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Sign up for The 74 Newsletter It was by accident that Maria Varisco-Rogers Charter School became involved with Students 2 Science a New Jersey-based nonprofit that provides disadvantaged students with hands-on STEM education The Newark charter school was selected for a free science field trip after another nearby school couldn’t go and middle school teacher Patricia Fartura was in charge of bringing 30 eighth graders to the organization’s technology center — a trip she would make an annual event.  “It allowed students who would normally not be in that scenario or the situation of seeing what a science lab really looks like to get hands-on experience.”  Fartura is now the curriculum supervisor at Varisco-Rogers but its middle schoolers still visit Students 2 Science’s technology center to conduct multi-day experiments such as simulating how the digestive system works or testing the energy content in caffeinated drinks Varisco-Rogers is one of more than 150 schools in New Jersey and Pennsylvania that partner with the 15-year-old organization sending students three times a year to its technology centers for all-day programs in chemistry they are split into research teams and work with scientists to conduct experiments that connect to real-world issues For now, Students 2 Science serves middle and high school students at two centers, located in Newark and East Hanover, New Jersey. But the nonprofit recently announced an expansion of its program to elementary students especially those in third and fourth grade with a new 20,000-square-foot technology center near Whippany It will replace the East Hanover facility in fall 2025 The nonprofit also provides virtual laboratory lessons for teachers to livestream in their classrooms and a career-exploration program for high schoolers Student 2 Science’s chief development officer said the organization decided to include younger students after hearing from schools that elementary classrooms had a shortage of science teachers “There’s such a lack of science teachers or teachers that have a science background or can teach science in the elementary levels especially for our school districts that are in such great need overall for resources,” Barnett said “We worked with consultants to help develop a curriculum that aligned to New Jersey standards for learning and science And now we are looking for a specialist to lead that program.” Fartura said the decision to include elementary students will be critical to improving their academic success and trajectory.  “I think at a younger age is where we want to get them [interested in STEM] because it’ll just continue to create passion for the subject especially with all the careers that are out there now — everything is STEM,” she said National studies show that young children begin to lose interest in science, technology, engineering and math as they grow older when they don’t have mentors to encourage them. One 2019 study found that this decline is more common among girls students from low-income families and children of color This school year, Varisco-Rogers began incorporating STEM into its own elementary curriculum. Majority of the school’s 570 students are Hispanic and qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.  she has seen the school’s third and fourth graders become more engaged in their learning when STEM activities are involved “The little ones are … absorbing everything,” she said “By the time I would get my students in sixth grade — even 10 years ago 15 years ago — if they didn’t have that passion for science it was so difficult for me to try to kind of push them.” As Students 2 Science prepares to open its new site the organization is also reimagining ways STEM can be taught through its two other programs The V-Lab Program offers virtual laboratory lessons that can be remotely streamed at any school Classroom teachers are given science materials and a Students 2 Science instructor teaches a 45- to 50-minute lesson There is also a career advancement program that offers high school students opportunities for training and internships in STEM fields making sure students know what options are out there especially in the state of New Jersey,” Barnett said “We recognize that for the communities that we serve the students don’t necessarily get exposed to all of those opportunities so that’s really what the focus of that program is About 90% of Students 2 Science participants are students of color the organization has served more than 250,000 students said his participation in 2015 led him to a career in pharmaceuticals He began at Students 2 Science as a sophomore at Bard High School Early College interned there as a college student and helped create the V-Lab Program.  Imayu said Students 2 Science allowed him to make mistakes while experimenting with science and technology in high school That opportunity sparked his interest in the pharmaceutical field which eventually led him to enroll in business school to create his own pharmaceutical startup company “It took STEM for me to become an entrepreneur so it may take STEM for someone to do something else that they’re actually passionate about,” he said “I definitely see Students 2 Science as a very strong stepping stone to any career path that you want to have I would definitely not be here without them.” Get stories like these delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter Lauren Wagner is a Nebraska-based staff writer at The 74 We want our stories to be shared as widely as possible — for free Please view The 74's republishing terms. By Lauren Wagner This story first appeared at The 74, a nonprofit news site covering education. Sign up for free newsletters from The 74 to get more like this in your inbox Fartura said that so far, she has seen the school’s third and fourth graders become more engaged in their learning when STEM activities are involved. “The little ones are … absorbing everything,” she said. “By the time I would get my students in sixth grade — even 10 years ago, 15 years ago — if they didn’t have that passion for science, it was so difficult for me to try to kind of push them.” As Students 2 Science prepares to open its new site, the organization is also reimagining ways STEM can be taught through its two other programs, Barnett said.  