Category: Active Citizenship

H360 discusses racism, political polarization and empathy at annual council meeting
04/11/202004/12/2020
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H360 discusses racism, political polarization and empathy at annual council meeting

In October, the Humanitas360 Institute held its annual meeting of board members from the United States and Brazil, with guest speakers such as writer and American prison system former inmate Shaka Senghor, Argentine politician and former governor of Buenos Aires María Eugenia Vida, and Bertice Berry, a sociologist and lecturer. The meeting was also attended...

On a women-only panel, Humanitas360 Institute addresses female incarceration at Folha de São Paulo seminar
30/10/202004/12/2020
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On a women-only panel, Humanitas360 Institute addresses female incarceration at Folha de São Paulo seminar

On November 15, the Humanitas360 Institute released the documentary Tecendo a Liberdade (weaving freedom). The film tells the stories of struggle and overcoming of members of the COOSTAFE (Social Cooperative of Female Entrepreneurial Art Work) — the first female inmates cooperative of Brazil, formed in 2014 at the Ananindeua Women’s Reeducation Center (CRF) in Belém,...

An Open Conversation with Patrícia Villela Marino – Shape The World With Yemi – 30/09/2020
30/09/202013/11/2020
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An Open Conversation with Patrícia Villela Marino – Shape The World With Yemi – 30/09/2020

#shapetheworld is a series of open conversations hosted by Yemi Babington-Ashaye for people who care about global and local issues. It is an open approach to real issues that are affecting the world: unemployment, inequality, genomics, the fourth industrial revolution, pandemics and more. Together we learn from the diversity that audience participation brings, we explore...

Humanitas360 inaugurates social cooperative in São Luís women’s prison unit
03/09/202003/09/2020
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Humanitas360 inaugurates social cooperative in São Luís women’s prison unit

The Humanitas360 Institute inaugurated last Wednesday (August 26th) morning the Cuxá Cooperative, an initiative that will encourage social entrepreneurship among imprisoned women in Pedrinhas (the São Luís Women’s Prison Unit). The project is a partnership formed with the Government of Maranhão, through the State Penitentiary Administration Office (SEAP-MA) and the National Justice Council of Brazil...

Lili Cooperative women open digital bank accounts
17/08/202019/08/2020
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Lili Cooperative women open digital bank accounts

The women formerly enrolled in the Humanitas 360 Institute’s Entrepreneurship Behind and Beyond Bars Programs took an important step towards technology access and financial independence. Each one of the Lili Cooperative members now has its own digital bank account, allowing them direct access and management of their earnings from the sale of products and from...

Humanitas360 get together with Maranhão women of the Mulheres do Brasil Group
03/08/202003/08/2020
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Humanitas360 get together with Maranhão women of the Mulheres do Brasil Group

In July, the president of Humanitas360, Patrícia Villela Marino, joined a conversation with Maranhão women of the Grupo Mulheres do Brasil (the Brazilian Women Group). The Zoom meeting was mediated by the entrepreneur Patrícia Maranhão and had guests from the group, who had a chance to get to know the work developed by H360. The...

H360 joins Latin American edition of MIT COVID-19 Challenge
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...