Since July 15, the creation and rehearsals of the musical “Martinho, Coração de Rei” have been in full swing at the Oficina Cultural Oswald de Andrade, in the Bom Retiro neighborhood of São Paulo. The show, which celebrates the musician and writer Martinho da Vila, has the participation of collaborators from the social business Tereza...
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02/08/202402/08/2024
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Humanitas360 Institute and the Venezuelan crisis: a decade of commitment to democracy
The Humanitas360 Institute has a history of continuous commitment to democracy and human rights in Venezuela. As early as 2010, before founding H360, Patrícia Villela Marino organized a pioneering conference in Brazil on the Venezuelan situation, an event that featured prominent opposition figures to Chavismo, including Manuela Bolívar, Yon Goicoechea, Maria Corina, Sara George, Ricardo...
26/07/202405/08/2024
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“I’m Free, Now What?”: H360 and Tereza launch series on TikTok to help people who have left the prison system
At the end of July, the Humanitas360 Institute and the social business Tereza launched the series “I’m Free, Now What?” on TikTok. The videos will offer tips and answer questions from people who have recently left the prison system and their families. Published weekly, the content will be presented by H360 and Tereza collaborators who...
28/06/202428/06/2024
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Decriminalization of Cannabis possession: Brazil’s Supreme Court brings late and insufficient progress while Congress prepares setback
This Wednesday (26), Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court decided to decriminalize the possession of marijuana for personal use, establishing a limit of 40 grams or six female Cannabis sativa plants. The trial, which took nine years to conclude, represents a late advance in relation to the Drug Law, which since 2006 has promoted mass incarceration in...
20/06/202428/06/2024
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Working group led by president of H360 at CNPCP organizes debates on the war on drugs and mass incarceration in São Paulo
On June 17th and 18th, the Working Group on Drug Policy and Incarceration of the National Council for Criminal and Penitentiary Policy organized public debates in São Paulo to discuss the war on drugs and mass incarceration of young Black people. Led by the president of the Humanitas360 Institute, Patrícia Villela Marino, the group brought...
08/06/202428/06/2024
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Indigenous leader supported by H360, Alejandra Izquierdo is appointed to work at the Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Last Tuesday (4), Colombian indigenous researcher and leader Alejandra Izquierdo took office as cabinet advisor at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of her country. Representative of the Arhuaco people, Izquierdo became, in 2022, the first indigenous woman to be accepted as a doctoral student at the most prestigious university in Colombia. To attend the Interdisciplinary...
29/05/202429/05/2024
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Joined by H360, public hearing debates drug policy and incarceration in Brasília
On May 21, the National Council for Criminal and Penitentiary Policy held in Brasília, at the headquarters of the Ministry of Justice, the public hearing “Decriminalization of Drugs and its Impacts on the Prison and Judiciary System”. The president of the Humanitas360 Institute, Patrícia Villela Marino, who is part of the collegiate, opened the event...
28/05/202403/06/2024
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Environment Week: H360 team goes to Rondônia to define new Paiter Suruí village to receive potable water filter
At the beginning of June, when Environment Week is celebrated, teams from the Humanitas360 Institute and its sponsor, the PDR Philanthropic Fund, will visit the state of Rondônia to reunite with the Paiter Suruí people and their leader, Cacique Almir Suruí. Among the goals of the trip is to define which village in the Sete...
24/04/202429/04/2024
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President of H360 speaks at National Secretariat for Penal Policies event about work in the prison system
On April 16, the president of the Humanitas360 Institute participated in the National Seminar on Work in the Prison System, held by the National Secretariat for Penal Policies in Brasília. In her speech, Patrícia Villela Marino defended the active role of civil society in the prison system, in order to collaborate so that work in...
27/03/202428/03/2024
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Women’s Month: The Impact of H360 and Tereza’s Work in Numbers
At the end of the special program for Women’s Month, the Humanitas360 Institute and the social business Tereza presented some figures on the work carried out with imprisoned women and those released from the prison system. With the implementation of the first social cooperative in São Paulo, in 2018, H360 began a journey to promote...