Learning from Brazil’s Social Movements

Join us on Thursday, September 12 to hear reflections from delegates about their experience visiting Brazil this past July.

This past July, a group of Grassroots International staff members and donor-activists traveled to Brazil to connect directly with some of our long-term social movement partners on the frontlines of resistance to industrial agriculture, land grabbing, mining companies, and more. 

We had a chance to visit the Florestan Fernandes National School of the Movimento dos Trabalhadores Sem Terra (Landless Workers Movement, MST), where the MST receives organizers from different countries for classes on a variety of topics. Afterwards, we visited families who are organizing to reclaiming land through Brazil’s Agrarian Reform Program, and then visited another movement partner, Movimento Camponês Popular (Popular Peasant Movement, MCP), in surrounding areas. 

We also had a chance to visit communities in Goias impacted by the mining of phosphate and niobium. We left the communities with a clear call for international solidarity, both against this latest proposed mining waste dump and against the ongoing environmental and human rights offenses of the mining companies more broadly. We can share more information about how to be in solidarity with MCP’s call to denounce the mining companies.

Each year, we organize delegations for donors, funders, and grassroots organizers as an opportunity to deepen their understanding and solidarity with social movements in the Global South. This panel discussion featuring several delegates is a great way to learn more and determine if you might be interested in joining a future delegation. 

We hope you will join us and spread the word!