On October 25th, the impossible happened. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won a fourth term in the runoff election in Brazil, overturning Flávio Bolsonaro’s first-round lead in a historic comeback. No candidate has ever lost the first round and won the second, until now.
So what happened? How were millions of Brazilians mobilised in support of the incumbent in just 3 weeks? And were 7% of the population really in the same WhatsApp group?!
Come hear from Brazilian communicators and organisers about the digital strategies and movement infrastructure that helped lead to this moment and the lessons for Australian advocates and civil society organisations.
SPEAKERS
Ricardo Borges Martins
Cofounder and Strategy Director, Quid
Ricardo Borges Martins is the co-founder and Strategy Director at Quid - a communications lab, Quid, using powerful organising and digital strategies to build civic engagement and overcome the far right in Brazil. His work centers on civic engagement and mobilization within pro-democracy social movements and NGOs. Over the past decade, he has co-created initiatives like Pacto pela Democracia, Advocacy Hub, and Virada Política. He holds a degree in Social Sciences from USP, a Master’s in Social Influence, and an MBA in Government Relations from FGV-SP. He is also a visiting professor at FGV-SP, teaching Advocacy and Public Policy.
Moderator: Alexander Leon
Senior Trainer, Australian Progress
Alexander Leon is an internationally recognised educator, speaker and campaigner, with over 10 years experience working in LGBTQ+ equality, focused on LGBTQ+ mental health and intersectionality. His day job is as a social justice educator, delivering workshops on campaign strategy, communication and anti-oppression to activists, politicians and businesses across Europe, Australia and beyond. His writing (fiction and non-fiction) has been featured in The Guardian, BBC, Huffington Post, 14poems, and more.
Other speakers to be announced.
ACCESSIBILITY
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Zoom - This webinar will be held online via Zoom. If you have access to a computer or laptop, we recommend you join the training by computer to make navigating the materials easier. See here for accessibility documentation for Zoom; including a list of keyboard shortcuts here.
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