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09.04.2018 Forum News

The Pernambouc Circus School: art as a tool for social transformation

Fátima Pontes is the executive coordinator of the Pernambouc Circus School, located in the Brazilian state of the same name to the north east of the country. The school works in close collaboration with Emmaus de Recife and will be present at the Emmaus International World Forum of Alternatives. Fátima Pontes answers our questions about the power of art and culture for social transformation

Emmaus International launches its 1st Forum of Alternatives

Emmaus International, a movement that brings together 350 groups working in 37 different countries to fight poverty and exclusion, has organised its 1^st World Forum of Alternatives led by the most excluded, in partnership with other civil society leaders from all over the world

Interview with Jean Ziegler: "Emmaus is all about rejecting powerlessness"

Emmaus International is launching its first World Forum of Alternatives led with the most excluded, this September in Geneva. A few months in advance of this important event, we have talked to sociologist and alter-globalist, Jean Ziegler, also author of the book, Capitalism explained to my granddaughter, in the hope that she will see the end of it.