The Humanitas360 Institute joined a meeting hosted by The Green Hub with the so-called “father of the legal cannabis industry”, Steve DeAngelo. He is the founder of Harborside Health, one of the first cannabis dispensaries in the United States and part of the Arc View Group, a company that invests in other newly born businesses...
Category: Active Citizenship
30/06/202030/06/2020
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H360 joins Latin American edition of MIT COVID-19 Challenge
Over the weekend of June 19-21, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) held a hackathon to think of solutions to the pandemic in Latin America. Split into four general themes – aid to health systems; protection of the most vulnerable; prevention of misinformation and empowerment of the informal economy – the 1,500 participants were mentored...
03/06/202013/07/2020
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H360 participates in “lives” about pandemic, invisible people and citizen engagement
In times of pandemic, live streaming is everywhere. In the last month, the Humanitas360 Institute joined two debates that give some sense of the themes we have been working on during this period of crisis. Patrícia Villela Marino, president of H360, was invited by Itaú BBA to talk to graffiti artist Mundano, Rio de Janeiro...
01/06/202003/06/2020
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The pandemic reveals systemic forms of inequality, says curator Pedro Alonzo
Pedro Alonzo is an independent art curator and the brand new advisor to the Humanitas360 Institute. A scholar who researches powerful works that question violence, mass incarceration and xenophobia, Alonzo talked to H360 about how art can help to engage citizens to think about the upsurge of radical ideologies, especially in a period as difficult...
08/05/202001/07/2020
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CNJ and Humanitas360 expand virtual visits in prisons
In order to soften the impact of the full closure of prisons due to the new coronavirus, which has suspended around 1 million monthly visits registered across the country, the Humanitas360 Institute and the National Justice Council (CNJ) are working together to consolidate virtual social visits. Initially, the institutions are working to expand a project...
07/05/202008/05/2020
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Humanitas Institute360’s actions to help fight the pandemic in Maranhão
The Humanitas360 Institute has been acting on several fronts to help mitigate the effects of the pandemic in Maranhão, the state in Northern Brazil where we implemented the Cuxá Cooperative. We donated 2,000 liters of sanitary water to the state’s prison units and material for the production of 88,000 protection masks, which adds up to...
30/03/202001/04/2020
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Letter about the Coronavirus and the work of Humanitas360 Institute
COVID-19 isn’t the most lethal disease humanity has ever fought, but it is unique in its ability to expose vulnerabilities of modern society. From overwhelmed public health systems to decimated economies to the unreliable spread of vital information, this pandemic has caused and revealed an unprecedented set of challenges which can only be met through...
30/03/202024/07/2020
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Conference brings together experts, scientists, lawyers and investors in search of a socially responsible medical cannabis market
In early March, The Green Hub held the Cannabis Thinking conference and brought together experts from various fields of the medical cannabis market: from investors, such as Alex Lucena, an entrepreneur in innovation markets, to Federal University of Rio de Janeiro’s neuroscientist Stevens Rehen, a researcher at the Instituto D’Or, which investigates the therapeutic potential...
28/02/202003/03/2020
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New study shows that flaws in Brazilian democracy are related to its citizens’ political culture
A study released last year by the Sivis Institute revealed interesting aspects regarding citizen participation in the municipality of São Paulo. Based on interviews with experts and more than 2,400 São Paulo residents, the Local Democracy Index mapped five dimensions of the state of democracy in the city: democratic culture, political participation, the functioning of...
28/02/202028/02/2020
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Journalist Brian Winter says “we can’t just focus on income” when analyzing Latin American countries
Brian Winter is a journalist specialized in Latin America and works as editor-in-chief for Americas Quarterly, an online magazine which, in its most recent edition, addresses the rise of military forces in countries like Bolivia, Brazil and Chile. In order to talk about Latin American perspectives for the decade ahead, Winter answered some questions from...