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Webinar: “Abdias Nascimento and Abolition” 

Abdias Nascimento is one of the leading figures in the anti-racist and abolitionist struggle in contemporary Brazilian history. His contribution to the social and political sphere and the arts, theater, and human rights activism is invaluable. His life was marked by exile in the United States during the military dictatorship established in Brazil from the […]

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Art, Technology, and Activism in Brazil: 20 years of Frente 3 de Fevereiro

Frente 3 de Fevereiro is a Brazilian collective founded in 2004 following the murder of Flávio Ferreira Sant’Ana, a Black dentist, by São Paulo military police. Based in São Paulo, the group uses different artistic languages to denounce the brutal situation faced by racialized people in Brazil while creating a new reality. 4pm-5:30pm Before the […]

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Frente 3 de Fevereiro/Seeing Through Stone – Block Party at Barrios Unidos

Barrios Unidos 1817 Soquel Avenue, Santa Cruz, California, United States

Join us on Saturday, November 23, 2024 for a party at Santa Cruz Barrios Unidos, hosted by Brazilian group Frente 3 de Fevereiro. With three live DJs and a poetic performance, Afro-diasporic rhythms from the U.S., Brazil, Latin America and the Caribbean all come together in a musical ode to so-called street culture.  Hip-Hop was […]

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