{"id":25446,"date":"2015-11-30T12:52:41","date_gmt":"2015-11-30T15:52:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rioonwatch.org\/?p=25446"},"modified":"2015-12-03T09:28:45","modified_gmt":"2015-12-03T12:28:45","slug":"museu-de-favela-holds-crowdfunding-campaign-to-tour-women-warriors-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/?p=25446","title":{"rendered":"Museu de Favela’s ‘Women Warriors’ Exhibition Seeks Support to Tour Brazil"},"content":{"rendered":"

Clique aqui para Portugu\u00eas\"\"<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Museu de Favela (MUF)<\/a>, a non-profit territorial museum\u00a0founded in 2008 by community leaders in\u00a0Cantagalo<\/a> and Pav\u00e3o-Pav\u00e3ozinho<\/a>\u00a0in Rio\u2019s South Zone, is promoting a crowdfunding campaign to tour their Mulheres Guerreiras (Women Warriors) art exhibition across\u00a0Brazil.<\/p>\n

Since\u00a02011, Museu de Favela<\/a> has honored women who are considered \u201cwarrior women\u201d in these favelas. \u201cThe women can be nominated by other community members, nominated by a MUF worker, or nominate themselves,\u201d says Rita Santos, current manager of the project. Many women honored in the project possess incredible stories of resilience and endurance and are leaders in their communities.<\/p>\n

\"Maria<\/a>
Maria Helena: \u201c\u2026education, cultural and social activities, regardless of religion. Embrace, know how to make an entrance, interact\u2026 that’s what makes me unique.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The project started when women shared their stories during an event organized by the museum. According to Rita, the women kept talking for hours and as more women shared their stories other women were inspired to share theirs.<\/p>\n

Museu de Favela\u00a0used the Women Warriors\u00a0Project to honor women with a procession<\/a> on\u00a0International Women\u2019s Day<\/a>\u00a0in March 7 of this year with artistic posters highlighting\u00a0the story of each featured woman.<\/p>\n

\""We<\/a>
“We descended the hill\u00a0at dawn to collect cardboard, tin, these kinds of things, but it was all with my mother, she taught us how.”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Now\u00a0Museu de Favela has\u00a0started a crowdfunding campaign<\/a>, the first in the history of the museum, to raise funds\u00a0to tour the exhibition across Brazil. They have received invitations to exhibit the project from all over Brazil, including museums in major cities like S\u00e3o Paulo, Belo Horizonte and Fortaleza. However, the host institutions\u00a0do not have a budget available bring the exhibition to their audiences.<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone loves the Women Warriors project.\u00a0There are women warriors all over the world, in Mexico, in other countries\u2026in Rio, in the suburbs,” said Rita Santos. “We want to take this exhibition to inspire other regions of Brazil and the world to exhibit their women warriors.\u201d<\/p>\n

The exhibition contains artwork with each woman\u2019s story written on it and\u00a0visitors can see the evolution of these works\u00a0from the beginning of the project. The works tell the unique story of each woman, often featuring difficult moments they\u2019ve had to overcome\u00a0to be where they are today.<\/p>\n

\"Rosimary:<\/a>
Rosimary: \u201cThe first good thing I had was my children. With or without a father they are still mine, right? And the second was opening\u00a0my own business.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Of the crowdfunding campaign Santos said: \u201cWe are not asking for a lot. We are just asking for baggage costs and airfare–with just that the exhibition will make its way across Brazil.\u201d<\/p>\n

The goal for this is R$31,350. However, if they do not reach their goal\u00a0the funds will be directed to maintaining the Women Warriors project and other MUF activities.<\/p>\n

Ruth Batres, a student from UCLA who is assisting Santos, called on people to donate: \u201cWe have the power to help the MUF expand their network allowing them to share these amazing stories with\u00a0many more people.\u201d There are a range of gifts available to donors, including postcards, calendars and books. The campaign is set to end December 7.<\/p>\n

To donate to the project\u00a0and for more information (in Portuguese) click here<\/a>. For those requiring an English interface,\u00a0Catalytic Communities<\/a>, the US 501[c][3] nonprofit that runs RioOnWatch, can also act as fiscal sponsor for those who would like to make a US tax-deductible donation in English\u00a0here<\/a>. You may follow up at\u00a0donate@catcomm.org confirming your donation is\u00a0earmarked for \u201cMUF\u00a0Women Warriors.\u201d<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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