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Giovanna Araújo is a lawyer from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, with a semester of academic mobility at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, focusing on Political Science and Legal Sociology. She has experience in Criminal Law and Human Rights Compliance, as well as scientific research in Sociology of Law. LinkedIn.

Natália Maria Alves Machado is a Ph.D. student in Anthropology, a Master in Law, and a Bachelor in Social Sciences with a Qualification in Anthropology from the University of Brasília – UnB and related communities, with a focus on Law, Politics, Memory, the Body, Epistemologies and Health. A Black woman from the Cerrado, she is the daughter of migrants from Minas Gerais and Ceará. Of direct black-indigenous ancestry from both lineages by way of countryside-forest-city and water, Natália has been active since the mid-2000s in various forms of activism and advocacy for Human and Socio-Environmental Rights. She was one of the drafters of the Amicus Curiae Action presented by Nosso Coletivo Negro to the Federal Supreme Court in support of ADPF 186. In recent years, she has dedicated herself to research and activism as a Person with Disabilities and for territorial rights, ethnic resumption, and improvement of affirmative actions/recognition rights. Lattes.

Vinícius Alves holds a Bachelor’s in Gender and Diversity Studies from the Department of Gender and Feminism Studies of the Faculty of Philosophy and Human Sciences at the Federal University of Bahia (FFCH-UFBA), a Master’s in the Postgraduate Program in Interdisciplinary Studies on Women, Gender, and Feminism (PPGNEIM-UFBA) and is and PhD student in the Postgraduate Program in Human Rights and Citizenship (PPGDH-UnB). Vinícius has worked on projects such as the Center for the Promotion and Defense of LGBT Rights in Bahia (2014-2015) and as general coordinator of LGBT Policies for the Government of the State of Bahia between 2015-2019. He was also a fellow tutor for the multicampus research “Clínica de PrEP 15-19” (ISC-UFBA/Fiocruz) and a collaborator on projects such as the Black Initiative for a New Policy on Drugs. He has been an LGBT activist for 14 years. He has been researching “fervo” as a circuit of using urban festivities as a form of participation and social and political engagement of young black people, women, and LGBT people from the outskirts. He is a collaborator at Rede Fora do Eixo, Mídia NINJA, Cine.NINJA and Casa Ninja Bahia.

Luma Nascimento is a visual artist, pedagogue, and researcher on Brazilian ethnicity, alternative movements, and societies organized by black people. Her work encourages the production of narrative interpretations of Afro-ethnic diversity in Brazil’s internal and external culture. She has a degree in Pedagogy from the State University of Bahia – UNEB. She is the Official Ambassador of the Young Entrepreneurs Program in Portuguese-speaking countries with the AIESEC BR National Youth Pact in conjunction with A GERAÇÃO +2030. She participated in the​​education and social entrepreneurship programs of SEPROMI – Secretariat for the Promotion of Racial Equality of Bahia, together with the State Policy for the Promotion of Entrepreneurship for Black People and Women – (PENM). In 2018, she was a researcher at LABI – Interdisciplinary Laboratory of LGBTQIA+ Policies in Brazil, working on the construction of the laboratory responsible for managing digital data related to LGBTQIA+ policies. In 2019, she was selected by Gettyimages as one of 179 women for the ongoing global project #SHOWUS. A member of Coletivo Chão.ART, Luma is a Researcher, Cultural Producer, and Art Director at the Cine Arts Cinema School and Vice President of the traditional Bloco Afro Os Negões, a cultural group founded in 1982 that actively participated in founding the Brazilian Black Movement. In 2020, she took part in the CAPACETE Artistic Residency + Museu de Arte Moderna RIO with the publication of the research project “Me Despache”, a study of markets and open-air fairs in Bahia and Rio de Janeiro.

William de Souza Tomaz has a degree in Human Resources Management, a postgraduate degree in Libras – Teaching, Translation, and Teaching in Higher Education and Proficiency in Brazilian sign language – from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC). An independent artist, he advocates for cultural accessibility and inclusive art. In 2018, he won the Cultura Viva award from the Secretariat of Culture and Creative Economy of the Federal District, recognition for his work in the cultural scene of the Federal District. He worked as a Libras teacher at the School of Financial Administration (ESAF). He was a collaborator in the Specialization course in Cultural Accessibility and the National Meeting on Cultural Accessibility (ENAC) held by the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). He was a university interpreter in undergraduate and postgraduate courses, reviewer, and supervisor of a team of workers with disabilities in Electronic Document Management (GED) projects at the Court of Justice of the Federal District and Territories (TJDFT), Regional Labor Court (TRT), Superior Electoral Court (TSE) and Anvisa, by CETEFE and Politec TI. He currently maintains a link with the Marista Institute in a project to train deaf people for the world of work. He is the creator/coordinator of the Surdo Cinema project with training for deaf people in the cinema, a cultural producer, manager, and accessibility consultant for events and artistic projects.

Patrícia Kodaira is an environmental lawyer with extensive experience in topics related to contaminated areas, environmental licensing, environmental civil liability, protected areas, climate change, solid waste, biodiversity, sustainable production chain development projects together with traditional communities, leadership suppliers and development arrangement’s location in the Amazon. Patrícia also works and publishes studies on solid waste (Solid Waste: a subject in increasing judicialization. DESIGN, WASTE & DIGNITY. São Paulo, Editora Olhares); Legal use of water in industry (Legal use of water in industry: Industrial processes in the Municipality of Jundiaí-SP. PNMA: 30 years of the National Environmental Policy. São Paulo: Official Press of the State of São Paulo) and in a new law of Sustainable Use of Biodiversity (Jota). Additionally, she worked with human rights and refugees in Cambodia and Greece, defending vulnerable populations and helping refugees seek asylum. LinkedIn.

Antônio José do Nascimento Ferreira has a bachelor’s in Social Communication/Journalism from the Institute of Higher Education of Brasília (IESB) and a postgraduate degree in teaching in higher education from the Brazilian Faculty of Education and Culture/RJ. He was national secretary for the Promotion of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at the Human Rights Secretariat of the Presidency of the Republic, as well as municipal superintendent of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities or Reduced Mobility at the Municipal Secretariat for Human Rights and Affirmative Policies of the City Hall of Goiânia/GO, among other positions. With extensive experience in participatory management, Antônio José was a counselor for eight years at the National Council for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Conade) and served as its president for one term. He was also president of the National Organization of the Blind in Brazil (ONCB) and of the Pernambuco Social Assistance Council. He worked to mobilize for the approval of the Statute of Persons with Disabilities and the signing of the Marrakesh Treaty; coordinated the National Plan for the Promotion of the Rights of People with Disabilities – Living Without Limits; coordinated the 3rd and 4th National Conferences on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and annually participates in the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

Julia Azevedo Moretti has a Ph.D. in Law from the University of São Paulo (USP), a Master’s in Urban Law from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC/SP), and a Master’s in Environment and Sustainable Development from the University of London (Development Planning Unit – DPU/UCL). Woman, mother, teacher, and lawyer who dedicates her professional and academic career to the design and execution of sustainability projects with social impact, combining legal knowledge with multisectoral processes guided by participatory practices. She worked at the Union Heritage Secretariat, providing legal advice for strategic projects linked to allocating and managing public real estate assets for land regularization, local development, and sustainable development of the seafront. She also has extensive experience in strategic popular advocacy in human rights, working in collective judicial and extrajudicial cases linked to the right to the city and housing. She is an assistant professor in the Contract Law specialization course at COGEAE PUC/SP, working on consumer contracts, private and public law contracts, diffuse law contracts, and sustainability. LinkedIn.