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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…

Humanitas36017/08/2020

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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…

Humanitas36003/08/2020

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Tereza products, made by women in prison and formerly incarcerated, joins the Dotsy collaborative network

This month, products made by “Tereza Vale a Pena” (Tereza is worth it) -- a brand created by Humanitas360 to commercialize and disseminate products made by the inmates and ex-inmates’…

Humanitas36003/08/2020

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Incarceration Nations Network draws attention to prisoners’ conditions around the world with nocturnal art installations in major cities

Conceived by researcher Baz Dreisinger and artist Hank Willis Thomas, The Writing on the Wall project has rocked large cities around the world. In June, the American capital Washington hosted…

Humanitas36001/07/2020

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Cannabis industry regulation should include reparation for people arrested for non-violent crimes, says Steve DeAngelo

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…

Humanitas36030/06/2020

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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…

Humanitas36030/06/2020

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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…

Humanitas36003/06/2020

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H360 holds a virtual meeting with women from Lili Cooperative

On May 26, in partnership with the Instituto Responsa, the Humanitas360 Institute held a virtual meeting with the members of Cooperative Lili, a group that was formed within the Women's…

Humanitas36002/06/2020

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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…

Humanitas36001/06/2020

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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…

Humanitas36008/05/2020

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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.…

Humanitas36007/05/2020

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Women are more vulnerable to drug trafficking convictions because Justice incriminates more petty crimes, says violence researcher

The new coronavirus pandemic has particularly affected the most vulnerable groups in Brazil - and with the prison population it would be no different. We have seen an increase in…

Humanitas36007/05/2020

Lili Cooperative women open digital bank accounts

Humanitas360 get together with Maranhão women of the Mulheres do Brasil Group

Tereza products, made by women in prison and formerly incarcerated, joins the Dotsy collaborative network

Incarceration Nations Network draws attention to prisoners’ conditions around the world with nocturnal art installations in major cities

Cannabis industry regulation should include reparation for people arrested for non-violent crimes, says Steve DeAngelo

H360 joins Latin American edition of MIT COVID-19 Challenge

H360 participates in “lives” about pandemic, invisible people and citizen engagement

H360 holds a virtual meeting with women from Lili Cooperative

The pandemic reveals systemic forms of inequality, says curator Pedro Alonzo

CNJ and Humanitas360 expand virtual visits in prisons

Humanitas Institute360’s actions to help fight the pandemic in Maranhão

Women are more vulnerable to drug trafficking convictions because Justice incriminates more petty crimes, says violence researcher

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