H360 Annual Meeting in Aspen brings together board members and partners to strengthen civil society across the Americas

From October 9 to 11, the Humanitas360 Institute held its annual meeting in Aspen, in the United States, reinforcing its presence and its commitment to civic participation across the Americas. With headquarters in Aspen and São Paulo, H360 brought together board members, friends and partners for a program that included a welcome dinner and an environmental education activity at a preserve of the Aspen Center for Environmental Studies (ACES).

On Saturday, guests attended a screening of the documentary “Following Harry,” about singer and actor Harry Belafonte’s civil rights activism. A conversation followed with his daughter, actress Gina Belafonte; researcher Baz Dreisinger, founder of the Incarceration Nations Network; and singer and activist Aloe Blacc, who gave a brief musical performance. The series of activities concluded on Sunday with a meeting of the Executive Board.

Guests were welcomed by H360 co-founders Patrícia and Ricardo Villela Marino, together with their son Daniel. With him, the couple also founded PDR Fundo Filantrópico, the Institute’s main funder. Also present were PDR executive director Ricardo Anderáos and, from the H360 team, project manager Laura Martini Zellmeister and the Institute’s U.S. operations manager, Marisol Carmona.

Board members and partners of the Institute in attendance included Amy Harmon, Fernando Grostein, Paulo de Rezende, Piero Bonadeo and William Heuseler. They were joined by new friends of H360, such as Mimi Polk Gitlin and Monica Vidal, members of the Board of Directors of the film organization Aspen Film, and Chris Lane and Phebe Meyers, from ACES. Political scientist and researcher Eduardo Salcedo-Albarán joined by videoconference.

Two publications were distributed at the meeting. One was the Humanitas360’s 2026 Annual Report, which focuses on civic participation across the Americas. The other was the research report “Social Cooperatives for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women: Recommendations for a Public Policy,” which traces the history of the cooperatives H360 created within the Brazilian prison system.

See below for some photos from the gathering: