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ALANA INSTITUTE 30 | 31 FROM THE SERTÃO TO THE CHU... The Absolute Priority Project traveled throughout Brazil to create partnerships and announce its mission to legal practitioners: to guarantee the application of article 227 of the Federal Constitution, which places children first The heat was searing. The sun was harsh, punishing, and the few trees around did not alleviate the desert climate. Like a dream, the sound of an accordion echoed through an auditorium filled with men in suits and women in formal dresses, hypno- tized by the beauty of the performance. Following this, their senses were taken by the recital of cordel poetry and guitarists fingering sertanejo melodies. This northeastern symphony set the tone of the I Encounter of Lawyers from the Sertão, at the Cariri Convention Cent- schools. The project sent a letter in March to OAB (Order of Brazilian Lawyers) and MEC (Department of Education) asking for the inclusion of ECA in the course cur- riculum. The project also proposed that the awareness of issues related to Brazilian chil- dren be done in practice by attending indi- viduals in vulnerable social situations. OAB responded to the letter, emphasizing that "the suggestion has been included in the debate points for the consideration of the National Commission for Law Education." er in the state of Ceará, in May of 2014. An enriching debate Organized by the Federal Council of the Brazilian Order of Lawyers (CFOAB), it gathered law professionals from the whole country in order to learn and discuss law practices in the sertão region, and the chal- lenges and difficulties faced by those who practice outside the large urban regions. "These are lawyers who fight every day in the most adverse conditions possible in order to serve Justice to a rural popula- tion that, at the end, will have nothing, or almost nothing, with which to pay," said Pedro Hartung, Alana Institute's lawyer, who attended the event. Like many others who attended this event, Pedro learned and became enchant- ed by the reality of the northeast. "I fell in love with the sertão!" he said when he returned. Alana's lawyer had been there with one goal in mind: bring Absolute Pri- ority into this context. The project offers paths for law practitioners to denounce children's rights violations and help guar- antee the application of article 227 of the Federal Constitution, which places them as the priority in the plans and concerns of the nation. Absolute Priority built many partner- ships during its first year, always with the aim of engaging the largest possible number of agents and give strength to its work. Among the partners are the CFOAB, the chapters in the states of Sergipe (OAB-SE) and Rio de Janeiro (OAB-RJ), and Ejur (Junior Judicial Enterprise of the Paulista State University - Unesp, in the city of Franca). Absolute Priority also sought to in- crease the debate over the inclusion of ECA (Children and Adolescents Statute) as a mandatory subject in the nation's law cussing childhood, the formation of chil- dren and their rights, always with a focus on article 227. Another important event was the de- bate Priority of Children in Regards to La- bor Rights, Family Rights and the Brazilian Judiciary, conducted during the XXII Na- tional Lawyers' Conference in Rio de Janei- ro. This issue is not normally present dur- ing these conferences and Absolute Priority, with the support of OAB-RJ, promoted a discussion among an interested audience that listened to heavyweight lawyers, judges, and the Public Prosecutors' Office. Together with the Down Movement In the same path of mobilization, the Ala- and the Another Glimpse project, Absolute na Institute - with the support of Sesc-SP Priority brought a focus on educational in- - gathered specialists and agents from civil clusion to its areas of action. This begin- society and the government at the I Abso- ning was marked by an event in Rio de lute Priority Forum. Janeiro and the launch of the guide School The participants spent three days dis- for All by the Down Movement. AREAS OF ACTION Inclusive education Essential conditions for schools Advertising aimed at children Play streets Tutoring councils prioridade absoluta criança em primeiro lugar What is it: Created to bring awareness and efficiently build on article 227 of the Constitution. Its mission is to inform, sensitize and mobilize law agents in or- der for them to become defenders and promoters of children's rights. Highlight: Participation in the XXII Na- tional Lawyers Conference. prioridadeabsoluta.org.br facebook.com/artigo227

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