The V-Lab Program offers virtual laboratory lessons that can be remotely streamed at any school. Classroom teachers are given science materials, and a Students 2 Science instructor teaches a 45- to 50-minute lesson. There is also a career advancement program that offers high school students opportunities for training and internships in STEM fields. “We are really focused on exposure, making sure students know what options are out there, especially in the state of New Jersey,” Barnett said. “We recognize that for the communities that we serve, the students don’t necessarily get exposed to all of those opportunities, so that’s really what the focus of that program is, and that’s going to, I think, make a greater impact.” About 90% of Students 2 Science participants are students of color, and 52% are female, according to the nonprofit. Since its inception in 2009, the organization has served more than 250,000 students. One former student, Nomase Iyamu, said his participation in 2015 led him to a career in pharmaceuticals. He began at Students 2 Science as a sophomore at Bard High School Early College, which is part of Newark Public Schools, interned there as a college student and helped create the V-Lab Program.  Imayu said Students 2 Science allowed him to make mistakes while experimenting with science and technology in high school. That opportunity sparked his interest in the pharmaceutical field, which eventually led him to enroll in business school to create his own pharmaceutical startup company. “It took STEM for me to become an entrepreneur, so it may take STEM for someone to do something else that they’re actually passionate about,” he said. “I definitely see Students 2 Science as a very strong stepping stone to any career path that you want to have. I would definitely not be here without them.” PortugalPorto arguably has some of the best food in Portugal Here are some great places to eat in Porto Ayah A.•Jan 18 I highly recommend them for a great bite to eat This riverfront restaurant is named for one of the country’s most popular foods It is codfish and there are reportedly hundreds of different ways of preparing it I ate my fair share of it cooked in different ways during my time in Portugal and I must say my fav was the bacalhau fresco served here I went back for more!) It is made with onion and egg yolk and served with a potato side that is something of a fry and potato au gratin combination The restaurant is small and intimate with an elegant yet casual atmosphere There is also limited outdoor seating available that offers diners great views of the Douro River and Dom Luis I Bridge This eatery is named after a local sporting group It was recommended to us by locals as a good place to go for an authentic Portuguese meal The rice was cooked into a stew with shrimp and served in the small pot it was made in I’m not a huge fan of imitation crab meat; nonetheless it didn’t detract from the deliciousness of the dish We shared laughs despite the language barrier of our limited Portuguese and his limited English he gifted our seven-month-old daughter a toy Henrique is also located on the Cais da Ribiera you’ll definitely want to cross the bridge and check out what’s on the other side of the river Vila Nova de Gaia is a city in the Porto District and it’s where you’ll find the vast majority of the wine cellars. It is also here that I stumbled upon the GraniDouro stand It offered a huge selection of frozen treats from which I chose a pina colada-flavored slushy drink the highlight of this stand was the Nutella fartura Farturas have been described as a combination of funnel cake and churros so much so that one might not notice the difference between the two But farturas are generally larger and softer One thing you absolutely have to try during your Portugal trip is a pastel da nata It’s an egg custard tart pastry that consists of a sweet and creamy caramelized filling inside of a flaky crust Fabrica da Nata is considered one of the best places to get them You might also try their pasteis de bacalhau which is mixed with ingredients like garlic and fried until golden brown and slightly crispy on the outside and I can verify that it is definitely the fanciest McDonald’s I’ve ever seen McDonald’s Imperial also sells beer and has a huge menu of McFlurry flavors the average Miccy D’s simply cannot compete with Related: 5 Reasons Porto Is The Next City You Should Visit In Portugal a free daily newsletter that features the best of travel and guides to the cities you love from a new point of view — yours you agree to our terms of service and privacy policy Queen Elizabeth Once Stepped In To Prevent Snoop Dogg From Being Banned From The UK United Airlines Flight Attendant's Armrest Announcement Sparks Social Media Frenzy ‘Basketball Wives’ Star Mehgan James Speaks Out About Popular Bahamas Island With Flesh-Eating Bacteria After Friend Loses Leg Chaos Erupts After Ethiopian Airlines Passenger Forced To Give Up Seat For Minister is taking a step towards opening its doors to international travelers discovering these dishes is recognizing that the rice you're eating in Louisiana has a cousin in Lagos Maryland is closing after this year's operating season A California woman has filed a federal lawsuit against American Airlines claiming she was sexually assaulted during an overnight flight The newly rebranded Oita Hello Kitty Airport officially opened in April as part of the festivities surrounding the World Expo in Osaka This story was produced via a co-publishing partnership between Mongabay and Repórter Brasil and can be read in Portuguese here “No slave or forced labor is allowed,” reads one of several signs that display international certifications — including one linked to the U.S.