Today—Thursday, March 14, 2019—marks one year since the assassination of Rio city councilor Marielle Franco and her driver Anderson Gomes. Born and raised in the Maré favela in Rio de Janeiro’s North Zone, and rising through adversity to the halls of Rio’s City Council, where the sociologist and human rights activist represented and advocated for numerous minorities in flesh and action—Afro-Brazilians, women, LGBT, favela residents, single mothers—Marielle has become an international symbol of resistance and grace. From March 11 to 17, social movements in Rio de Janeiro and around the world are holding events to commemorate Marielle’s life, what she fought for, and what her work represented. The following list includes memorials, cultural and political events, exhibitions, teach-ins, and more scheduled to take place this week.
Schedule of Events in Rio de Janeiro
Monday, March 11
7pm – Opening of “Marielle’s Times” Exhibition
Address: Maré Museum – Avenida Guilherme Maxwell, 26 – Maré
Organized by the Center for Studies and Solidarity Actions of Maré (CEASM) and the Maré Museum
Tuesday, March 12
6pm – “It’s for Marielle, It’s for Women’s Lives”
Address: Maré Museum – Avenida Guilherme Maxwell, 26 – Maré
Organized by n-1 edições and the Leftist Judaism Collective
Thursday, March 14
All Day – “Dawn for Marielle Franco”
Address: Meeting points across Rio de Janeiro
Organized by the Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL) of Rio de Janeiro and other groups
- Central Rio: Largo do Guimarães – Santa Teresa, Largo das Neves – Santa Teresa, Estácio Station – Estácio, Cinelândia Station – Downtown Rio, Carioca Station – Downtown Rio, Beco do Rato/Casa Nem – Lapa
- South Zone: General Glicério – Laranjeiras, Cardeal Arcoverde Station – Copacabana
- West Zone: Salvador Allende BRT Station – Recreio dos Bandeirantes, Largo de Bangu – Bangu, Praça do Ringue – Santa Cruz
- North Zone: Praça Agripino Grieco – Meier
- Universities: State University of Rio de Janeiro – Maracanã, Faculty of Education at the State University of Rio de Janeiro – Maracanã, PUC-Rio – Gávea
All Day – “Marielle Semente” Celebration
Address: Cinelândia Square
Organized by 21 Days of Activism Against Racism
All Day – Justice Festival for Marielle and Anderson
Address: Cinelândia Square
Organized by the Marielle Franco Institute
- 10am – Nondenominational mass at Candelária Church
- 2pm – Open Lecture: “I Am Because We Are”
- 4pm-10pm – “For Marielle and Anderson, I Rise” Cultural and Political Act in Cinelândia
9am-4pm – Theatrical Intervention for Marielle
Address: Theater of the Oppressed Center – Avenida Mem de Sá, 31 – Lapa
Organized by the School for Popular Theater
- 9am-12pm – Creation of the artistic intervention
- 1pm-4pm – Theatrical performance in the streets near Cinelândia Square
2pm-9:30pm – “Carolina, Abdias, and Marielle: Lives, Ancestrality, and Continuity”
Address: Centro de Artes da Maré – Rua Bittencourt Sampaio, 181 – Maré
Organized by the Institute of Afro-Brazilian Studies and Research (IPEAFRO)
- 2pm-5pm – IPEAFRO Soiree – Homage to Griots da Maré
- 6pm-9:30pm – Exhibition Opening Ceremony – “Abdias Nascimento, the Art of a Warrior”
Friday, March 15
All Day – “Carolina, Abdias, and Marielle: Lives, Ancestrality, and Continuity”
Organized by IPEAFRO
- 9am-5pm – “Abdias Nascimento, the Art of a Warrior” Exhibition* – Centro de Artes da Maré – Rua Bittencourt Sampaio, 181 – Maré
- 7pm-10pm – IPEAFRO Soiree – Abdias of Our Times – Casa com a Música, Rua Joaquim Silva, 67 – Lapa (near the Selarón Steps)
*Note: the exhibition will be open from March 15 to June 14, Monday-Friday from 9am-5pm and Saturdays from 9am to 1pm
Sunday, March 17
2pm – “I Am Because We Are” Soiree: Homage to Marielle and Anderson
Address: Conjunto Esperança Residents’ Association (AMACE), Rua Manoel Falcão A. Maranhão, 133 – Maré, Rio de Janeiro
Organized by Cia bUsina Teatral
Schedule of Events Around the World
Monday, March 11
7pm – Screening + Q&A: I, a Black Woman Resist
Address: Busboys and Poets Takoma, 235 Carroll St NW, Washington, DC – USA
Organized by Brazilians for Democracy and Social Justice – Washington, DC, CODEPINK and National Network for Democracy in Brazil
Tuesday, March 12
