Promote education, art and culture in Providence, boost local talents and transform the look on the favela.
To be a reference in innovative social technologies and cultural practices, valuing the favela as a producer of knowledge, art and resistance.
Ancestrality, Circularity, Communitarianism, Axé, Body, Ludicity, Good Living, Antiracism, Interculturality, Belonging
Hugo Oliveira, PhD in Communication by UERJ and created Morro da Providência, is an artist of dance, educator, researcher and cultural manager, partner of Bruna Teodora for more than 20 years and father of Aurora. Founder of the Providence Gallery, author of the Book Comes Ni Mim Que I Ama Passinho, member of the Management Committee of the Cais do Valongo, acting in the preservation of Afro-Brazilian memory in the port region. It is part of the board of the Union of Dance Professionals and the National Dance Forum, where it cooperates in actions of valorization and rights of the category. He was an education manager at the Rio Art Museum and has experience in consulting large companies such as Zerezes, IDG and BNDES. He was part of projects linked to UN-Habitat, Secretary of Culture RJ and SME-Rio, and served as a member of the United States Consulate Council – RJ. Hugo articulates art, education, territory and social policies in Rio.
Creation of Providence, mother of three university students, currently a neuroscience student (Neuropsychopedagogy and Neuropsychology) with specialization in pedagogy emphasis on social (UFF). Acting as pedagogical coordination in private network and teacher of the early years and EJA in partnership with the Municipal Education Network of Rio (tourisms with learning difficulties), has normal course and technical training in administration. Social leadership, one of the pioneers in the mobilization and implementation of social projects in the area of education with constant movement in vulnerable territories (deaths of Providence, Salgueiro, Monkeys, São João, Pleasures and Hidden) promoting the return to Basic Education and Professional Qualification.
Our trajectory has been recognized for its excellence and positive social impact capacity, know some of these milestones that inspire us.
Ministério das Cidades por Intermédio da Secretaria Nacional de Periferias, 2023