-based company Starbucks corporation But investigators have found that laborers on the farm’s coffee plantations were working under degrading conditions and living in substandard housing without sewerage or drinking water A Ministry of Labor team inspection conducted at the site rescued 18 rural workers in conditions analogous to slavery locally known as Fartura (Portuguese for Abundance) also boasts the UTZ seal – a Netherlands-based sustainable farming certificate considered one of the most prestigious in the coffee industry That seal of approval was suspended after the certifier was questioned by Repórter Brasil about the case Practices certification — owned by Starbucks in partnership with SCS Global Services the two companies responsible for issuing the seal said they would review the farm’s quality certificate The certifiers verify commodity supply chains in order to assure ethical purchases and other criteria required by Starbucks and other retailers Evidence found at Fartura shows that the farm’s operating standards were far below those expected at a certified agricultural facility Then we had to buy it again,” said one of the workers rescued And we worked from Monday to Saturday with no record of the hours we would start at 6 am and only stop at 5 pm,” says another former employee rescued from the farm where workers received payment according to the amount of coffee they picked The employees lived in collective lodgings without drinking water sanitation was so precarious that it put workers’ health at risk The rescued group reported that dead bats were often found in the water tanks This water was used for cooking and drinking the inspectors collected farm reports indicating that accounts payable were rigged “We’d harvest and they’d leave it [the beans] there to be weighed the next day And then we were humiliated: we complained and they laughed in our faces,” said one of the rescued workers and I’ve never been through something like that in my life I wasn’t even able to send money home,” adds another for workers to cash their pay checks or to buy food they had to pay R$ 20 for a “clandestine bus” – in the words of one laborer – to go from the farm to the nearest town “We had to pay in order to get paid,” he explained UTZ said the seal´s audit of the farm occurred in February 2018 After Repórter Brasil questioned the organization the certification was suspended and the group said their team would look into the conditions at the farm “Workers’ rights and wellbeing are of the utmost importance and are an integral part of our standard We take those issues very seriously because something like that would violate the UTZ standard Whenever we receive reliable evidence of breaches on UTZ certified farms which includes conducting a thorough investigation,” the organization said in a statement the Fartura farm has been certified since 2016 but the firm denied having “purchased or received any coffee from this farm in recent years It said it is starting a process of investigation to re-evaluate the seal “We are already investigating this matter and will continue to pay very close attention to issuances from the Ministry of [Brazilian] Labor and Employment and communicate expectations to our suppliers that no farm on the list may supply coffee to Starbucks,” the statement said reported that inspections and audits are conducted before certifications are granted and that no signs of slave labor were detected when the process was conducted at Fartura: “Forced labor is considered a point of zero tolerance therefore farms with forced labor would not be eligible for the status in the program.” another sign at Fartura suggests its certification by the 4C Association of the Coffee Assurance Services (CAS) the indications at the farm were that this seal was still under analysis and “the final decision on the license has not yet been made.” The discovery of slavery-like conditions on this particular farm points to flaws likely to be present elsewhere in the coffee certification process: “This is not the first or second time and it will not be the last time a certified farm is charged with employing slave labor and violating labor rights,” said Jorge Ferreira dos Santos who heads the Coordination of Rural Employers of Minas Gerais (Articulação dos Empregadores Rurais de Minas Gerais Adere-MG) and who accompanied the Labor Ministry inspectors The certification system is weak and not transparent and fails at “taking workers’ views and reality into account.” The Fartura Farm is currently caring for 3 million coffee trees The property is leased and managed by Fabiana Soares claimed that the property owner learned about the inspection “with shock” since slave labor is not the company’s “work philosophy.” “Our farm has been operating in the coffee market for many years and has always sought to comply with all legal requirements that includes obtaining all certifications licenses and awards whose requirements are extremely strict,” the statement read rescued 15 workers in conditions analogous to slavery from a farm owned by Maria Júlia Pereira The laborers questioned reported that they were forced to buy their own equipment so ended up owing the farm owner R$ 2,500-3,000 before even beginning harvesting