Category: United States
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The New Profile of Brazilian Immigrants in the USA
According to data from the Itamaraty in 2017, approximately 1 million Brazilians reside in the United States. Of these, about 250,000 are from Minas Gerais, making the state responsible for no less than 25% of the immigrants leaving Brazil to start a new life in America. There are several factors that help explain this historic…
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National Museum of African American Music
The history of black music in America spans four centuries, and now there is a museum that honors this legacy. The National Museum of African American Music (NMAAM), inaugurated on January 30 in Nashville, Tennessee, describes itself as “the only museum dedicated to preserving and celebrating the many musical genres created, influenced, and inspired by…
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The film The Fever was virtually released in the United States
The film is a hypnotic reflection on contemporary indigenous experience and urbanization in the Brazilian Amazon. The premiere took place on March 19 at Film at Lincoln Center, NYC.Winner of the Best Direction award at the Chicago International Film Festival, Best Actor at the International Critics, and the Special Jury Awards at the Locarno International…
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Experiencing Hawaii Without Tourists: A Gift from the Pandemic
Traveling during the pandemic was not in my plans, but as life is a box of surprises, the opportunity to move to Hawaii arose and I didn’t hesitate. Due to the current global situation, many attractions are temporarily closed and/or empty, which turned out to be ideal for people like me who dislike crowded places…
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Brazilian Culture for Americans Through Its Children’s Books
The Rio de Janeiro author of children’s books in the United States, Ana Crespo, is launching a project called Lia & Luís: Who Has More? which won the Mathical Book Prize from the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI) in the PreK category. The story is about twins Lia and Luís, who try to figure out…
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Monica Eisenberg talks about the Brazil Foundation and support for women
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Lawyer Monica Vieira Eisenberg is the new Development Director of the Brazil Foundation. The organization, founded in New York 20 years ago, is a pioneer in philanthropy in Brazil, having supported over 655 non-governmental organizations. In this interview, Monica shares her involvement with the foundation and projects supporting women’s entrepreneurship.The Brasilians: What is the Brazil…
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Brazilians Share How They Are Navigating the Pandemic in Hawaii
With tourism devastated by Covid-19, the paradise archipelago of Hawaii is facing a true nightmare, and the unemployment rate has skyrocketed like never before. However, many people are confronting this crisis with creativity and managing to turn things around. Among them are two Brazilian women who moved to the island of Oahu a few years…
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Emotional Contagion
In addition to the constantly recommended care aimed at the resumption of school spaces, technically justified, it is important to observe that new perspectives need to be exercised, aiming at the harmonization and development of interpersonal relationships, fundamental for both socio-emotional aspects and the group characteristics required by the BNCC. Although the learning process has…
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Smoking, extinguish this addiction
The smoke from a cigarette is as harmful as that expelled by a car’s exhaust. While the exhaust releases between 30 to 80 thousand ppm (parts per million) of carbon monoxide, the cigarette emits between 20 to 60 thousand ppm. In January 2006, the California Air Resources Board, a U.S. state considered a benchmark in…
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Childhood and Immigration from Burma to Great Britain
There are two recent news stories that are close to my heart and affect me personally, and many people are asking for my opinions on both. So, before diving into that, I’ll provide a bit of context. I grew up in London, United Kingdom, in the 1960s. We were a large immigrant family of mixed…