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In January, Salvador will host the Bahia Thematic Social Forum, which will start on the 29th, shortly after Greater Porto Alegre 10 Years Social. With the major theme "Dialogue, cultural diversity and civilizational crisis", and for three days, Bahia’s capital brings together NGOs and social movements, unions, associations, religious organizations, government representatives, networks and campaigns around the world. The event seeks to be a space for exchanging experiences, formulation and coordination between all these actors. Registration is open until 20th and should be made through the site.
Organized in three dimensions - culture, dialogue between civil society and political society, and a multidisciplinary assessment of the crises of our time, the event’s program is based in five axes: tolerance, pluralism, violence and anti-racism, substantive democracy, affirmation and empowerment of civil society, gender and alternatives to the commodification and homogenization; responses to the crisis, and decolonization of thought.
Among the scheduled activities, the program includes 12 general table of discussion; debates of the Group Crisis and Opportunity, to discuss specifically the issue of the economic crisis, as well as conferences, seminars and special events.
Below is the description of the general tables of discussion. To access the complete program (in Portuguese): http://www.fsmtbahia.com.br/index.p....
Testimonies of indigenous struggle;
Missing politicians;
The left today and the contribution of thinkers of Latin America and Africa;
Racism and institutionality;
Ethnocentrism and Eurocentrism;
Militarization of urban neighborhoods and threat to democracy;
Education and development;
Women, economic crisis and emancipation;
Phobias, intolerance and egalitarian logic;
Decolonization of thought in Latin America and Africa;
Land reform, familiar agriculture, and food sovereignty;
Governance, world peace and international solidarity.
Among the special events it is included the "Dialogues and controversies between governments and social movements; act in honor of 50 years of the Cuban Revolution, conferences and seminars with national and international speakers; debate-show “Ofício de Viver Samba”, joining samba musicians from Rio and Bahia; Meeting World Social Cine; two international summits (on traffic and life and the elderly), and ending, the International Symposium of the religions of African origin.
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Bahia Thematic Social Forum
When: January 29-31
Where: Salvador - BA - Brazil
Registration and more information: http://www.fsmtbahia.com.br
Contact: fsmt.foco@gmail.com / + 55 71 3328-1039
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