The group also told Repórter Brasil that they were required to work 90 days straight Coffee harvesting only paused on rainy days with work generally continuous from 6 am to 8 pm but the workers said that she paid severance issued a statement explaining that Pereira acquired the farm at the end of 2016 and that she leased it to Elias Rodrigo de Almeida in December of the same year “ignoring any procedures and occurrences on that property.” The lawyer said that he “used subcontractors to hire workers” and that he is “a victim The Córrego da Prata Farm was cited for 34 violations and paid R$ 87,000 (US$ 20,000) to the workers in damages The Fartura farm received 27 notifications and paid R$ 71,000 in severance Banner image: One of Starbucks more than 28,000 stores worldwide Image by JackieCheu under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License FEEDBACK: Use this form to send a message to the author of this post The “fortress conservation” model is under pressure in East Africa as protected areas become battlegrounds over history and global efforts to halt biodiversity loss Mongabay’s Special Issue goes beyond the region’s world-renowned safaris to examine how rural communities and governments are reckoning with conservation’s colonial origins and trying to forge a path forward […] Museu Afro Brasil Emanoel Araujo and Quilombo São Pedro open exhibition in partnership telegram Join our Telegram channel! telegram an institution of the Secretariat of Culture and Creative Economy of the State of São Paulo the result of a curatorship process shared with the Association of Remanescentes of Quilombo de São Pedro which based on the Traditional Quilombola Agricultural System (SATQ) recognized as Intangible Heritage of Brazil by the National Historical and Artistic Heritage Institute (IPHAN) presents highlights of the life of the quilombolas of the Quilombo São Pedro community a region considered a Natural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.  Inspired by books Roça is Life (2020) and In the company of Dona Fartura: a story about quilombola food culture (2022) written and illustrated by researchers and educators from Quilombolas and Quilombolas in the territory the exhibition is composed of the originals and enlargements of the watercolors that illustrate the books seeds creoles and a video produced especially for the exhibition.  The Museu Afro Brasil Emanoel Araujo is an institution of the Secretariat of Culture and Creative Economy of the State of São Paulo managed by the Associação Museu Afro Brasil – Social Organization of Culture based on the private collection of its curator Located in the Pavilhão Padre Manoel da Nóbrega the Museu Afro Brasil Emanoel Araujo conserves a museum collection with more than 9 thousand works presenting several aspects of the African and Afro-Brazilian cultural universes and addressing topics such as religiosity based on the contributions of the black population to the construction of Brazilian society and national culture The museum displays part of this collection in the long-term exhibition and holds temporary exhibitions Quilombo São Pedro covers an area of ​​4.692 hectares in the municipality of Eldorado a region in São Paulo that has the largest concentration of Atlantic Forest in Brazil and which since 1999 has been considered a Natural Heritage of Humanity by the United Nations Educational Organization The territory is home to 56 families and a diverse biodiversity the headquarters of the Quilombo São Pedro Association Pedro Cubas de Cima quilombos and the Intervales State Park In addition to preserving the Quilomboa Traditional Agricultural System (SATQ) recognized in 2018 as an Intangible Heritage of Brazil by the National Historical and Artistic Heritage Institute (IPHAN) memory wheels about the struggles and the conquest of the right to lands Location: Museu Afro Brasil Emanoel Araujo | Ibirapuera Park Secretary of Culture and Creative Economy of the State of São Paulo (11) 3339-8116 / (11) 3339-8162 / (11) 98544-9791  pressculturasp@sp.gov.br  The most relevant news for you to form your opinion on the socio-environmental agenda LAST ISSUE They predict that if present trends in greenhouse gas emissions continue average temperatures in Brazil will be 3º-6ºC higher by 2100 than they were at the end of the 20th century Rainfall patterns could change drastically increasing by up to 30% in the south and south-east of the country while diminishing by up to 40% in the north and north-east are contained in a report that provides the most complete diagnosis yet of the future tendencies of the Brazilian climate The report will be presented at Brazil's first national conference on global climate change to be held in São Paulo from 9-13 September and organised by the publicly-funded São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) The data will then be included in the fifth report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) The changes in temperature and rainfall will not be confined to Brazil but will also affect neighbouring countries "With the exception of Chile's central and southern coast where the last decades have seen a cooling there will be a rise in temperature in all the other regions of South America," says Jose Marengo a climate scientist at Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE) who uses regional climate models to develop projections for the future "There is a feeling that the seasons have become a bit crazy with more frequent extremes of climate." Big and medium-sized cities will become hotter Rainfall in the Amazon region and in the semi-arid caatinga area of the north-east could fall by 40% whereas in the south and south-east it could increase by 30% For the cerrado savanna region of the central