{"id":834,"date":"2024-11-22T04:15:55","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T04:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/?page_id=834"},"modified":"2025-05-11T19:11:25","modified_gmt":"2025-05-11T19:11:25","slug":"overview","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/pt\/overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Vis\u00e3o Geral"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"834\" class=\"elementor elementor-834\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a233c9c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a233c9c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6307fc6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6307fc6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a5a8d8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2a5a8d8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d348a53 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d348a53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Overview of Quilombos in Brazil<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab92c73 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ab92c73\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"white-space-collapse: preserve;\">We, Quilombola communities, embody the characteristics of many communities: strong communal ties, collective labors of love, and shared experiences and cultures \u2013 but our communities are unique in that they are deeply rooted in ethnic territories that sustain livelihoods through mutual aid and self-reliance.<br \/><br \/>By understanding Quilombola communities and our conflicts on Brazilian soil \u2013 local, national, and international ties of solidarity can be formed. These connections and increased awareness can strengthen the numbers in our struggle for collective land title and our right to occupy the ethnic territories that we, Quilombola peoples, call home.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94465f2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"94465f2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c6b1f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0c6b1f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"863\" src=\"https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Plenaria-em-Alcantara-1-1024x863.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-905\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Plenaria-em-Alcantara-1-1024x863.png 1024w, https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Plenaria-em-Alcantara-1-300x253.png 300w, https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Plenaria-em-Alcantara-1-768x648.png 768w, https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Plenaria-em-Alcantara-1.png 1186w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7481f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c7481f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"white-space-collapse: preserve;\">Community budgeting meeting in Agrovila Cajueiro, Alc\u00e2ntara, Maranh\u00e3o \u00a9 2024 Davi Pereira J\u00fanior <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b48c94 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9b48c94\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8036c6a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8036c6a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-03fdbe3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"03fdbe3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f03811 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0f03811\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is a Quilombo?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-283ad84 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"283ad84\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"white-space-collapse: preserve;\">The Quilombo is more than just a community that arose in the context of the struggles against colonialism, the transatlantic slave trade, and their legacies in Brazil. Quilombos are institutions that encompass social, territorial, cultural, political, symbolic, and economic ways of being that flourish outside of capitalistic regimes. We, Quilombola communities, define the Quilombo as centering our unique collective territorial identities, which we affirm through organizational structures and processes anchored in self-determination and in shared ancestral ties. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>We, the Quilombos, are symbols of collective struggle and solidarity that cultivated the space for safety after surviving generations of exploitative labor systems that persist today. For us, collective ownership and shared use of land are integral to our survival and shared sense of identity. However, our communities have been confronted for decades by Brazilian state operations and international economic interests with threats of displacement from our ethnic territories, some which have actually taken place, leading to collective loss of identity for hundreds of our Quilombo familie [<a href=\"https:\/\/repositories.lib.utexas.edu\/server\/api\/core\/bitstreams\/9164c025-b7ee-42ee-9668-46126404588d\/content\"><u>source<\/u><\/a>].<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af37791 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"af37791\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ccee23 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9ccee23\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Jorlivan-da-Silva-Rocha_100_0128-1-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1241\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Jorlivan-da-Silva-Rocha_100_0128-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Jorlivan-da-Silva-Rocha_100_0128-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Jorlivan-da-Silva-Rocha_100_0128-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Jorlivan-da-Silva-Rocha_100_0128-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Jorlivan-da-Silva-Rocha_100_0128-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-696192b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"696192b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Community elder buriti weaving next to family member in Santa Maria Quilombo, Alc\u00e2ntara, Maranh\u00e3o \u00a9 2024 Jorlivan da Silva Rocha\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-511e3b4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"511e3b4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec37cdc elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"ec37cdc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sketchfab-embed-wrapper\"> <iframe title=\"Knowledge Center\/Centro de Conhecimento\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen=\"true\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; xr-spatial-tracking\" xr-spatial-tracking execution-while-out-of-viewport execution-while-not-rendered web-share width=\"800\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/sketchfab.com\/models\/138df986d3c1454bbb4f597213c7839b\/embed\"> <\/iframe> <p style=\"font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; margin: 5px; color: #4A4A4A;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/sketchfab.com\/3d-models\/knowledge-centercentro-de-conhecimento-138df986d3c1454bbb4f597213c7839b?utm_medium=embed&utm_campaign=share-popup&utm_content=138df986d3c1454bbb4f597213c7839b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #1CAAD9;\"> Knowledge Center\/Centro de Conhecimento <\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/sketchfab.com\/rlys?utm_medium=embed&utm_campaign=share-popup&utm_content=138df986d3c1454bbb4f597213c7839b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #1CAAD9;\"> rlys <\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/sketchfab.com?utm_medium=embed&utm_campaign=share-popup&utm_content=138df986d3c1454bbb4f597213c7839b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #1CAAD9;\">Sketchfab<\/a><\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f22745 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2f22745\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Through this 3D scan, you can immerse yourself in a visit to the \u201cQuilombola Knowledge Center <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">N\u00e3e<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Anita\u201d in the Quilombo of Canelatiua, which features vibrant displays of our rich traditions and cultures as Quilombos of Alc\u00e2ntara. To plan your visit to Canelatiua, visit the<\/span><b> \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/experience\/\">Experience<\/a>\u201d <\/b>page <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of our website!<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-406fe06 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"406fe06\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b4e2d9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5b4e2d9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"white-space-collapse: preserve; font-weight: normal;\">The quilombo constituted an alternative for the enslaved, representing a possibility for the enslaved and marginalized groups, such as indigenous people (Moura, 1988), to produce a new social, economic, and political environment. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-420cd26 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"420cd26\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">\u2013 Davi Pereira J\u00fanior, Itamatatiua &#8211; Quilombola Scholar, Community Leader and Professor at Universidade Estadual do Maranh\u00e3o\u00a0(UEMA)<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54b4014 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"54b4014\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8be4ed6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8be4ed6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4082639 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4082639\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_4783-2-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1281\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_4783-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_4783-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_4783-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_4783-2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_4783-2-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2671f1f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2671f1f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Outdoor gathering in the Old Center of S\u00e3o Lu\u00eds, Maranh\u00e3o \u00a9 2024 Cat Diggs\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f5ce1b7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f5ce1b7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba418d1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ba418d1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ea88c1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3ea88c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Geography of our Territories of Alc\u00e2ntara <\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e497f08 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e497f08\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"white-space-collapse: preserve;\">The municipality of Alc\u00e2ntara in the state of Maranh\u00e3o, Brazil, is a biodiverse region situated on the edge of the Amazonian basin, renowned for its natural richness and historical significance. Split into two distinct ecoregions, namely the mangroves and the <u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oneearth.org\/ecoregions\/tocantins-pindare-moist-forests\/\">Tocantins\/Pindar\u00e9 moist forests<\/a><\/u>, Alc\u00e2ntara&#8217;s ecosystems play a vital role in shaping land use practices, including farming and fishing. These diverse ecosystems include the ocean coast, forests, rivers (also known as &#8220;igarap\u00e9s\u201d), and farmlands. Outside of Alc\u00e2ntara&#8217;s violent colonial and slaveholding past and ongoing legacies through military land occupations, these ecosystems have allowed us, Quilombola communities of the region, and Indigenous Peoples to thrive for generations off small-scale fishing, agriculture, and forest extractivism.