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My connection to the Northeast began in 1998. While living in San Francisco, I translated the subtitles for the film "Sertão das Memórias"- "Landscapes of Memory" by director José Araujo from ... Read More...
After 14 years of sharing this mega city with such a diverse population, and with a specially strong relationship to its social realities and inequalities through my work with street children, I ... Read More...
A little about me: I was born and raised in Sao Paulo, Brazil, by a Brazilian mother and American father. At the age of 18 I moved to California where I started my undergraduate studies. Growing ... Read More...
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Category: Sustainability
Cidadão Comunitário: Youth Mural Project in Northeastern BrazilWorking with a local Brazilian NGO, a California muralist helps the youth in Natal, Brazil express their stories and beautify their community. |
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Category: Innovators
Impossible is nothing: Start your own international NGOWhere do you picture yourself at age 28? Maybe owning a home and holding a job you like, possibly a Master’s Degree. How about getting your PhD and becoming the founder of two internationally-based nonprofit organizations? Meet Dr. Daniel Weiss. Daniel is an unassuming, outspoken guy from the... |
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Category: Music+Art
Booty and Bootlegs: A diary of Baile Funk in the favelas of Rio de JaneiroA marijuana-sweat stew boils in the walls. It’s 11am. The sun drags on the earth’s belt. Only now are the sounds of life emerging -- cheap TV’s and radios pump the western world through bad reception and small speakers. Dylan’s universal words blare in mono over the boom-crash absurdities of... |
Blogs about Brazil
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Brazil VoodooI was travelling in Brazil and my tents zipper wouldn’t zip up anymore and let in many mosquitoes. So I bought a replacement zipper in Sao Paulo and took the tent to a seamstress shop. The shops window opened up onto the street and was covered by massive white iron bars. Inside the window was a room... |
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Carnival, Recife, Brazil 2009The last night of carnival it rained. For a moment the music ceased and the streets cleared. Crowds huddled beneath the food shacks and sheltered under brightly painted umbrellas. The cobbled streets glistened beneath sheets of rainwater; giant puddles began to slosh against the sidewalks. I could... |
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Live Music in Salvador (of the affordable, funky variety)I tend to judge a new city heavily on two criteria: music and food. So it's no surprise (at least to me!) that Salvador, Brazil is pretty much my favorite place in the world. While São Paolo is the industrial capital of Brazil, and Rio is probably the most popular tourist destination, most Brazilians... |