Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Fernanda Karolino brings the EVA Forum to the Baixada Santista region using the Host City model.

 



Fernanda Karolino is an entrepreneur, institutional leader, writer, and visual artist whose career has been shaped by entrepreneurship, culture, education, and social innovation. Over more than two decades of professional experience, she has worked across different sectors, combining business management, human development, the creative economy, and social impact initiatives.

She is Co-Founder of EPIK 360°, President of the Júlio Karolino Institute, creator of the EVA Ecosystem®, and founder of ArtExpo Brazil and Expo Brazil Publishing House. Her work brings together organizational intelligence, Social ESG, education, culture, innovation, and institutional partnerships.

As President of the Júlio Karolino Institute, Fernanda develops initiatives focused on education, citizenship, a culture of peace, and human development. This experience led to the creation of the EVA Ecosystem®, an initiative focused on preventing violence before it occurs through education, awareness, and the development of protection networks as tools for social transformation.

The EVA Forum – Education Against Violence, Abuse and Harassment will take place on August 19, 2026, at 7:00 p.m., at the Santos City Council, Santos, São Paulo, Brazil, marking the city as a Host City for an initiative designed to expand the discussion on preventing different forms of violence through education, awareness, and collaboration among different sectors of society.

The Forum is an initiative of the Júlio Karolino Institute | EVA Ecosystem® and has as its central theme: “Education as a means of preventing all forms of violence in society.”

The Baixada Santista edition will also feature the Women Who Inspire – Baixada Santista tribute, recognizing women who stand out for their achievements, leadership, professional careers, entrepreneurship, and social commitment.

The tribute is intended to be integrated into the Forum’s purpose: recognizing people who create positive role models and demonstrating that stories of leadership, education, respect, and transformation can also serve as tools for preventing violence.

What is the EVA Ecosystem®?

The EVA Ecosystem® was created with a broad approach to addressing violence through prevention, education, and the development of protection networks.

More than an event or campaign, EVA is designed as an ecosystem for mobilization and collaboration, bringing together public authorities, institutions, educators, specialists, families, young people, and civil society.

Its approach is based on a shift in perspective: not waiting for violence to happen before taking action.

The initiative is based on the idea that educating, informing, developing awareness, strengthening relationships, and creating protection networks are concrete forms of prevention.

The EVA Ecosystem also broadens the perspective on the different forms of violence present in society, seeking to promote a culture of respect, support, responsibility, and peace.

The Host City Strategy

One of the project's distinguishing features is the Host City concept.

The proposal is to take the Forum to different municipalities, turning each city that hosts the initiative into a territory for dialogue, mobilization, and collaboration.

The Host City model has already been developed in different municipalities, including São Paulo, São Bernardo do Campo, and Guarujá, as well as other cities that have hosted EVA Forum editions and initiatives.

This trajectory demonstrates that the proposal is not limited to a one-time event, but is gradually building a network of municipalities engaged in violence prevention, education, and social collaboration.

A Host City is not simply the location where an event takes place. It becomes part of a network of cities committed to violence prevention, encouraging connections among local leaders, public authorities, institutions, professionals, and civil society.

In this context, Santos represents an important stage in the expansion of the EVA Ecosystem®, bringing the initiative to the Baixada Santista region and creating new opportunities for regional collaboration.

Event Information

EVA FORUM – Education Against Violence, Abuse and Harassment

Theme: Education as a means of preventing all forms of violence in society

Tribute: Women Who Inspire – Baixada Santista

Date: August 19, 2026

Time: 7:00 p.m.

Location: Santos City Council

Host City: Santos

Presented by: Júlio Karolino Institute | EVA Ecosystem®

Creator: Fernanda Karolino

Press Contact:
Júlio Karolino Institute | EVA Ecosystem®
WhatsApp: +55 (11) 99539-3953



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Today is President Obama’s birthday! As he celebrates another trip around the sun, I know what my friend is thinking: How many more young leaders can we lift up through the work of The Obama Foundation? What life-changing programs can we power even further? How can we inspire every visitor who comes to the Obama Presidential Center to bring change home?

Clock counting down.

And that’s where you come in. Please, make a gift by tonight’s deadline and celebrate President Obama’s birthday by supporting his work to help everyday people create extraordinary change.

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Your support will go directly towards the cause closest to President Obama’s heart: investing in emerging leaders and empowering them to change the world.

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Deadline: Midnight tonight

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Last year’s birthday gifts made a real impact on The Obama Foundation’s programs for emerging leaders. The Girls Opportunity Alliance opened doors for girls to pursue their dreams through education. The My Brother’s Keeper Alliance created opportunities for boys and young men of color to find mentors, develop leadership skills, and improve their futures. And now, these programs have a permanent home at the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago.

With the Obama Presidential Center officially open to the public, I know President Obama is so excited about this next chapter. And I know that a gift from you will mean so much to him. Please make a donation in honor of the President’s birthday to help celebrate this milestone and support his legacy.

Sincerely,

Valerie

Valerie Jarrett
CEO
The Obama Foundation

Valerie Jarret.

P.S. President Obama’s birthday is today. Don’t miss your chance to celebrate this milestone year with a gift to The Obama Foundation by tonight’s deadline!

