Leticia Pereira dos Santos (Italy) Student, intercultural facilitator, social activist

1. Sister in Europe: Who we are…(2) Leticia Pereira dos Santos (Italy) © Uncaged Birds™

2. Leticia Pereira dos Santos Student, intercultural facilitator, social activist www.uncagedbirds.wordpress.com

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8. Leticia Pereira dos Santos

11. Leticia Pereira dos Santos “… In Brazil (the) poverty has a colour, and its colour is my colour and there are many people that want this. My challenge now is showing (…) children of my colour how to change their lives, how to share the prestige atmosphere...how to be citizens! My challenge now is dedicated to the future...a better future for our sons and daughters!...”

15. Leticia Pereira dos Santos www.uncagedbirds.wordpress.com

16. Leticia Pereira dos Santos “… It is very hard to be a black activist in Italy. I feel alone: first, because I know few black women that have studied here in Genoa or Turin; second, because being an activist means having the consciousness of what you are and where you want to go. Unfortunately Italy limits the high places for (…) people (that) are different, especially if you are black(…). That’s why I want to move on again. My mother worked hard to give me a better life and it is impossible here in Italy. I would like (to) live where my rights are really recognized…”

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19. Uncaged Birds™… is a collection of confidence- and skill-building programs created especially for women of African descent living and working in Europe. Let’s be our own rôle models ! As women of color in Europe, rôle models who look like us are often few and far between. That’s why Uncaged Birds ™ is regularly spotlighting women of African descent living and working in Europe and their story – so everyone will know… … who we are! www.uncagedbirds.wordpress.com

20. Uncaged Birds™ … … poised to take FLIGHT! www.uncagedbirds.wordpress.com