Tuesday, April 19, 2022

Yasmin Sings Bossa Nova in Tribute to the Greatest Celebrities



Young and dreamer, Yasmin has an unusual history with music. Although her family had no musical aptitude for samba, they did not consider it culturally educated to listen to this musical segment.
However, 2022 has surprises in store for the singer who celebrates the biggest step of her life. Thus, an unprecedented performance with: Yasmin sings Bossa Nova in a Tribute to the Greatest Celebrities. Finally, the event will take place on Rua Ver. Herminio Gervásio, 139 – Cabeçudas, Itajaí – SC, 88306-549, this coming May (21/05/2022) from 16 pm.

This could be a problem, Sula:

ABC News: 'Elections in limbo as redistricting litigation drags on' -- Fight for fair redistricting

By insisting on hanging on to their manipulated maps – or even expanding their 2011 gerrymanders – Republicans in places like Florida, Missouri, and Ohio are throwing their states' primary elections into chaos. Take Ohio for example:

"Early voting for Ohio's May 3 primary starts in less than a week, and Election Day is just five weeks away. Yet the state's congressional and legislative maps are still being litigated, leaving the approaching election in limbo."

The Ohio Supreme Court has struck down the GOP's manipulated state legislative maps three times, but Republicans recently submitted a fourth, almost identical map. It's clearly a ploy to run out the clock and force elections to be held on gerrymandered maps!

The NDRC and our affiliates are fighting back by supporting voters who challenge these maps in court, holding gerrymandering Republicans accountable, and educating the public about what's going on. We urgently need your help to keep up this critical work across the country – will you chip in?

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It's ridiculous how far the GOP is willing to go for maps that give them an unfair advantage. But as long as they keep doing it, you can count on us to be there to rein them in.

Thanks for your help, Sula.

– Team NDRC



 
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Tribute to H.E. Eduardo Refinetti Guardia

(January 19, 1966 – April 11, 2022)

 

On behalf of the Board of Directors of the Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce, Inc., we regretfully inform you of the passing, on April 11, 2022 at the age of 56, of Eduardo Refinetti Guardia, Partner of BTG Pactual (2019-22), former Minister of Finance of Brazil (2018), and longtime supporter of the Chamber.  Mr. Guardia participated in many Chamber programs and, as Minister of Finance, delivered the keynote address at the Chamber’s 2018 Brazil Summit.

With a Ph.D. in Economics from Universidade de São Paulo, Mr. Guardia began his career as a teacher at Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo.  In the 1990s / 2000s, he served as Secretary of Finance of the Government of the State of São Paulo.  He also held the positions of Head of the Economic Advisory to the Deputy Secretary of the Secretariat of Finance; Advisor to the Secretary of Planning; and Researcher of the Fiscal Area of the Public Sector Economics Institute of the Foundation for Administrative Development (IESP / FUNDAP) of São Paulo.

In early 2002, Mr. Guardia was appointed Assistant Secretary of the National Treasury and, in May of that year, was appointed Secretary.  He also served as Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy at the Ministry of Finance; Assistant Secretary for the Secretariat for Economic Policy; and Advisor to the Minister of Planning.

From 2010-16, Mr. Guardia served as Executive Director of B3 Products (formerly BM&FBOVESPA).  In June 2016, he was appointed Executive Secretary for Finance (2016-18).  He also assumed the role of Chairman of Banco do Brasil, a position he held until 2017.

Mr. Guardia was known for his rigidity in expenditure control and fiscal adjustment policies to enable reform.  He was a key backer of Brazil’s pension reform bill (passed in 2019), seen by investors as a massive step up in putting Brazil’s public accounts on a sustainable path.

At BTG, he was responsible for the bank’s asset management unit.  He helped implement a strategy for BTG to purchase minority stakes in other asset management firms, and helped expand BTG’s asset management products into alternative assets.