plateau which has become a major cereal growing area climate models also indicate significant changes although the reliability of these projections is lower All these changes will have a dramatic effect on harvests in one of the world's major food producing countries but Brazil's farmers have so far shown little awareness of the problems in store and consequently have not begun to adapt to the changing climate advancing into the Amazon region and taking over the cerrado "We must act now to avoid a worsening situation," warns Eduardo Assad the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation Suggested measures include investing intensively in mixed agricultural systems and abandoning the practice of monoculture Farmers should also increase the biological fixation of nitrogen Brazil has been the world's biggest consumer) "The knowledge to do all this already exists but we need stronger government guidance [for farmers]," Assad warns "We must increase productivity in the mid-west south-east and south to avoid the destruction of the Amazon The reorganisation of Brazil's rural space is urgent." adviser to the government's Centre for Strategic Studies and Management in Science industrial and urban policies must be changed to include concerns with sustainability and extreme climate events such as rainstorms and droughts "We must widen the debate and overcome institutional rigidity resistances and short-term interests." we have seen a fall in productivity in some regions Brazil is expected to overtake the US to become the world's major producer but that position will be hard to sustain if the expected effects of climate change kick in "Even if the amount of rain stays the same because the rise in average temperatures will increase evaporation," Magalhães warns The productivity of basic crops such as maize leading to a drop in income in the region that is already Brazil's most backward in terms of social indicators intensifying poverty The federal government's successful poverty reduction programme will not be enough to stop a renewal of migration from the rural area to the cities worsening infrastructure problems related to housing The PBMC report foresees that climate change in Brazil will also bring an increase in fungal diseases and pests caused by the rise of CO² levels in the air and ultraviolet B radiation episodes of flooding and drought could alter the volume of the rivers and affect the supply of water to dam reservoirs Hydropower accounts for well over half of Brazil's energy have already lost large areas because of intensive agriculture − the cerrado has lost 47% and the caatinga 44% − and it is now questionable whether their ecological equilibrium can be restored where more than 85% of Brazilians now live there will be a greater risk of mudslides and worse flooding while many of the major cities − such as Rio and therefore subject to a possible rise in ocean levels The researchers want their report to be used to guide the drawing up and implementation of public policies for climate change adaptation and mitigation as well as to help companies in their future planning also marks Brazil's acceptance by the IPCC as a nation supplying projections on a planetary scale This is because it has developed its own climate simulation model the Brazilian Earth System Model (BESM) − the only country in the southern hemisphere to do so The establishment of the BESM has enabled the scientists to reconstruct recent occurrences of the El Niño climate phenomenon − caused by abnormal heating up of the surface waters of the equatorial Pacific which affects the rainfall regime in a large part of the planet − and simulate the effects of future El Niños Kerexu Mirim and Luiz Ketu bring indigenous and quilombola knowledge to the main stage of A Feira do Livro On Tuesday afternoon (02/07), the authors Kerexu Mirim, leader of Tenondé Porã Indigenous Land, in São Paulo, and Luiz Ketu, leader of Quilombo São Pedro, in Eldorado (SP), brought indigenous and quilombola knowledge to the main stage ofThe Book Fair The table “Ancestral knowledge in the classroom” was mediated by Tatiane Klein researcher at the Instituto Socioambiental (ISA) and brought important reflections on the right to differentiated education and experiences in indigenous and quilombola schools as paths to anti-racist education In addition to the leaders, the other authors of the books were also present for an autograph afternoon. In the company of Dona Fartura, a story about quilombola food culture e Roça is life together with Luiz Ketu: Márcia Cristina Américo A post shared by the book fair (@afeiradolivro) It was in reverence for his ancestors that Luiz Ketu great-great-grandson of Bernardo Furquim – founder of the community where he lives – started the conversation is to talk primarily about this place of ancestry where I tell my stories and tell a little about my experience" Quilombo São Pedro, located between the cities of Eldorado and Iporanga, in the Ribeira Valley, was founded between 1825 and 1830, but only in 2022, almost 200 years after its foundation and more than 130 years after the formal abolition of slavery, the residents won the definitive title of the collective territory Kerexu Mirim, in turn, highlighted the recovery process that his people, Guarani Mbya 12 are retaken areas and that the path to ensuring and recovering access to the territory and the Guarani way of life is still being followed daily Guarani practices and the revitalization of the prayer house and conversations between children and their elders that were lost because of the small space were also resumed,” she explained IT was declared by the Ministry of Justice in 2016, after intense mobilization of the Guarani people demanding the regularization of the territory the