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Karina Muniz

Quilombola leader, Quilombo Urbano da Liberdade, São Luís, Brazil
Education & Government
Brazil

About Karina

Karina Vanessa Muniz is a quilombola leader in Quilombo Urbano da Liberdade, São Luís, Brazil. She is a specialist in social psychology and anthropology at the Faculdade Pitágoras/Anhanguera and pedagogic coordinator at the Work Initiation Centre (CIT), São Luís . A postgraduate student of Afro-Brazilian history and culture, she has worked as coordinator of projects and public policies at the Union of Black Men and Women for Equality (UNEGRO). Karina is a member of ANPSINEP, the National Articulation of Black Psychologists and Researchers; a member of the Ethnic-Racial Relations GT of the Regional Psychological Council of Maranhão; and coordinator of Research Group Dialogues in Psychology and Ethnic-Racial Relations at the Federal University of Maranhão.

Stories by Karina

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Decolonising public policy: a way forward for caregiver support in Brazil

In the Tambor de Crioula, dancers form a literal and metaphorical circle of care

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