More information on Mr. Guardia’s life and career can be found below.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduardo_Guardia

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-11/eduardo-guardia-partner-at-brazil-s-banco-btg-dies-at-age-56

Sula -- As an organization focused on fair redistricting, we think about maps a lot. So I wanted to share a map produced by our team that I particularly appreciate. This type of work would not be possible without donations from supporters like you.

States where we or our affiliates are currently supporting voters in court to fight for fair maps.
Alabama Georgia  Kansas Florida New Hampshire North Carolina Louisiana Missouri Ohio Texas
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These are all states where voters are actively challenging gerrymandered maps in court and demanding fair maps for their states and for meaningful political representation. Many of these cases are made possible with our support or that of our affiliates.

This type of work, and everything we’ve done to advance fair redistricting in these states, has been possible because of the grassroots investments from supporters like you. And I deeply appreciate the role you’ve played.

How the story unfolds in some of these states will be critical to outcomes in this year’s midterm elections and will have far-reaching consequences on our democracy for the next decade.

Politicians who are defending their gerrymandering are resorting to bizarre legal theories that could erode our system of federalism and further weaken the Voting Rights Act.

We must fight back against these threats to our democracy, and our plan will have to be powered by grassroots support.

The last time I emailed you, over 250 supporters stepped up with a contribution. I deeply appreciate that level of support. Will you consider being one of 250 donors to help us sustain that same level of investment today?

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Fine Art  Mônica Toniato is successful at United States




 

 The artist also participates atSala Jardim Botanico exhibition designed by the World Art Show at Espaco Ortobom Arquitetura & Design. The artist Mônica, born in Rio de Janeiro, who received 3th place in the award of the 6th Salon of Painting in Los Angeles by Menduina Schneider Gallery, has just participated at United States, representing Inn Gallery, Art & Design together with the 3 artists in a tribute to International Women's Day in Long Island City, New York, having their work sold at the Nasse Gallery to Americans from the local community.

 

The fine art also participates at Sala Jardim Botanico exhibition designed by the World Art Show at the Espaco Ortobom Arquitetura e Design in São Paulo. The artist is also preparing to participate in a Biennial in Portugal. Plastic artist Mônica Toniato is successful in the United States Plastic artist Mônica Toniato is successful in the United States “Natural from Rio de Janeiro, graduated in dentistry, a profession she practiced for twenty years.

 

She began her career in the arts with painting on porcelain and ceramics, and was soon driven to put her ideas on canvas, thus beginning her career as an artist. He has always had art as a source of inspiration as part of his being. From the first classes of primary school, like the drawings and crafts made at home. The fascination of the doors and windows seen in Paraty, later found in Portugal and cities like Paris, Prague, Vienna brought the inspiration for his collection “Portas e Janelas”. To start developing the work on doors and windows, he started with the geometric drawings entitled 'What's your Square'. The vision of the beautiful doors and windows to the world, what can be seen, absorbed and created through them. The artist’s eyes never get tired of reaching infinity!”

 

Media: Instagram: @monicatoniatoborges


 

“The Supreme Court is playing hardball politics, and democracy is losing”

— Boston Globe Opinion

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Sula,

A new opinion piece in The Boston Globe lays bare just how nakedly political the conservative majority on the Supreme Court has become.

Now that they have the majority on the court, they’re not even trying to appear consistent. They’ve been making decisions that contradict each other all over the place, but there’s one key similarity: The rulings all entrench the political power of white Republican voters at the expense of racial minorities who are driving the nation’s growth.

One thing is clear: We can’t rely on the Supreme Court to protect the right to vote and to have everyone’s vote count equally. That’s why we need to take a multi-pronged approach that involves fighting in the states and at the ballot box to defend our democracy – in other words, exactly what the NDRC has been doing since our launch in 2017.

We’ve made big progress so far, and we’ve got even bigger plans for the future. But we need your help to keep it up: Will you pitch in $10 right now to support the NDRC’s ongoing efforts to protect democracy?

Boston Globe opinion:

“Indeed, it’s not even consistent … except in how it narrows the Voting Rights Act, limits the voting power of racial minorities, and entrenches Republican political advantage.”