5pm-7pm – The Other Side of Violence: Marielle Franco and the Struggle for Brazilian Democracy
Address: Basement Seminar Room, Robinson Hall, 35 Quincy Street, Cambridge MA – USA
Organized by David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies – Harvard University
Thursday, March 14
12pm-5pm – Marielle Franco: The Legacy of a Powerful Woman
Address: 320 West 37th Street, New York – USA
Organized by BRADO-NY, The People’s Forum, and Women of the Resistance Abroad
1:45pm-7pm – Black Feminisms Across the Americas: A Tribute to Political Activist Marielle Franco
Address: Princeton University, Princeton – USA
Organized by Princeton University Brazil LAB
4pm-6pm – Structural Racism and Marielle Franco’s Legacy
Address: 4371 UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, Los Angeles – USA
Organized by Collective for a Democratic Brazil
4pm-7pm – Justice for Marielle Franco
Address: Dam, 1012, Amsterdam – Holland
Organized by Amsterdam for Democracy and Against the Coup
5pm-6:30pm – Remembering Marielle Franco and Anderson Gomes
Address: Prime Minister’s Office, Elgin and Wellington Streets, Ottawa – Canada
Organized by Ottawa-Gatineau Solidarity with Democracy and Amnesty International Canada
5:30pm – One Year Without Marielle
Address: Faculty of Humanities, Montevideo – Uruguay
Organized by Marielle Franco Feminist Collective Uruguay
6pm-7pm – Act in Memory of Marielle Franco
Address: Place des Nations, 1202, Geneva – Switzerland
Organized by Coletivo GRITO
6pm-8pm – Marielle Present in Boston
Address: Harvard University Robinson Hall, 35 Quincy Street, Cambridge – USA
Organized by Harvard University
6pm-8pm – Marielle, Present! Justice for Marielle
Address: Piazza Giuseppe Verdi, 40126, Bologna – Italy
Organized by Amnesty Bologna
6pm-8pm – Vigil in Memory of Marielle Franco
Address: Embassy of Brazil in London, 14-16 Cockspur Street, London – UK
Organized by Brazilian Women Against Fascism UK
6pm-9pm – Honoring Marielle Franco with Marcia Tiburi and Adjoa Jones
Address: NYU Institute for Public Knowledge, 20 Cooper Square, 2nd Floor, New York – USA
Organized by Defend Democracy in Brazil
6pm-9pm – Flowers for Marielle Franco
Address: Obelisco, Buenos Aires – Argentina
Organized by Coletivo Passarinho
6:30pm – Vigil in Memory of Marielle Franco and Anderson Gomes
Address: Main Green, Brown University, Providence – USA
Organized by Brown University
6:30pm-8pm – Tribute to Marielle Franco
Address: The White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC – USA
Organized by Brazilians for Democracy and Social Justice – Washington, DC, CODEPINK and National Network for Democracy in Brazil
6:30pm-8pm – Justice for Marielle
Address: Brazilian Embassy in Madrid, Fernando el Santo, 6, Madrid — Spain
Organized by Coletivo Maloka
6:30pm-8pm – Rally in Honor of Marielle Franco
Address: Oscar Grant Plaza, Oakland – USA
Organized by Coletivo Desbordar and Brazil Solidarity Network
7pm-9pm – Solidarity: The Legacy of Marielle
Address: State Library of Victoria, 328 Swanston Street, Melbourne — Australia
Organized by Melbourne Climate Save
7pm-10pm – Celebrating the Life of Marielle Franco
Address: Möckernstraße 72, Berlin – Germany
Organized by Afropolitan Berlin
7pm-10pm – Rally in Memory of Marielle Franco
Address: Waisenhausplatz, 3011, Bern – Switzerland
Organized by Cooperaxion
Friday, March 15
10am-2pm – Black Feminisms Across the Americas: A Tribute to Political Activist Marielle Franco
Address: Princeton University, Princeton – USA
Organized by Princeton University Brazil LAB
Saturday, March 16
1pm-3pm – Demand Justice for Marielle Franco
Address: Pacific Avenue (in front of O’Neill’s surf shop), Santa Cruz – USA
Organized by Grupo Re-Existir
2pm-6pm – Événement : Un an après l’assassinat de Marielle Franco
Address: CICP, 21 ter rue Voltaire, 75011 Paris — France
Organized by Autres Brésils and Coletiva Marielles – France
3pm-5pm – Marielle’s March in Boston
Address: Boston Common (march toward the Brazilian Consulate), Boston – USA
Organized by Resist Brasil
3pm-6pm – Marielle Present! Anderson Present!
Address: Plas des Arts, 175 Rue Ste-Catherine O, Montreal – Canada
Organized by Coletivo Brasil-Montreál
4pm-6pm – Justice for Marielle Bogotá
Address: Plaza de Bolívar, Carrera 7, Bogotá – Colombia