MST (Landless workers movement):
-largest social movement
- fight for extensive agrarian reform and a just society
-founded in 1984 with only 400 members but now has more than 1.5 million members
- MST members find unproductive land, occupy it, and fight for legal rights over the land
* when the movement wins the MST members make encampments
Goals:
- eliminate poverty in rural areas
- ensure work for all people
- eliminate inequality
- ensure food for the whole population
- produce quality food and develop local markets
-maintain diversity of all plants, animals, and cultures
- improve conditions for all people
-largest social movement
- fight for extensive agrarian reform and a just society
-founded in 1984 with only 400 members but now has more than 1.5 million members
- MST members find unproductive land, occupy it, and fight for legal rights over the land
* when the movement wins the MST members make encampments
Goals:
- eliminate poverty in rural areas
- ensure work for all people
- eliminate inequality
- ensure food for the whole population
- produce quality food and develop local markets
-maintain diversity of all plants, animals, and cultures
- improve conditions for all people
Morrinho Youth Movement:
-started off as a childhood game in 1998
- allows kids to escape the violence and corruption in their communities
- helps unify the community
- has done several youth projects to have the communities join in
*favela painting project = had youth paint murals over 75,000 sq ft. in their town
- towns create anti-violence images that appeal to all and the pieces are there to tell stories
- allows for recreational activities too for the youth struggling in these environments by..
*rock climbing, futbol, basketball, hikes, music jam sessions, etc..
-started off as a childhood game in 1998
- allows kids to escape the violence and corruption in their communities
- helps unify the community
- has done several youth projects to have the communities join in
*favela painting project = had youth paint murals over 75,000 sq ft. in their town
- towns create anti-violence images that appeal to all and the pieces are there to tell stories
- allows for recreational activities too for the youth struggling in these environments by..
*rock climbing, futbol, basketball, hikes, music jam sessions, etc..
Coopa- Roca:
- provide flexible employment opportunities to women and from low-income families
- hopefully to mainly help single-mothers get job opportunities
- flexible hours and places to work
New Generation Coopa-Roca:
- specified to the younger generation of girls (16-21)
- learn crafting techniques
- also have other classes for general knowledge, dance, cooperativism, and sex education
- provide flexible employment opportunities to women and from low-income families
- hopefully to mainly help single-mothers get job opportunities
- flexible hours and places to work
New Generation Coopa-Roca:
- specified to the younger generation of girls (16-21)
- learn crafting techniques
- also have other classes for general knowledge, dance, cooperativism, and sex education
Anti-World Cup demonstrations:
- thousands of youth, most in 20s piled off of trains and buses into the streets
- want to highlight the difference of funding for global events (World Cup and Summer Olympics)
- wants government to focus on needed funding in domestic affairs (education, healthcare, and transportation)
- the youth feels like their voices aren't heard, so thats why they are protesting
- suppose to be non-violent, but is sometimes resorting to violence since police are now getting involved
- thousands of youth, most in 20s piled off of trains and buses into the streets
- want to highlight the difference of funding for global events (World Cup and Summer Olympics)
- wants government to focus on needed funding in domestic affairs (education, healthcare, and transportation)
- the youth feels like their voices aren't heard, so thats why they are protesting
- suppose to be non-violent, but is sometimes resorting to violence since police are now getting involved
National Movement of Street Boys and Girls:
- 1989, over 700 street children took over the Brazilian National Congress and symbolically enacted a law protecting the rights of children and youth
- campaign by the most impoverished of children forced the Brazilian congress to adopt protections for children and youth into the Constitution
- recognized that punitive practices were not solving any problems and invited the youth to join in reflective circles to talk
- shift in perception and practice allowed new forms of partnerships to emerge
- allowed adults to support youth in creating their own organizations and structures and in developing the mechanisms to solve their own problems through the tools of organizing and citizenship
- 1989, over 700 street children took over the Brazilian National Congress and symbolically enacted a law protecting the rights of children and youth
- campaign by the most impoverished of children forced the Brazilian congress to adopt protections for children and youth into the Constitution
- recognized that punitive practices were not solving any problems and invited the youth to join in reflective circles to talk
- shift in perception and practice allowed new forms of partnerships to emerge
- allowed adults to support youth in creating their own organizations and structures and in developing the mechanisms to solve their own problems through the tools of organizing and citizenship