decree approving the area has not been signed by the President of the Republic these retakes were and are being very important to be able to secure some of the forest that remains here in São Paulo and which is also holding back this heat that does,” he said Luiz Ketu highlighted the slowness and obstacles that exist in creating specific regulations to guarantee differentiated education so it will also be present in spaces of power precisely to maintain a certain hegemony who is a doctoral candidate in Education at the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar) also brought up the importance of the quilombola presence in knowledge production spaces so that there are provocations to the current structures the quilombola leadership also recalled the educational role of the quilombola movement – ​​whether through local associations in quilombola territories or national organizations – such as the National Coordination of Quilombo Articulation (Conaq) which fulfill the role to demand from the State the guarantee of the rights of the quilombola population “The movement brings this proposal: if school is the model that we have today of sitting in the chair if the student has a series of knowledge that is there every day in space in the territory and this is not in the classroom we have a serious problem: either we have a lack of information or we have a project that has started there before 1500 and that is still in force with that” shared some of the questions that have guided discussions about differentiated education in her territory such as what type of person you want to train: “A phrase we always hear is: 'you have to go to school to be someone in life' so that's what mathematics will be used for what is brought to our Guarani school is geared towards our reality,” she added Another aspect highlighted by Kerexu Mirim was the devaluation of the knowledge of the elders of his people generally transmitted to the youngest through orality and memory “The school came with this very closed idea of ​​a place of knowledge For her, who is the daughter of one of the pioneers of native literature in the country, the Guarani writer Olívio Jekupé writing has become a powerful instrument for recording and valuing traditional knowledge This is what Luiz Ketu also highlighted, talking about the importance of orality in transmitting this knowledge aggregated over so long. He, who is one of the authors of the books In the company of Dona Fartura, a story about quilombola food culture e Roça is life highlighted that recording this knowledge through writing was assumed as a collective mission who share authorship with him and followed the event .    made available to the general public for the first time at A Feira do Livro provide information about the Quilombola Traditional Agricultural System (SATQ) and its contributions Recognized in 2018 as Brazil's intangible cultural heritage by the National Historical and Artistic Heritage Institute (Iphan) the SATQ consists of a series of traditional knowledge and practices which encompasses the roça de coivara – a system based on the intermittent use of small areas of forest with use for plantation for three years and rest periods for the soil and vegetation to regenerate In this system, the quilombolas of Vale do Ribeira developed the management of around 83 forest species and more than 70 agricultural varieties, helping to conserve part of the remaining Atlantic Forest in the country. To this end, every year they carry out the Traditional Seed and Seedling Exchange Fair for Quilombola Communities Organized by the Roça Working Group (GT da Roça) composed of 19 Associations of Quilombola Communities from Vale do Ribeira and partners the event scheduled for August is in its 15th edition this year Tatiane Klein highlighted the relevance of quilombola and indigenous authors sharing in their books such complex themes as a way of combating epistemic racism that places the knowledge of some in different positions from the knowledge of others “As Davi Kopenawa always says in his books he had to put his thoughts on 'paper skins' so that they could reach non-indigenous people And this is not a movement that only Davi has been doing quilombola and extractive communities are making this effort to transmit what their ways of life are to guarantee the existence of these ways of life the persistence of these ways of life and I think we can only be grateful for doing this.” On Friday (05/07), the theme returns to the Book Fair in a chat about the work Yanomami diaries: testimonies of forest devastation in the Armando Nogueira Auditorium The table will have the participation of Darysa Yanomami Corrado Dalmonego and Hanna Limulja to discuss the bilingual work which is the result of intercultural research and brings together reports from the Yanomami themselves about the impacts of the mining invasion in the largest Indigenous Land in Brazil On Sunday (30/06), at 17:30 pm, the chat “Indigenous Brazil, past and present” took place, with historian Luma Prado, from ISA, and educator Poty Poran T. Carlos, from Jaraguá Indigenous Land the educator of the Guarani people brought up the importance of non-indigenous people understanding the sociodiversity of indigenous peoples “Each ethnic group has a way of living and being” Poty Poran also highlighted the need to combat stereotypical views of indigenous people why can't indigenous people have access to technology also pointed out the problem of discussing indigenous issues only on the occasion of Indigenous Peoples' Day “We need to fill the history of Brazil with the history of indigenous peoples in the classroom as well,” she concluded The activity was anchored in the book Indigenous Peoples in Mirim Brazil produced by ISA for school audiences.