{"id":54991,"date":"2019-08-03T12:58:47","date_gmt":"2019-08-03T15:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rioonwatch.org\/?p=54991"},"modified":"2019-08-05T10:09:34","modified_gmt":"2019-08-05T13:09:34","slug":"fourth-annual-black-july-favelas-fight-against-racism-and-militarization-part-1-lgbtphobia-and-favela-resistance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/?p=54991","title":{"rendered":"Fourth Annual Black July: Favelas Fight Racism, Part 1\u2014LGBTphobia and Favela Resistance"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This is the first of two articles on Black July, now in its fourth annual iteration<\/a>. Both articles focus on the three roundtable discussions that took place on July 25, day two of the three-day event. According to Black July<\/a> organizers, the annual event is \u201can international collaboration in the fight against racism, militarization, and apartheid, undertaken by the mothers and family members of victims of State violence and various groups that make up the movement of favelas in Rio de Janeiro.\u201d Read part 2 here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Fourth Edition<\/h3>\n

For its fourth edition, this year’s Black July<\/a> took place on July 24, 25, and 26, and stayed close to the annual event’s original purpose: combating racism, apartheid, and\u2014according to organizers\u2014contributing to the “internationalization of the fight<\/a>, to tell and decry our pain, and to gather our strength against those that oppress and kill us.”<\/p>\n

On July 24<\/a>, a debate on “Environmental Racism’s Intersection with Violence” took place in the Terreiro Il\u00ea Omolu Oxum<\/a>, a religious and cultural space of Afro-Brazilian resistance in S\u00e3o Jo\u00e3o de Meriti<\/a>, located in Greater Rio<\/a> de Janeiro’s Baixada Fluminense<\/a> region.<\/p>\n

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\nThe afternoon of the 25th<\/a> saw attendees move to the Mar\u00e9 Museum<\/a>, in the Mar\u00e9 favelas<\/a> of the city’s North Zone<\/a>, for three roundtable discussions\u2014the subject of this two-part series. That evening featured a performance by the Encruzilhada Feminina<\/a>, as well as the Slam Manguinhos<\/a> poetry battle, which took place at the Manguinhos<\/a> train station in front of Brazil’s national health institute, the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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On July 26, organizers pitched a “Tent of Resistance” in the center of Largo da Carioca, a central square in Rio de Janeiro’s downtown<\/a>, distributing clothing, toys, and books. Organizers also used the setting as a stage for the weekend’s final activity, the “Popular Jury: Latin American States on Trial<\/a>,” featuring two panels with activists from Mexico, Venezuela, from the Mapuche people (Chile), mothers and family members of the victims of State violence, and Rio favela residents. Watch the full video<\/a> here:<\/p>\n