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On the 10th of December of 2018, the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was celebrated. On this day, in Lisbon, the Citizenship Academy promoted the meeting of representatives of more than 20 organizations of the Civil Society of Portugal. This event, “No Day Without Us”, was an initiative of the European Civic Forum, which mobilized several European organizations to celebrate the 70’s Human Rights through the promotion of online activities and events throughout Europe in December 2018. In Lisbon, “NoDayWithoutUs” happened at EKA Palace (Vila Maria Luísa) and was attended by the following organizations: Ansol – Associação Nacional para o Software Livre ALEM – Associação Literatura, Literacia e Mediação APAC Portugal APAV – Associação Portuguesa de Apoio à Vítima Associação bué fixe Associação Cabelos Brancos CulturFACE Cuntroll Zine D3 – Direitos Digitais Pro Bono – Ajuda Legal Fumaça GAT Portugal Habita Humans Before Borders Las Piteadas Projecto Crescer Transparência e […]

Looking Back: No Day Without Us – 70 Years of Human Rights – 10th December

Joana Dias, coordenadora do Projeto Bola Colorida, da Academia Cidadã e Associação Nacional de Futebol de Rua, no programa Agora Nós da RTP. A Federação Portuguesa de Futebol atribuiu, pelo segundo ano, o prémio Futebol Para Todos. A nossa parceria de futebol cidadão foi uma das vencedoras deste ano. A reportagem e entrevista pode ser vista aqui. Mais informação sobre o projeto aqui ou no facebook. E aqui, o vídeo completo, com os 2 vencedores do Prémio “Futebol Para Todos”, incluindo o nosso projeto:

Na RTP, Bola Colorida, o nosso projeto de intervenção social local

Sorry, this entry is only available in Português. For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in the alternative language. You may click the link to switch the active language. As obras do eixo verde e azul já começaram em Sintra. Ao longo do mês de maio puderam ver-se, na encosta do Monte Abraão que desce até ao rio Jamor, máquinas da Câmara Municipal de Sintra (CMS) a trabalhar e a mover terras. Primeiro pânico, depois a questão: então e as hortas?   Uma curta caminhada ao longo do rio permitiu ver que a maior parte das hortas ainda existe, muito embora se note que algumas já foram abandonadas pelos seus hortelãos, provavelmente também assustados com as máquinas da Câmara. É incrível, como tão pouco tempo bastou para que esse abandono se traduzisse em mato desordenado e lixo – evidenciando este facto, mais uma vez, a importância […]

(Português) As obras começaram: e as hortas?

Sorry, this entry is only available in Português. For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in the alternative language. You may click the link to switch the active language. Discurso da Academia Cidadã na Marcha do Orgulho LGBTI+ de Lisboa 2018     Hoje fizemos soar o apito para mais um campeonato da luta pelos direitos LGBTI+. Porque, infelizmente, em muitos países do mundo ser quem somos ainda é punido com pena de morte. Por isso, sabemos que ainda há muitos golos por marcar! Enquanto na Rússia acontece o Campeonato do Mundo, pessoas LGBTI+ continuam a ser perseguidas e discriminadas. Postas fora de jogo da dignidade humana. E da Tchethénia não esquecemos as vítimas que morrem às mãos do Estado! Chega de hipocrisia! O mínimo que Portugal devia fazer era boicotar esta competição! Além disso, o Governo Português remata à trave, dentro da NATO, quando não […]

(Português) O nosso mundial é por um Portugal menos desigual (VÍDEO)

Sorry, this entry is only available in Português. For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in the alternative language. You may click the link to switch the active language. A Marcha do Orgulho LGBTI+ de Lisboa irá novamente colorir as ruas de Lisboa no dia 16 junho de 2018, a partir das 17h. Na sua 19ª edição, a MOL, abraça a inclusão e a representatividade das pessoas intersexo, pelo que o evento passa a chamar-se Marcha do Orgulho LGBTI+. Tal como nos anos anteriores, será organizada por um conjunto de associações, núcleos estudantis e coletivos informais, que convida Lisboa a marchar, do Príncipe Real à Ribeira das Naus. No ano de 2018, é seguro dizer que muitos foram os direitos conquistados pela comunidade. Porém, não devemos cair no erro de pensar que “todo o trabalho já está feito”. A MOL 2018 tem como objetivo principal relembrar […]

(Português) Nós vamos à Marcha do Orgulho LGBTI+ de Lisboa 2018!

