Hello, I'm Beatriz Sousa.

Social activist and coordinator of the Odara Black Youth Center - Black Women's Institute.

Come and learn a little more about me! 🌻

All my potential

Projects already completed or in progress, participated in, designed, discussed and collaborated on by me.

Ayomidê Odara

Ayomide Odara believes in a future of dignity and Good Living that begins and is based on the lives and autonomy of young black girls, who will be leaders in the future and who are already protagonists in the present.

My mother won't sleep until I get home

Project developed in the communities of Cabula and Nordeste de Amaralina, on the outskirts of Salvador (BA), focusing on denouncing the genocide of the black population, and raising awareness in society about the damage caused by State violence, especially through Public Security, in the lives of black children, adolescents and young people, their mothers and families.

Odara Black Youth Nucleus

Ayomide Odara believes in a future of dignity and Good Living that begins and is based on the lives and autonomy of young black girls, who will be leaders in the future and who are already protagonists in the present.

Yalodês Agency (Young Black Communicators)

Communications agency that works with different media formats (web, print, photography, audiovisual, radio) and focuses on producing journalistic content that addresses young people and black communities neglected by traditional media.

Collaborations

Institutions and organizations with whom I have had the pleasure of dialoguing, collaborating and creating a relationship of equity regarding anti-racist health, culture, education and black feminism policies.

More about me

  • Activist

  • Mediator

  • Social communicator

  • Social educator

  • Political articulator

I am
I talk
  • Learn

  • Teach/educate

  • Listen to black women

  • Exchange experiences

  • Watch movies

I like
  • Native Portuguese (🇧🇷)

  • Fluent English (🇺🇸)

  • Intermediate Spanish (🇪🇸)

  • Argentina

  • Chile

  • Barbados

  • States United

Countries I have visited
Dreams, goals and objectives
  • See a world free from social constraints

  • Taking my parents on a trip abroad

  • To marry

Valdeci, or Aunt Val, is a wonderful woman who has the courage to be happy and free in a world where there are no people alive. She is the materialization of beautiful dreams and teaches me to have the courage to be who I am!

Valdecir Nascimento

Founder of the Odara Institute of Black Women

Earth with clouds above the African continent
Earth with clouds above the African continent

★★★★★

★★★★★

Mother Raidalva teaches us to listen, observe and teach us to take care of ourselves and others. She is a well of love and a well of endless stories. Her lap is a path to return to our ancestry, which has been denied for so long.

Iyalorixá Raidalva Souza

Mother of the Saint of the House Ilê Axé Oyá Tolà

I am one, but I am not alone

— My references —

Strong and great people that I admire and have all my affection for ( and that I also love).

Ana Cláudia Freitas

Mother

My mother taught me to be strong, independent and to have determination to strive to be better and better. I am grateful to be her daughter and I am happy for every beautiful memory I have with her.

★★★★★

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in flight dove
red and white house surround green grass field
red and white house surround green grass field

Beyoncé Carter

Singer, songwriter

Beyonce has always been a reference and has always been a star, growing up listening to her music served to expand my horizons.

★★★★★

Contact

Do you have a proposal for partnership or collaboration? A story to tell? Interested in fighting for black people? Anything...

Send me a message and let's make a difference!