INSTITUIÇÕES QUE ARTICULAM AS POLÍTICAS DOS NEGROS EM MACAPÁ: ESPAÇO RELIGIOSO E EDUCAÇÃO AFIRMATIVA

Abstract

This research is the result of a qualitative study regarding Religion and Education, focusing on an experience built by a social segment and its response to the need of intervention, as a historical subject, in the context of social relationships demarcated by race relationships in Amapá. It includes the União dos Negros do Amapá (UNA), a non-governmental organization from Amapá and also the Instituto de Mulheres Negras do Amapá (IMENA – Institute of Black Women of Amapá), which articulate policies in favour of black people at Macapá. This dissertation intends to highlight its role in the Black movement and the inter-religious dialog between the afro religions and the Catholic Church, which participates of religious meetings at UNA, in a place for religious meetings only, where the Black Consciousness Day takes place. This research indicates educative actions as a proposal for UNA and IMENA, as an effective contribution in the continuous process of transformation in the social relationships between black people and the population of Amapá, as well as analyzes some results of the field research, made through survey and interviews. As an example of educative action, there is the inclusion of poor black men and women in universities and schools; incorporation of positive actions as law that increases the citizenship of black men and women in the daily life in Amapá; some laws, like the one that valorizes Marabaixo and the Black Consciousness Week, which meets some demands of the Black movement in Amapá and opens area to further analysis.