Month: May 2019

The push to punish pipeline protestors has spread across the U.S.

Source: After Standing Rock, protesting pipelines can get you a decade in prison and $100K in fines | Grist

Our Project finally started. We end up make a roda, sing some capoeira songs in our native languages. This Project make us be connected we our culture, ancestors and finally feeling the vibration of our body.

Finalmente o nosso Projecto teve o seu início, com o lançamento desse video, em mostramos que podenos fazer uma roda de capoeira, so com as nossas linguas maternas. Isso faz-nos estarmos em conexão, com os nossos ancestrais e sentir a vibração do nosso corpo.

Imagine losing control of your car and waking up in the hospital paralyzed from the neck down. This is the story of Kristopher Boesen.

Source: First paralyzed human treated with stem cells has now regained his upper body movement

More than 130,000 trees will be planted across towns and cities in England to help combat climate change, the government has said. Grants totalling £10m will be made available through the Urban Tree Challenge Fund over the next two years.

Source: 130,000 trees to be planted across England to combat climate change | The Independent

Grief is hard work. Whether you’ve lost a parent, sibling, a friend, or someone else, a loved one’s death can lead to a feeling of tremendous loss.

Everyone grieves differently. For some, talking to a deceased loved one at their grave is comforting, while others like to post messages on someone’s Facebook after they have died. If you’ve ever found yourself having a conversation with someone you love who has passed away, don’t worry. If you’ve ever wondered whether this is an unhealthy coping mechanism, experts argue it is a completely valid and healthy way to cope with loss.

Source: For Those in Grief, Talking to a Dead Loved One Is Good for Mental Health | Teen Vogue

The donated money will pay off the seniors’ debts so they can graduate.

Source: After a month-long fast, church pays off $100,000 in debt for 34 college students – ABC News

The Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation states its goal as ‘protecting the world’s last wild places’, and h

Source: Leonardo DiCaprio Has Raised More Than $80m To Save The World’s Wildlands – News Week

I think this is one of his Sunday Rodas. I think it’s amazing that for over 60 years, he has been dedicated to learning, teaching, and preserving this culture.

For those of you in the New York area, Be sure to join him all this week for classes, 

Monday – Friday 
6:30 -8:30 pm
Do not miss out.

This past weekend marked the beginning of Ramadan. Nearly one-fourth of the world will observe the annual fast and 8 million Muslims in America will abstain from food and drink from sunrise to sunset during the holy month. A grueling task at any time of the year, Ramadan this year will be especially daunting during the long and hot summer days.

Source: African Slaves Were the 1st to Celebrate Ramadan in America