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e93f55 e-con-full e-grid e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2e93f55\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c096ff elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2c096ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DJI_0551-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2013\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DJI_0551-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DJI_0551-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DJI_0551-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DJI_0551-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DJI_0551-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DJI_0551-16x12.jpg 16w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"> Aerial view of coastal region of Alc\u00e2ntara, Maranh\u00e3o \u00a9 2024 Davi Pereira J\u00fanior<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa4b244 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"aa4b244\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_5027-1-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1228\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_5027-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_5027-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_5027-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_5027-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_5027-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Walking down to the beach in Vista Alegre Quilombo, Alc\u00e2ntara, Maranh\u00e3o \u00a9 2024 Cat Diggs<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-88fb54d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"88fb54d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_5063-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1151\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_5063-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_5063-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_5063-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_5063-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_5063-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">River in Canelatiua Quilombo, Alc\u00e2ntara, Maranh\u00e3o \u00a9 2024 Cat Diggs <\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c1754f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5c1754f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_5839-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2012\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_5839-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_5839-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_5839-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_5839-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_5839-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_5839-16x12.jpg 16w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Pastoral field in Itamatatuia \u00a9 2024 Cat Diggs<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41c83a8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"41c83a8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1abeac9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1abeac9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53267c1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"53267c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">History of the Quilombo<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f5e0a37 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f5e0a37\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"white-space-collapse: preserve;\">During the violent oppression of slavery and colonization that saw its highest influx of enslaved Black peoples in Brazil in the 18th century, oppressors within the slave trade viewed Quilombola communities formed by ex-captives as a threat to colonial power. Quilombola communities were, and still are, a place \u201cfor re-imagining and rebuilding the idea of community and identity itself\u201d and reclaiming territory in the face of erasure and violence. This idea of collective resistance, community re-imagining, and social rebuilding within the Quilombo is not unique to Brazil&#8217;s over 6,000 Quilombo communities, with approximately 217 Quilombos settled in Alc\u00e2ntara, Maranh\u00e3o. Formerly enslaved peoples throughout the Americas formed Quilombo-like communities to\u00a0 survive and combat the colonial growth machines driven by slavery that aimed to fragment social fabrics and ecosystems through capitalist systems of land and labor extraction [<a href=\"https:\/\/repositories.lib.utexas.edu\/server\/api\/core\/bitstreams\/9164c025-b7ee-42ee-9668-46126404588d\/content\"><u>source<\/u><\/a>].<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-068607b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"068607b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4571ed3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4571ed3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_5797-1-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1247\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_5797-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_5797-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_5797-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_5797-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_5797-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-830c6d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"830c6d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Neide de Jesus, Land Manager, walking on dirt road in Itamatatiua Quilombo, Alc\u00e2ntara, Maranh\u00e3o \u00a9 2024 Cat Diggs\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0dbd9fa e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0dbd9fa\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10104e9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"10104e9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-748677e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"748677e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_5278-1-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1248\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_5278-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_5278-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_5278-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_5278-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_5278-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4cc478 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a4cc478\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"white-space-collapse: preserve;\">Community budgeting meeting in Agrovila Marund\u00e1, Alc\u00e2ntara, Maranh\u00e3o \u00a9 2024 Ana Paula Pimentel Walker<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb21313 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"eb21313\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd8f925 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cd8f925\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Quilombo in the 2022 Census<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-925b876 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"925b876\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"white-space-collapse: preserve;\">From the earliest records of one of the first known Quilombos, the Quilombo dos Palmares, home to over 30,000 inhabitants between 1597 and 1710, to the nearly 1.3 million people who self-identified as Quilombola in the 2022 Brazilian census \u2013 Quilombola communities persist through the ongoing hardships they face [<a href=\"https:\/\/agenciadenoticias.ibge.gov.br\/agencia-noticias\/2012-agencia-de-noticias\/noticias\/37464-brasil-tem-1-3-milhao-de-quilombolas-em-1-696-municipios\"><u>source<\/u><\/a>][<u><a href=\"https:\/\/repositories.lib.utexas.edu\/server\/api\/core\/bitstreams\/9164c025-b7ee-42ee-9668-46126404588d\/content\">source<\/a><\/u>]. Alc\u00e2ntara, Maranh\u00e3o has one of the highest proportions of Quilombola peoples within its municipality as compared to that of other municipalities across the country. Out of its <u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibge.gov.br\/en\/cities-and-states\/ma\/alcantara.html?