But after all, how can we save Jamor? Better than anyone else to answer this question are Margarida and José from the Let’s Save the Jamor initiative.   “Let’s Save the Jamor emerged as a movement of citizens and residents, peaceful and non-partisan, having since acquired the status of Environmental Nongovernmental Organization. The movement aims to withdraw the Plano de Pormenor da Margem Direita da Foz do Rio Jamor (Detail Plan of the Right Bank of Rio Jamor’s mouth) and its replacement by alternative solutions that are environmentally adequate, socially and economically fair.” The explanation of its webpage, as well as the shares they are making in social networks, made us think of the obligation to contact this group of activists who, in recent years, have practically in an isolated form, fought against the Goliath which is the real estate market trying to dominate the Cruz Quebrada area. On a […]

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An oasis within a cave. I think we have already said how paradisiacal the place where Mr. José Amaral has his garden is.   At first glance, nobody would notice it: in the suburb of Queluz de Baixo (suburb’s suburb, therefore), hidden behind cheap construction buildings of the 1990s, practically below the endemic IC19 road, lost in a deep valley and where the sun can only sneak in. To get there, you have to descend a slope that is practically steep, very carefully, in order to not slip on the black limestone stones, worn by use and time. The barking dogs in dogs cellars on the slopes that line the steep descent tell us that we are approaching another universe, a new reality: one in which the nasturtiums of the 90’s cease to be seen and the IC19 ceases to be heard; a new reality painted green, green, green, with […]

Logbook I Day 11 I How to squat a river

One of the main goals of How to squat a river is to give voice to civil society. As well as documenting their involvement in defending the rivers, in this case, the river Jamor.   But it is a fact that if people should benefit from the power to manage rivers, it is necessarily shared with local or national power. This was the reason why we contacted the counties’ autarchies that are bathed by Jamor, that is, those of Sintra and Oeiras. We wanted to know in what way and with what eyes those entities see the squatting that has been debated here, and which in many cases is carried out on public land. One of the most enthusiastic answers we received was that of the Union of Parishes of Massamá and Monte Abrãao (UPMMA), of the municipality of Sintra, headed by its president Pedro Brás. From the first moment […]

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The project Rios Livres from GEOTA establishes a partnership with the project How to squat a river To the extent that it contributes with important scientific knowledge, as well as with a great experience, in the defence of our rivers.   It was during a short time found in a busy schedule that Ana and Pedro received us at the GEOTA’s headquarter. We thought about filming the interview on the street, but that December morning was too rainy for that. The interview began with a presentation of what Rios Livres is and its objectives: the project comes as a response and to question the Programa Nacional de Barragens (National Dams Program), onsidering it “one of the greatest threats to Portuguese rivers”. Thus, it is Rios Livres’ mission to halt the construction of the dams provided there, as well as to “prove that there are other less aggressive and cheaper ways […]

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The interview we did to Margarida and José from Let’s Save Jamor (LSJ) was dense in content and elaborated in form. The conversation, which started at Cruz Quebrada beach, unfolded as we climbed the Jamor, entering the National Sports Centre of Jamor, ending at its entrance, just in front of the golf fields.   One of the main topics discussed, and the one that was also the first, was necessarily the detail plan of the right bank of the mouth of the river Jamor, in Cruz Quebrada. This is a project of the City Hall of Oeiras, and against the same as the LSJ has invested most of its energy action. According to the two environmental activists, this plan jeopardizes environmental principles, as well as the safety and mobility of local populations. Later, Margarida and José also told us about the management of the spaces of the National Sports Centre […]

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