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“We do not want to live in the past. The past that lives in us will transform this country for the better.”
Proven Free, Quilombolas, Proven Resilient, Quilombolas - PR Blog Post Author 2/20/21 Proven Free, Quilombolas, Proven Resilient, Quilombolas - PR Blog Post Author 2/20/21

“We do not want to live in the past. The past that lives in us will transform this country for the better.”

Denildo “Biko” Rodrigues (day-neel-doh bee-koh rod-ree-guess), coordinator, national Quilombo Association (Conaq)

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“Today we work rescuing our memory…It is all connected to our history - to return to the past,  to seek our origins, to learn good things,  to bring to the present and build a better future.”
Proven Free, Quilombolas, Proven Resilient, Quilombolas - PR Blog Post Author 2/20/21 Proven Free, Quilombolas, Proven Resilient, Quilombolas - PR Blog Post Author 2/20/21

“Today we work rescuing our memory…It is all connected to our history - to return to the past, to seek our origins, to learn good things, to bring to the present and build a better future.”

Adilson Almeida (ah-deel-sun ah-may-dee-yah), Quilombo do Camorim Cultural Association

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“That’s what we do here in this small corner hidden within the Amazon. Surviving so that we can  obtain land titles and guarantee a piece of land  for us to live on, for the future of our children.”
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“That’s what we do here in this small corner hidden within the Amazon. Surviving so that we can obtain land titles and guarantee a piece of land for us to live on, for the future of our children.”

Claudinete Colé (claw-dee-neh-tee koh-lay), Boa Vista community leader

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“It is important to stress: the fight is not just ours.  Preserving the environment and our history  is in everyone's interest.”
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“It is important to stress: the fight is not just ours. Preserving the environment and our history is in everyone's interest.”

Sandra Maria da Silva Andrade (sahn-drah mahr-ee-ah dah sill-vah ahn-drah-day), leader Minas Gerais

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“We’ve left behind the ‘I’ in order to work for ‘us’ and the ‘my’ to work for ‘ours’. What is mine?  The house, the clothes. And what is ours? The land.”
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“We’ve left behind the ‘I’ in order to work for ‘us’ and the ‘my’ to work for ‘ours’. What is mine? The house, the clothes. And what is ours? The land.”

Benedito Alves da Silva (ben-eh-dee-toe ahl-vays dah-seel-vah), President Association Ivaporundura

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“We only worked collectively, doing collective projects, puxirum (poo-she-room) as we called it, and the work was always divided with the plots right next to each other.”
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“We only worked collectively, doing collective projects, puxirum (poo-she-room) as we called it, and the work was always divided with the plots right next to each other.”

Daniel de Souza (dah-nee-yell day soh-zah), territorial leader, Jauary

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“We do as our ancestors taught us. People need  to know where (their) food… comes from.  Our typical dishes came from the slave quarters  and remain made without chemicals or poison.”
Proven Free, Proven Sustainable, Quilombolas - PS, Quilombolas Blog Post Author 2/19/21 Proven Free, Proven Sustainable, Quilombolas - PS, Quilombolas Blog Post Author 2/19/21

“We do as our ancestors taught us. People need to know where (their) food… comes from. Our typical dishes came from the slave quarters and remain made without chemicals or poison.”

Heloísa de França Dias (eh-low-ee-zah day-fran-kah dee-ahz), community educator, Sao Pedro

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“Our struggle, like our grandparents’ and great-grandparents’, is to defend this land so that we can hand it over to the new generations just as it was when we received it.”
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“Our struggle, like our grandparents’ and great-grandparents’, is to defend this land so that we can hand it over to the new generations just as it was when we received it.”

Adrienne (Drica) (ah-dreen) (dree-kah), teacher, Cachoeira Porteira

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