2016

June

Foundation of APMF

November

APMF revokes arrest order for graffiti artists in Pampulha church

The Maria Felipa Popular Criminal Advisory Office obtained the revocation of the preventive detention order in favor of one of those accused of environmental crime and gang formation for the graffiti on the Church of São Francisco de Assis - the Igrejinha da Pampulha. The decision was taken by the Sixth Panel of the Superior Court of Justice (STJ), in Brasília (DF). We face a debate about the criminalization of pixo.

2017

February

Campaign: "I drink whatever I want!" Assessoria Popular Maria Felipa filed a Popular Action in favor of street vendors who were prevented by the City of Belo Horizonte from selling drinks that were not made by Manufacturer AMBEV, privatizing the most democratic party of the year, thus generating considerable damage to precarious workers in this city. In this action, Maria Felipa obtained an injunction in favor of street vendors, enabling free trade of all brands of drinks, we faced the attempt to privatize street Carnival.

May

Approval for the project Let go of my mother!

Assessoria Popular Maria Felipa (APMF) won financial support from the Brazilian Human Rights Fund, through the Strategic Litigation notice for the “Solte a Minha Mãe” project.

October

Participation in the founding of the National Agenda for Decarceration

Co-founder Nana Oliveira participated in the founding of the National Agenda for Deincarceration in Olinda. The National Agenda for Decarceration seeks to reduce overcrowding in prisons, reduce the criminalization of certain groups and crimes, and promote alternatives to incarceration in the criminal justice system.

November

Partnership with headhunter Bárbara Fialho and Somos Virtú

APMF formed a partnership with the "Barbarelas Design em Cadeia" project, which provides entrepreneurial guidance for women survivors of prison and family members of people deprived of their liberty. The training was designed by Bárbara Fialho, who later founded Virtú Social, our partner in employability, entrepreneurship and income generation projects.

2018

August

Campaigns to collect hygiene products for women in prisons

Assessoria Popular Maria Felipa promoted the collection of hygiene kits for women prisoners, through a solidarity prank at Promove and Kennedy Colleges with the support of co-founder Isabela Corby, a professor at the institution at the time.

September

Loose My Mother Seminar!

The First “Solta Minha Mãe” seminar discussed the deconstruction of punitive practices at the UFMG law school. A meeting space for black women who are references on the agenda of the Criminal Justice System for this very uncolorful environment, which is the University.

2019

March

Participation in the creation of the State Front for the Exemption of Minas Gerais

Assessoria Popular Maria Felipa participated in the construction of the State Front for the Desencarceration of Minas Gerais, bringing together around 200 people at the Seminar Desencarcerar Minas Gerais, in a 2-day event at the Faculty of Law of UFMG.

May

Moving to our current headquarters in the Center of Belo Horizonte

Assessoria Popular Maria Felipa operates at Rua Guajajaras, 410, room 507, on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons, facilitating access for our clients.

August

Co-founder Nana Oliveira was sworn in as Delegate of Prerogatives of the Brazilian Bar Association in Minas Gerais. Position of trust of the institution

The day was marked by the defense of prerogatives with the aim of raising awareness and giving effect to the prerogatives of law provided for by law; promote gender equality in the practice of the profession and the launch of the campaign in defense of the Prerogatives of Women Lawyers.

September

First international APMF incidence at the Black Coalition for Rights Meeting in New York

The president of Assessoria Popular Maria Felipa, Nana Oliveira, participated in the first meeting of the Brazilian Black Coalition for Rights in New York City. The advocacy launched the Coalition internationally and highlighted the Black transition movement and the diaspora oppression they are facing.

November

First Permit issued by Solta Minha MãeThe Solta Minha Mãe project reached a major achievement during the second stage of the project: the first release permit. The case we worked on was a woman who was 8 months pregnant and was in temporary prison, in which we managed to release her to house arrest. At this stage we work to give effect to Habeas Corpus nº 143.641/SP of the Federal Supreme Court.

2020

April

Start of the Paga Noix Project

The APMF team carried out the project in the first year of the Coronavirus pandemic. Paga Noix was mainly financed by APUBH (UFMG Faculty Union) and individual donors. Our team helped hundreds of families access emergency aid from the Federal Government through online calls (Whatsapp) and micro-enterprises to access government credit programs and in the labor sector.

May

Launch of the Baculejo Platform

The project was started in 2019 by the Belo Horizonte Metropolitan Region Youth Forum in partnership with Assessoria Popular Maria Felipa with initial support from the Brazilian Human Rights Fund. It is an online platform for registering reports of police violence, anonymously or not, as well as providing legal referrals to the competent bodies, when the victim so wishes. Currently the platform is financed by Maria Felipa and managed in partnership with the Youth Forum.

June

Acts against Torture in partnership with the State Front for the Exemption of Minas Gerais

We contributed to the mobilization of acts against torture in partnership with the State Front for the Exemption of Minas Gerais, as a response to cases of torture against people deprived of their liberty as a result of the pandemic.

December

Launch of the Esperança Garcia Project

The Esperança Garcia project is an initiative by Assessoria Popular Maria Felipa to facilitate reception, guidance and legal advice, as well as access to public policies for women and families in situations of social vulnerability. A campaign through the collective fundraising platform Evoê and in June 2023 the Magalu Notice to Combat Violence against women was approved.

Collection of hygiene kits for people in prison

Assessoria Popular Maria Felipa promoted the collection of hygiene kits for people in prison with the Association of Friends and Family of People Deprived of Liberty, as the delivery of kits by family members to prisons was suspended.

2021

February

Mobilization Act for food and vaccine

The acts were mobilized with the Black Coalition for Rights demanding broad vaccination coverage in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, resumption of vaccination coverage and cancellation of water and electricity charges for the population.

