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AAPF Niteroi Summit Featured In Brazilian Government Ministerial Newsletter

The Niteroi Summit organized by the African American Policy Forum under the leadership of Professor Kimberle Crenshaw was recognized in the Brazilian Federal Government Minsterial Newsletter on June 15, 2007. The Summit was held in order to endorse new discourse to further understand and clarify the relationship between racial discrimination and affirmative action. During the four day summit, academicians and researchers from both the United States and Brazil discussed major concerns regarding affirmative actions and addressed new possible strategies to further implement affirmative action within their countries. The summit received a special apperance by Minister Matilde Ribeiro on its opening day. The original text of the article highlighting the Niteroi Summit is included below.

Ações afirmativas Brasil e EUA
As ações afirmativas dão a tônica do Seminário Raça e Racismo nos Estados Unidos e Brasil: Um novo paradigma entre discriminação e ações afirmativas, que termina no domingo (24/6), no Rio de Janeiro (Tio Sam Hotel e Fitness - Rua Álvaro Caetano, nº 908 – Camboinhas). Liderados pela professora estadunidense Kimberly Crenshaw, da UCLA (Universidade da Califórnia), acadêmicos e pesquisadores dos dois países se detém na análise conjuntural e na discussão das estratégias adotadas pelo Brasil e pelos Estados Unidos de enfrentamento ao racismo. A ministra Matilde Ribeiro foi convidada da solenidade de abertura, na quinta-feira (21), quando apontou as conquistas e avanços das ações afirmativas no Brasil. (Cover Page)

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