How we organize collective action

We mobilize people around urgent causes to shape public narratives, pressure decision-makers, and strengthen civic participation in Brazil. Our campaigns connect communication, strategy, and collective action across different territories, always in partnership with movements, organizations, and communities. Explore our national campaigns and local initiatives organized by Meu Rio, Minha BH, and the Nossas Cidades Network.

LATEST CAMPAIGNS

Our campaigns mobilize thousands of people and put pressure on authorities to influence policies at local and national levels

NACIONAL

FREE PUBLIC TRANSIT

The campaign pressures Congress to approve Brazil’s Unified Mobility System.

NACIONAL

END THE 6X1 WORK SCHEDULE

The mobilization pressures Congress to reduce the workweek to 36 hours without salary reduction.

NACIONAL

NO AMNESTY

The campaign pressures Congress against the bill seeking amnesty for Bolsonaro and those involved in January 8 attacks.

CAMPANHAS QUE CAUSARAM

PL of Devastation

The campaign pressures Congress to stop environmental rollbacks that threaten forests, territories, and communities across Brazil.

Zero Tax Bill

The campaign pressures the Senate to tax the super-rich and reduce income taxes for most of the Brazilian population.

Tax the Billionaires

The campaign pressures global leaders to tax billionaires in order to fund climate action and reduce inequality worldwide.

Without Memory There Is No Democracy

The campaign mobilizes society to create a center for memory and human rights in the former DOPS building in Rio de Janeiro.

No Amnesty

The campaign pressures Congress to block measures that would reduce sentences or grant amnesty to those involved in the January 8 attacks.

A Child Is Not a Mother

The campaign mobilizes society to protect children and adolescents and fight against forced child pregnancy in Brazil.

Time for Jair to Go

The campaign mobilized thousands of people to demand accountability from Jair Bolsonaro and defend Brazilian democracy.

Black Woman on the Supreme Court

The campaign mobilized society in support of appointing a Black woman to Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court, defending greater representation and diversity.

RJ Is Not Disneyland

The campaign pressures Rio’s government to take real climate adaptation measures in response to floods and the impacts of the climate crisis.

No to the Marco Temporal

The campaign mobilized society against the Marco Temporal policy and in defense of Indigenous land rights and demarcation in Brazil.

Save Manaós Forest

The campaign mobilized the public to stop a bill threatening the Manaós Forest Environmental Protection Area in Manaus, protecting Brazil’s largest urban forest.

Where Is My Pad?

The campaign mobilized thousands of people in support of policies to fight period poverty and guarantee free access to menstrual pads.

NOSSOS PROJETOS

Popular Climate Defense

Popular Climate Defense is a response to the growing vulnerability of territories, grounded in community governance and the promotion of civic resilience.

Amazônia de Pé

A national movement fighting to protect the Amazon’s forests and peoples. Hundreds of organizations and thousands of activists mobilized throughout Brazil.

Mapa do Acolhimento

A solidarity network connecting women experiencing violence with volunteer psychologists and lawyers. Today, Mapa is an independent organization fighting to end gender-based violence.

Defezap

A pioneering reporting platform against state violence in Rio de Janeiro. Today, the project operates within Alerj’s Human Rights Commission under the name “Zap da Cidadania”.

Acolhe LGBT

A solidarity network connecting LGBTQIA+ people with volunteer mental health professionals. The project was created with All Out, with support from TODXS.

Periferia que Faz

The Periferia que Faz initiative distributed R$220,000 to young people from peripheral communities across Brazil.

Rede de Apoio Psicológico

In 2020, we connected frontline healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic with volunteer psychologists offering mental health support.

Beta

The first feminist Facebook bot tracking bills related to women’s rights and alerting people to potential setbacks.

Me Representa

A digital platform connecting voters with candidates who share their priorities, considering commitments to the right to the city and racial and gender equality.

NATIONAL CAMPAIGNS

Our national campaigns bring together people, movements, and organizations from different territories across Brazil around urgent issues for democracy at the national level. This front mobilizes public pressure, shapes narratives, engages in advocacy with the federal Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches, and strengthens collective action on issues such as social rights, climate justice, and political participation.

MEU RIO

Meu Rio is an action network working toward a more just, inclusive, and participatory Rio de Janeiro. Created in 2011, the initiative monitors government actions, mobilizes people to take part in decision-making processes, and organizes solidarity networks among Rio residents. Over the past 10+ years, alongside social movements, grassroots collectives, and local organizations, Meu Rio has helped block lifetime stipends for city council members, prevent the destruction of a public green park and the closure of landmark public schools, pass legislation ensuring transparency in the public transportation system, and support community-based university prep courses across the city.

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MINHA BH

Minha BH is an action network for a more just and participatory Belo Horizonte. The initiative monitors and holds public authorities accountable in the capital of Minas Gerais. Whenever an urgent issue emerges, the network is activated for rapid collective action. Created in 2022 through a major mobilization in defense of Serra do Curral, alongside movements, organizations, and grassroots collectives in the city, Minha BH has organized campaigns around issues such as defending Belo Horizonte’s Master Plan, confronting censorship in the arts, supporting the rights of Indigenous and traditional communities, and fighting for mining-free territories in Minas Gerais.

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Nossas Cidades Network

The Nossas Cidades Network (RNC) is an autonomous network of organizations articulated by NOSSAS. Through mobilization and the use of civic technologies, these organizations advocate for local public policies. Created in 2014, the network emerged from the expansion of the Meu Rio model to other territories. Through the first edition of the Founders Program, young activists from Recife, São Paulo, Campinas, Blumenau, Porto Alegre, and Garopaba came together to exchange activist tools, tactics, and methodologies. Today, the network brings together 10 initiatives across Northern, Northeastern, and Southeastern Brazil, engaging nearly 400,000 activists within their communities. RNC organizations run pressure campaigns targeting decision-makers, organize solidarity actions, and mobilize both online and offline to expand civic participation in local politics.

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