\">total population of 18,467<\/a><\/u>, 84.60% of the population is Quilombola [<a href=\"https:\/\/agenciadenoticias.ibge.gov.br\/agencia-noticias\/2012-agencia-de-noticias\/noticias\/37464-brasil-tem-1-3-milhao-de-quilombolas-em-1-696-municipios\"><u>source<\/u><\/a>]. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ppgcspa.uema.br\/2020\/10\/dados-socioeconomicos-e-agropecuarios-do-municipio-de-alcantara-maranhao-1980-a-2020-2\/\"><u>Nearly 71% of Quilombola community members live in rural areas, with approximately 29% living in urban areas.<\/u><\/a> Nonetheless, Quilombos are present across the country.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7fc6315 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7fc6315\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0fa3040 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0fa3040\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77799a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"77799a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Quilombola Communities Today&nbsp;<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6911d02 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6911d02\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"white-space-collapse: preserve;\">Today, we, Quilombola communities, share a common struggle and identity in our experience as Afro-descending communities working to receive deserved recognition for our rights to collective land title and to sovereignty over our territories. However, our sustenance practices and traditional knowledge systems, which are deeply rooted in our unique territories and in our history of displacement and state violence, vary widely.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>As Quilombola communities of Alc\u00e2ntara, we share our ways of life and the fruits of our labor with one another, forming a vibrant and resilient region-wide mosaic of over 207 communities. Our practices and traditions vary from community to community, allowing us to cultivate a broad and intricate network of land-based skills and practices, from fishing to agriculture and sustainable forest gathering, to food processing and craft making, such as Buriti palm weaving and ceramic artworks [<u><a href=\"https:\/\/repositories.lib.utexas.edu\/server\/api\/core\/bitstreams\/9164c025-b7ee-42ee-9668-46126404588d\/content\">source<\/a><\/u>].<\/p><p>Our territory of Alc\u00e2ntara contains three large Quilombola territories, including: 1) ATEQUILA: The Ethnic Territory of Alc\u00e2ntara, which is affected by the Alc\u00e2ntara Space Base with and represents about 156 Quilombos; 2) Island of Cajual: An island that is located in S\u00e3o Marcos Bay near Alc\u00e2ntara and is home to certified Quilombola communities; 3) Lands of Santa Teresa\/Itamatatiua located in the lowlands of Maranh\u00e3o state, mostly in the municipality of Alc\u00e2ntara and home to 40 Quilombola communities.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f2f1ac e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7f2f1ac\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b378374 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b378374\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Geovana-de-Jesus-Gomez_100_0013-1-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1244\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Geovana-de-Jesus-Gomez_100_0013-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Geovana-de-Jesus-Gomez_100_0013-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Geovana-de-Jesus-Gomez_100_0013-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Geovana-de-Jesus-Gomez_100_0013-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Geovana-de-Jesus-Gomez_100_0013-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-256c47d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"256c47d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Youth in front of dancehall in Itamatatiua Quilombo, Alc\u00e2ntara, Maranh\u00e3o \u00a9 2024 Geovana de Jesus Gomez\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8baacd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b8baacd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7e819c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c7e819c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Alc\u00e2ntara Land Disputes<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6df5286 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6df5286\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">The lands of Alc\u00e2ntata, Maranh\u00e3o, are not vacant, despite what the Federal Government continues to claim. Quite the contrary, it is home to thousands of us in our over 150 Quilombola communities. The interactive map below shows the overlapping land demarcation claims made by the Federal Government (as shown in yellow) and our communities (in green).<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1bf1f81 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1bf1f81\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-edc8eeb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"edc8eeb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-099f4b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"099f4b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style>.embed-container {position: relative; padding-bottom: 80%; height: 0; max-width: 100%;} .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container iframe{position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;} small{position: absolute; z-index: 40; bottom: 0; margin-bottom: -15px;}<\/style><div class=\"embed-container\"><iframe width=\"500\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" title=\"Land Disputes: Quilombos de Alc\u00e2ntara\" src=\"\/\/umich.