Bianca Santos Souza is the Legal Assistant of the“Minha Mãe Não Dorme Enquanto eu Não Chegar” (“My Mother Doesn’t Sleep Until I Get Home”) campaign for Odara-Instituto da Mulher Negra. Minha Mãe Não Dorme Enquanto eu Não Chegar is a project developed in the communities of Cabula and the Northeast of Amaralina, which are located on the outskirts of Salvador, which focuses on denouncing the genocide of the Black population and raises awareness about the harm caused by state violence in the lives of Black children, adolescents, their mothers, and their family members.
The project focuses on supporting, connecting with, strengthening, and engaging in dialogue with mothers and families whose loved ones were murdered as a result of state violence; providing legal assistance and psychosocial support to families affected by violence and police brutality; and offering political training to young people from both communities through the Jovens Negres na Construção de uma Cultura de Paz e Acesso à Justiça (“Black Youth in Building a Culture of Peace and Access to Justice”) initiative. A lawyer with a law degree from the Catholic University of Salvador, Bianca is a Black woman of the Diaspora, of Afro-Brazilian religious tradition, a lesbian, and from the periphery.
Video Interview with Bianca Santos Souza
In this video, Bianca Santos Souza, Legal Assistant of the “Minha Mãe Não Dorme Enquanto eu Não Chegar” (“My Mother Doesn’t Sleep Until I Get Home”) campaign at Odara-Instituto da Mulher Negra, shared what reparation and good living mean to her as a global mandate for justice, solidarity, and freedom for Black women in Brazil and beyond.
