Does Julho das Pretas end on July 31?
- Ana Paula Brandão
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The answer should be obvious. No.
July has the power to bring voices together, increase visibility, and recognize a political movement that Black women have been building for decades. July 25 was established in 1992, during the first Meeting of Afro-Latin American and Afro-Caribbean Women, held in the Dominican Republic. In Brazil, since 2014, the same date has also been recognized as the National Day of Tereza de Benguela and Black Women.
But none of these agendas can be confined to a commemorative date.
Too often, Black women are invited to share their stories, but not to set priorities. They are invited to speak about diversity, yet remain excluded from the spaces where budgets, policies, hiring decisions, and investments are defined.
Representation matters, but it cannot be reduced to presence alone. It must mean power, permanence, fair pay, safety, intellectual recognition, and meaningful participation in decision-making.
Racial equity is built through the decisions we make throughout the entire year. It is reflected in who occupies leadership positions, who takes part in strategic conversations, and whose knowledge is recognized.
It is also reflected in how governments, companies, civil society organizations, and philanthropic institutions distribute resources. Who receives investment? Who has access to credit? Which organizations are funded? Who defines the problems and the solutions?
Julho das Pretas invites us to celebrate journeys of resistance and achievement. But it also compels us to ask what changes after July ends.
Black women should not be remembered only when the institutional calendar says so. Their perspectives must permeate education, the economy, politics, communications, the labor market, and knowledge production.
Turning recognition into equity requires continuity.
Because Julho das Pretas takes place in July. But it must also continue through August, September, October, and every month in which decisions are still being made without the presence, voices, and power of Black women.
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