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/Embed\/index.html?webmap=232f2ee05ca44ec59b92749199762074&extent=-45.2159,-2.6686,-43.5968,-1.8548&zoom=true&previewImage=false&scale=true&legendlayers=true&disable_scroll=true&theme=light\"><\/iframe><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0cd0b5d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0cd0b5d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3271935 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3271935\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7b35b9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f7b35b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Alc\u00e2ntara Sociodemographics<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5116832 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5116832\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"white-space-collapse: preserve;\">To understand the importance of the Quilombola struggle to maintain and protect our belonging to the territory, one must understand the grave impacts displacement and state violence have had on our communities and peoples. Despite recent efforts from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) to recognize the ethnic identification of Quilombola people in the 2022 census, much of the data collected by state actors and partners does not reflect or consider the generations of traditional knowledge, economies, and social networks impacted by the Alc\u00e2ntara Launch Center. For example, official data ignores artisanal fishing and traditional production methods as economic indicators pertaining to income and other means of well-being. The Quilombola way of life requires alternative means of data production and analysis as official institutional data collection often does not capture our collective livelihoods. The Movement of People Affected by the Alc\u00e2ntara Space Base (MABE), the Alc\u00e2ntara Family Farmers&#8217; Workers&#8217; Union (STTR), and the Alc\u00e2ntara Women Workers&#8217; Movement (MONTRA) have partnered with others to highlight the most relevant demographic indicators from the past 40 years to understand the impacts Alc\u00e2ntara Space Launch Center-induced displacements has had on communities over time [<u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ppgcspa.uema.br\/2020\/10\/dados-socioeconomicos-e-agropecuarios-do-municipio-de-alcantara-maranhao-1980-a-2020-2\/\">source<\/a><\/u>].<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-700befa e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"700befa\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af1f091 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"af1f091\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_4849-1-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1246\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_4849-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_4849-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_4849-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_4849-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_4849-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70da3d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"70da3d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Local farmer carrying wood in Canelatiua Quilombo, Alc\u00e2ntara, Maranh\u00e3o <\/span>\u00a9 2024 Cat Diggs<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b4d0378 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b4d0378\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d3a83a4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d3a83a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">\u201cFifteen hectares of unproductive land. That&#8217;s what we were left with. [The Air Force] promised food baskets, they promised schools, they even promised a mall for us&#8230; And nothing was fulfilled. It&#8217;s a crime we have been fighting for 40 years.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ded68e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ded68e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"white-space-collapse: preserve;\">\u2013 Maria Luzia Silva Diniz, displaced to Agrovilla Marund\u00e1 &#8211; Community Leader, Co-founder of MABE, and Elder<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-737c3e4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"737c3e4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f59d94d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f59d94d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b2a255 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2b2a255\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_9320-1-1024x768.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1240\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_9320-1-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_9320-1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_9320-1-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_9320-1-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_9320-1.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-990cda8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"990cda8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Local canoeing in Vista Alegre Quilombo, Alc\u00e2ntara, Maranh\u00e3o \u00a9 2024 Cat Diggs<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39720d1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"39720d1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c8d439 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6c8d439\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c146392 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c146392\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Demographic Trends<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e61eb6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1e61eb6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"white-space-collapse: preserve;\">Demographic data, trends, and keynotes gathered and analyzed by Quilombola community scholars and experts are demonstrative of our resilience, resistance, and self-sufficiency across time and place and their positive influences in Alc\u00e2ntara, where many Quilombola community members live. However, displacement from the Alc\u00e2ntara Launch Center and oppression broadly have placed many Quilombola community members in precarious situations, severing our systems of traditional knowledge transfer and leaving many of us hungry and in poverty. According to our research in 2010, nearly 75% of the population of Alc\u00e2ntara were in income brackets of up to half of the minimum wage, including those with no income. 