MarchArticulation and Management of the project: Desencarcera Brasil: from the Amazon to the Pampas

Maria Felipa's team participated in the articulation and management with the National Agenda for the Decarceration of the Project "Desencarcera Brasil: da Amazônia aos Pampas" financed by the Brazilian Human Rights Fund through the Criminal Justice Notice.

Mobilization of the GIVE IT TO EAT campaign!

Campaign mobilized by Assessoria Popular Maria Felipa, which received donations of food and hygiene products at its headquarters for people in socially vulnerable situations during the Covid-19 pandemic.

August

Legal advice and advocacy with family members in Acre and Rondônia

Our team provided legal assistance in strategic litigation and advocacy in the project "Family members of prisoners from Acre and Rondônia strengthening themselves as a network" financed by the Brazilian Human Rights Fund through the aforementioned Criminal Justice. The project was carried out in partnership with the State Front for the Exemption of the State of Acre and the State of Rondônia.

September

Election to the National Committee to Prevent and Combat Torture

Assessoria Popular Maria Felipa was elected by civil society to form the Board of Directors of the National Committee for the Prevention and Combat of Torture, a fundamental body for public policies aimed at all areas of restricted freedom.

2022

March

Launch of the Solta Elas Project

The Solta Elas Project aims to reduce the mass incarceration of women, targeting women prisoners in the metropolitan region of Belo Horizonte, specifically pre-trial detainees.

April

Approval of proposal at the municipal Mental Health conference for the freedom of people imprisoned with mental suffering

The team participated in local, district, municipal and state mental health conferences, approving a proposal for freedom for people in prisons with mental suffering, belonging to or referenced in the municipality of Belo Horizonte. The proposal was forwarded to the capital's master plan.

The popular propositions were later benefited by Resolution 487/23 of the National Council of Justice, by the anti-asylum policy decision in the Judiciary.

June

Start of the Popular Antonieta de Barros Committee project

The main objective of the Popular Antonieta de Barros Committee project is to improve the performance of Assessoria Popular Maria Felipa during its period as a member of the National Committee for the Prevention and Combat of Torture Biennium (2021/2023), representing civil society. Funded in its first stage by the Brazilian Human Rights Fund and in the second stage by the Open Society Foundation.

July

Solidarity Action

Solidarity Action was a partnership between AP Maria Felipa and Instituto Desvelando Oris, which resulted in the distribution of basic food baskets, benefiting 50 families in vulnerable situations. The action was part of the REAJA program developed by Desvelando Oris and had the support of União Brasil.

Articulation Event “Multidisciplinary Approach to combating and preventing Torture”

The event was organized by Assessoria Popular Maria Felipa, with the support of the Brazilian Human Rights Fund and the Critical Theory and Constitutionalism Study Group, and took place on 11/07, at 7pm in the auditorium on the 16th floor of the post office building. degree from the UFMG Law School.

The event discussed the tangential aspects of combating torture in Brazil, legislation and human rights and awareness and protection for victims.

August

Visit by UN consultant Tomas Neuburger.

Assessoria Popular Maria Felipa received a visit from the UN project consultant, Tomás Neuburger. This visit enabled and will enable us to expand our work capabilities within the National Committee to Prevent and Combat Torture and contributed to the development of the projects we have designed and executed.

September

Second International Impact of the Maria Felipa Popular Advisory to New York through the invitation to the United Nations Global Compact

We have reached another space for advocacy in the articulation of Human Rights. Collective achievement as a result of work and commitment to others, our financiers and supporters. In addition to the agenda promoted by the Global Compact at the United Nations headquarters, we also participated in the “Brazil Climate Summit” at the prestigious Columbia University.

October

Assessoria Popular Maria Felipa was one of the entities awarded by the Instituto Mattos Filho

The Maria Felipa team celebrated another achievement, we were approved by the jury of the 4th Access to Justice Challenge of the Mattos Filho Institute. We continue fighting for the freedoms of black and peripheral women.

2023

February

Team elected delegate at local health conference

The social mobilizer of the Assessoria Popular team Maria Felipa was elected to the local delegation that builds community proposals for the Master Plan of the Municipality of Belo Horizonte. The team's proposal for the health conference sought popular approval to release people in prisons who need ongoing public health care in the Unified Health System.

First plenary trial (we will soon publish information)

May

Participation in Health Conferences in Belo Horizonte and Minas Gerais

The Maria Felipa Popular Advisory approved a proposal and a motion for the Health conference, in 2023, and forwarded them to the state conference. One motion is for therapeutic marijuana in the SUS and the other is for the freedom of people with violations of the right to health due to being in prison, with information from the Executive and Judiciary branches. The popular propositions were later benefited by resolution 487 of the National Council of Justice, by the anti-asylum political decision in the Judiciary.

June

Participation in health and safety panels and diagnoses at the Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais and the Federal University of Minas Gerais

The team participated in multidisciplinary studies with college students and professors to study public anti-prison public security and anti-asylum health policies, for a world without asylums and prisons. At the same time, he participated in a diagnosis of youth policies for Belo Horizonte City Hall carried out by the Federal University of Minas Gerais.

August

Approval of the Magalu Mulheres Fund notice

Assessoria Popular Maria Felipa announced its approval of the Magalu Mulheres Fund notice, another achievement, the result of a lot of work and struggle for access to full justice for black and peripheral women, as a mechanism for consolidating Brazilian Democracy.

September

Third International Impact of Assessoria Popular Maria Felipa in New York through invitation to the United Nations Global Compact and conference at American Universities

For the second year in a row, Assessoria Popular Maria Felipa was on its way to the Global Compact's SDGs in Brazil event at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.

In this edition, there is also an agenda full of new human rights advocacy spaces such as the Interference Archive and prestigious universities such as the New School, Columbia University and New York University.