“Several conservative justices even want to strip the power of governors and state courts to have any say over redistricting and election procedures at all.”

“This is hardball politics divorced from history, consistency, morality, and precedent. The court is actively hollowing away the small-d democratic authority that binds a nation together.”

The threat to our democracy is real, Sula, and that threat should motivate us all to take action. The one thing the enemies of democracy want most is for people like you to give up and let them win without a fight — and we refuse to let that happen.

So if you can, please pitch in today to help the NDRC keep up the fight to end voter suppression and gerrymandering so we can protect our democracy!

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DEVELOPING: Obama speaks out on CRITICAL fight for voting rights!


Obama: 'We have to vigilantly preserve...the right to vote.'

President Obama just called on ALL of us to defend voting rights. Stand with him today and sign our MASSIVE Democratic petition >>

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This is urgent, team: President Obama is sounding the alarm on the dangers we face without immediate action to protect voting rights.

He says the Republican attacks on voting are “unlike anything we’ve seen in modern times” -- and now they're threatening to unravel our democracy.

We've launched an emergency petition to stand with President Obama, but right now we’re not on track to hit our 100,000 signature goal and your name is still missing!

Please, President Obama needs ALL of us to stand up for our sacred constitutional rights. Add your name NOW to stand up for voting rights:

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Thank you,

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Sula,

At the end of this email, I’m going to ask you to make a donation to the NDRC. But first, let me explain why. (If you don’t have time to read the whole email but would like to support our work, you can give at this special link: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ndrc-thinkagain.)

To talk about where we are, we need to talk about where we’ve been. I joined the NDRC in 2017 because I believed in former Attorney General Eric Holder’s plan to stop Republicans from gerrymandering in 2021-22 the same way they did in 2011-12. It was the first time Democrats had put together a comprehensive national strategy to combat Republican map manipulation.

In the years since, A.G. Holder’s plan has been proven effective. Don’t just take it from me – take it from headlines like “The GOP’s gerrymandering scheme backfires” and “Democrats make surprising inroads in redistricting fight.” Slate explained how it worked: “Democrats had a plan, and built the infrastructure, to... litigate where Republicans overreached, pass ballot initiatives against gerrymandering, and raise more public awareness of redistricting before the cycle began.”

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So where are we now? We’ve made a ton of progress, but we can’t stop fighting – because the GOP hasn’t stopped fighting for their manipulated maps. Their strategies include repeatedly gerrymandering despite court rulings against them, appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court using dangerous legal arguments, threatening to impeach judges who throw out their maps, and investing big money in electing judges who will rule their way.

That’s not to mention the states, like Florida, where they’re still trying to pass gerrymandered maps in the first place!

Responding to all these tactics and more requires us to be focused, organized, far-seeing, and to have resources in hand. And that’s why I’m asking you for a donation today, Sula. The fact is, redistricting isn’t over, and it won’t be over for a while. It can be an exhausting battle – but all I have to do is look at everything we’ve achieved so far to know we’re on the right path.

That’s a testament to supporters like you. So if you’re able, will you rush a donation today to help us keep fighting for fair redistricting and fair elections?

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In gratitude,
Kelly Burton
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A.G. Holder: If the NDRC is successful in undoing manipulated maps, we will be able to achieve a system in which everyone's vote counts.
Since 2017, the NDRC has executed a comprehensive redistricting strategy that shifts the redistricting power, creating fair districts where Democrats can compete. Our victories have been made possible by our strong community of grassroots supporters.
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If you want to receive periodic updates from the NDRC on our fight for fair maps, text MAPS to 36787. Text HELP for help, STOP to end. Msg & Data rates may apply. Privacy Policy.

We know we send a lot of emails, but we think it's important to keep you updated with the latest information on Republican gerrymandering and voter suppression and how we're fighting back -- regardless of whether you choose to donate. Click here to make a donation. Every dollar you give will go toward our fight to end gerrymandering and voter suppression.

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