85.2% of the individuals in those income brackets declared themselves as Black or Brown. Although the percentage of community members with a per capita household income of R$70.00 or less per month has declined between 1991 to 2010, the Gini Index, which measures the degree of inequality, has grown from 0,48 to 0,59 \u2013 highlighting pronounced racial and ethnic disparities and discrimination [<u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ppgcspa.uema.br\/2020\/10\/dados-socioeconomicos-e-agropecuarios-do-municipio-de-alcantara-maranhao-1980-a-2020-2\/\">source<\/a><\/u>].<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8036c6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e8036c6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-240399f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"240399f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"white-space-collapse: preserve;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"white-space-collapse: preserve;\">According to 2010 Census data, access to education is also limited due to nominal state support. Nearly 68% of the population has no education or has not completed elementary school [<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ppgcspa.uema.br\/2020\/10\/dados-socioeconomicos-e-agropecuarios-do-municipio-de-alcantara-maranhao-1980-a-2020-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>source<\/u><\/a><span style=\"white-space-collapse: preserve;\">]. These statistics, which also highlight high illiteracy rates in the region, are rooted in systems of racial inequity and discrimination. Black and Brown populations are disproportionately impacted by state negligence to facilitate formal education pathways for Quilombola community members.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>Poor access to education also impacts quality of life and income levels. Despite an increased United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Municipal Human Development Index (MDHI) in the past twenty years, we found that it remains lower in our communities than in others because of late schooling and dropout rates for adults aged 15 to 20. These realities impact our communities\u2019 economic wellbeing and lead to high rates of informal employment [<u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ppgcspa.uema.br\/2020\/10\/dados-socioeconomicos-e-agropecuarios-do-municipio-de-alcantara-maranhao-1980-a-2020-2\/\">source<\/a><\/u>].<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33ada5f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"33ada5f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c3b6263 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c3b6263\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-198429d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"198429d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Loss of Generational Knowledge and Income<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ec1e4a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8ec1e4a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"white-space-collapse: preserve;\">For the many Quilombola families forcefully displaced by the Alc\u00e2ntara Launch Center, income level indicators point to a significant reduction in means and financial well-being to feed their families and produce income from traditional ways of living, such as artisanal fishing and agricultural production. Physical uprooting from territories destroyed the abundant opportunities and fertile soil for communities to sustain themselves off for generations. Access to traditional fishing grounds are monitored, reduced and\/or eliminated by space program operations and permitting processes, therefore impacting communities\u2019 access to food and income.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>Since 1980, displaced Quilombola community members have seen a loss of revenue from the inability to fish, ranging from a 25% loss to just over an 83% loss. Additionally, the loss of water-based transportation caused by the space launch program is a significant barrier for displaced people, contributing to the loss of income and access to food. This research therefore highlights the lasting and compounding impacts caused by the construction of the Alc\u00e2ntara Launch Center and the high stakes that future displacement would represent for neighboring communities following recent political action between the United States and Brazil [<u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ppgcspa.uema.br\/2020\/10\/dados-socioeconomicos-e-agropecuarios-do-municipio-de-alcantara-maranhao-1980-a-2020-2\/\">source<\/a><\/u>].<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ebbb10f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ebbb10f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de6b417 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"de6b417\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Maysa-Kelly-Amorim-Nogueira_IMG_8920-1-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1242\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Maysa-Kelly-Amorim-Nogueira_IMG_8920-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Maysa-Kelly-Amorim-Nogueira_IMG_8920-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Maysa-Kelly-Amorim-Nogueira_IMG_8920-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Maysa-Kelly-Amorim-Nogueira_IMG_8920-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/aquilombos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Maysa-Kelly-Amorim-Nogueira_IMG_8920-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5758a6c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5758a6c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Local fisherman in S\u00e3o Jo\u00e3o Cort\u00eas, Alc\u00e2ntara, Maranh\u00e3o \u00a9 2024 Maysa Kelly Amorim Nogueira<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview of Quilombos in Brazil We, Quilombola communities, embody the characteristics of many communities: strong communal ties, collective labors of love, and shared experiences and cultures \u2013 but our communities are unique in that they are deeply rooted in ethnic territories that sustain livelihoods through mutual aid and self-reliance. 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