui uma série de reportagens sobre a Ashoka que saem nas mídias brasileiras.
Journalism and Democracy
Ashoka Fellow David Bornstein: "I covered the murder of a woman when I was writing for New York Newsday. And I remember reporting that story — it was really heartbreaking — and my editor calling me up at 5 a.m. the next morning to tell me what a great job I had done, because I'd gotten these really...
Socorro Guterres is putting Brazil's racial and cultural history in a positive light by changing the ways in which racial identity is treated in the public school system.
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After founding an art school that seamlessly integrated disabled and non-disabled students, Rodrigo Mendes now helps institutions in private and public sectors reproduce his success in creating environments that accommodate people with disabilities as effectively as they accommodate non-disabled...
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To combat racism in Brazil, Regina dos Santos is using her training and experience in Black History to increase the participation of black people in television and other visual arts.
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Renata arantes Vilella
Ashoka Fellow since Mar 1995
Brazil
Escola Especial Globo Azul - Flor Amarela
In a pilot center in a small town in northeastern Brazil, Renata Arantes Villela is creating a caring and nurturing environment for the disabled. With strong links to the broader community in which it is based, the pilot center will serve as a model for the development of much-needed services for...
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