Emanuelle Gomes Pereira Mallete, a 31-year-old resident of Rio’s West zone, has extensive experience working as an actress and producer in various Rio-based media platforms. Since 2009, in collaboration with friends and family members, Emanuelle has been engaged in the development of a socio-cultural project in the neighborhood of Sepetiba (a location that holds an important place in the great historical platform of culture and art in the city) and also founded the institution entitled “Cultural Space The Radio’s Era” (ECER) that promotes the importance of radio for community-based communication inspired in the work of her great-aunt, Emilinha Borba, a popular Brazilian singer of the 1940’s and 50’s who was known as the “queen of radio.” In 2013, the project attracted new collaborations with local agents as well as international initiatives, including a partnership with the project Adobe Youth Voices that supports worldwide programs for youth empowerment. In 2012, Emanuelle was invited to participate in the “Brazilian Women Agenda” initiative (AMU) that fosters the integration of women working in different fields and was recognized with the title of “notable woman.” In addition, as coordinator of the project “The Artisans’ Space” – an initiative for social entrepreneurship with over 36 women from the region - Emanuelle received the “Geraldo Jordão Pereira” prize, an award from Rio Institute that recognizes the work of social organizations executing innovating proposals.
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This presentation was presented during CDDRL's Program on Poverty and Governance's 2015 conference, "Educational and Entrepreneurial Initiatives to Support Youth in Places of Violence." The conference was held on April 28-29, 2015, at Stanford University.
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