Ayala Ferreira, of the national leadership of the MST, by the National Human Rights Collective, recalls the brutality of the massacre in Pará and speaks of the actions for Abril Vermelho
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Egídio Brunetto Popular School: the constant construction of agroecological education
Located in the extreme south of Bahia, the Popular School of Agroecology and Agroforestry Egídio Brunetto proposes paths and methodologies for Agroecology
In a region of Atlantic Forest devastated by the advance of eucalyptus monoculture, pastures and coffee plantations, Sem Terra families have rewritten history in the extreme south of Bahia. And to create this new perspective on life and hope, these families experience, learn and teach ways to manage and recover severely damaged soils and agro-ecosystems.
Bringing all this wisdom together is the Egidio Brunetto Popular School of Agroecology and Agroforestry (EPAAEB), the MST training center in the region. The construction of the school took place amid a tension between development models, where the school becomes a pedagogical tool for rural workers who are in a constant process of struggle for the right to land and territory, says Dionara Ribeiro, from the pedagogical sector of School.
Celebrating Paulo Freire's Centenary is a must for the MST. It is an extraordinary historical period for reflection on social and educational practices that were built collectively and have become his legacy. We will be partners in solidarity of thousands of activists, educators, and many collectives so that throughout 2021 we can celebrate and cultivate the teachings of this educator of the people. We want to evaluate and update our praxis, in the light of the life lessons of the educator who crossed borders to meet with peasant communities in the northeast of Brazil, in Chile, in Africa and many other places where he was building his pedagogy. That same disposition brought him to the MST Settlement “Conquista da Fronteira”, in Hulha Negra