{"id":37002,"date":"2017-06-26T06:00:56","date_gmt":"2017-06-26T09:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rioonwatch.org\/?p=37002"},"modified":"2017-06-28T08:09:48","modified_gmt":"2017-06-28T11:09:48","slug":"alemao-youth-collective-creates-shootings-and-celebration-calendars-in-response-to-police-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/?p=37002","title":{"rendered":"Alem\u00e3o Collective Creates Shootings and Celebration Calendars in Response to Police Violence"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

On June 2, Coletivo Papo Reto<\/a>, an independent youth media collective<\/a> from\u00a0Complexo do Alem\u00e3o<\/a>\u00a0in Rio’s North Zone<\/a>, created two complementary resistance\u00a0calendars as a response to the heavy police violence the community experiences on a daily basis.<\/p>\n

One, titled Calend\u00e1rio dos Tiros<\/a>, or Shootings Calendar, reflects all days in which police gunshots are\u00a0heard by residents in the community. The frequency of shots fired\u00a0is an important indicator of the level of violence experienced in the favela, and the calendar, marked almost entirely in red crosses for the month of May (only 10 days in the month were left blank, indicating no shots were heard) makes visible the daily reality of Alem\u00e3o\u00a0residents.<\/p>\n

\"May<\/a><\/p>\n

The second calendar, titled Celebration Days<\/a>, was created to celebrate \u201cinitiatives that build\u00a0a Complexo do Alemao full of sports, leisure, health promotion, and small and large\u00a0advances in the struggle to guarantee our rights!\u201d This calendar highlights daily successes in building community and fighting for dignity worth celebrating despite being forced to live\u00a0in constant conflict due to\u00a0police violence.<\/p>\n

Both calendars complement each other, demonstrating how resilient community members respond to and resist the Military Police<\/a> occupation that<\/a> has terrorized their community<\/a>. The month of May is particularly important because, through much struggle and persistence, official approval was granted establishing\u00a0the \u201cWeek of Struggle of Mothers and Family Member Victims of State Violence.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"May<\/a><\/p>\n

Along with films and poetry events, days of celebration include the day when Rio de Janeiro’s\u00a0Public Defenders<\/a>\u00a0demanded the Military Police leave homes<\/a> they occupied in Pra\u00e7a do Samba<\/a>; the day when the platform VivosEmN\u00f3s<\/a>\u00a0or Alive Within Us was created, which uses memory as a mobilization tool against the high index of homicides in Latin America; and the anniversary of\u00a0when the Inter-American Court of Human Rights condemned Brasil for violating favela residents’ rights<\/a> during mass police raids in the Nova Bras\u00edlia<\/a> favela in 1994 and 1995.<\/p>\n

A more detailed calendar will soon be posted on Coletivo Papo Reto\u2019s blog and website<\/a>. Alem\u00e3o’s\u00a0long and tough struggle against the army and Military Police’s brutal occupation<\/a> has been extensively documented by\u00a0the collective on their Facebook page<\/a>, YouTube channel<\/a> and other platforms. Coletivo Papo Reto\u00a0uses a \u201cguerrilla media\u201d approach to communication<\/a>, taking\u00a0on an invaluable and globally-recognized role<\/a> in documenting residents\u2019 experience and combating injustice. Collective members report that organizers from other favelas have asked for tips to launch their own Shootings and Celebration calendars.<\/p>\n

\"Alem\u00e3o<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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