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Barack’s 65th birthday is just a few days away! As my husband turns another year older, I’m reminded that the journey we started all those years ago is far from over. In fact, in many ways, it’s just beginning.

Not only is this a milestone birthday for Barack, but it’s also a milestone year for The Obama Foundation! With the opening of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, we’re marking a new chapter in our mission—empowering folks from all over the world to bring change home.

Birthdays have a way of marking time. But they also give us a chance to recommit ourselves to the values we believe in, to the people we care about, and to the work still left to do. I know you share Barack’s vision for a brighter, more just future—and I hope you will help us celebrate his birthday by making a gift to The Obama Foundation today.

Barack Obama in a room full of people, laughing.

Over the years, I have seen Barack pour his time and energy into lifting up our nation’s young people. So I know the most meaningful birthday gift you can give is to help grow The Obama Foundation’s programs, including the My Brother’s Keeper Alliance and the Girls Opportunity Alliance.

These programs fund scholarships and provide opportunities to young people around the globe. So when you make your special birthday gift today, you’ll be supporting the next generation of leaders who will go on to build a better world.

Please give the gift of change this year by donating to celebrate Barack’s milestone birthday.

Warmly,
Michelle

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Tuesday, August 11, 2026

Galeria Frente Launches Book on the Exhibition “Niobe Xandó: The Unusual”

 



The book immortalizes an exhibition held 16 years after the artist’s death, featuring dozens of works spanning more than five decades of her artistic career. On view since May 23, the exhibition “Niobe Xandó: The Unusual” presents approximately 70 works, including paintings, drawings, screen prints, objects from different periods, and several historical documents. The exhibition can now be revisited through the book of the same name, which will be launched on August 15 at the gallery. Curated by Maria Alice Milliet, the works seek to convey the unique dimension of this artist’s oeuvre, and the exhibition will be extended through August 29. The book launch program will also include a guided tour of the exhibition led by curator Maria Alice Milliet, as well as the presentation of a musical composition inspired by the artist’s works, created by musician Anna Maria Kieffer in partnership with composer Vanderlei Lucentini.

Known for her unique style, self-taught artist Niobe Xandó (1915–2010) was one of the most important names in the Brazilian art scene. Born in Campos Novos, São Paulo, she was a multifaceted artist who explored painting, collage, drawing, sculpture, and other forms of artistic expression. Her works are marked by a strong ancestral mysticism, in which elements of African and Indigenous cultures are reflected in masks and totems. Her figurative production should also be highlighted, as it evolved into a dreamlike and fantastical universe.

In her curatorial text, Maria Alice Milliet emphasizes Niobe’s artistic power: “Few artists, outside schools or artistic trends, create a language of their own. This is the case with Niobe Xandó, particularly in relation to her calligraphic drawing and the forms inspired by archaic traditions, with Amerindian and African accents that lead into lettering and mechanistic imagery. A pioneer in incorporating elements from Indigenous and Black cultures into contemporary art, even throughout the different phases of her career, her work is never banal. From the exotic flowers of the early period of her painting to the lyrical geometricism of the 1980s, her work never ceases to surprise through the unusual nature of its themes and the artistic solutions she adopts.”

“Niobe Xandó: The Unusual” marks the 15th exhibition presented by Galeria Frente, reaffirming its commitment to bringing to the public artists whose historical relevance and aesthetic power continue to call for new perspectives. “Recovering and presenting Niobe Xandó’s work once again is, in this sense, more than an act of revision: it is an invitation to discovery,” states the gallery’s director, Acacio Lisboa.

Technical Information

Niobe Xandó: The Unusual

Conceived and organized by
Galeria Frente

Curator
Maria Alice Milliet

Event Information

Book Launch: Niobe Xandó: The Unusual

Date: August 15 – from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Escritório de Arte – James Lisboa

Rua Melo Alves, 397 – Cerqueira César
São Paulo, SP, Brazil


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The New York Times, August 1965: Johnson Signs Voting Rights Bill, Orders Immediate Enforcement

Sula, on this day in 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the landmark Voting Rights Act into law — transforming what voting access and political representation looked like in the United States. 

For generations, we counted on the Voting Rights Act to safeguard the voting power of minority communities. With a ban on literacy tests, protections against racial gerrymandering and vote dilution, and a mechanism to enforce those protections, this legislation helped guarantee equal representation.

Today, as we regroup after the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act, we must remember the progress that was made and what it took to win it. We must be as determined and as strategic as our civil rights forebears. Democracy depends on it.

When you make a donation to Redistricting Action, you help fund the urgent fight that’s needed to protect voting rights, drive grassroots pressure to support fair maps, and build the political power to end this redistricting crisis once and for all.

On that very day 61 years ago, anti-democracy forces didn’t wave a white flag. They started a decades-long fight to undo that hard-fought progress, because fairness threatened their power. They chipped away and focused on finding and funding legal cases – and judges – that would dismantle the Voting Rights Act. 

Look, I won’t sugarcoat it: The last year has been rough

And yet this grassroots movement has not given up.

Together, we know the American people don’t want racial or partisan gerrymanders. They don’t want hurdles blocking the ballot box. What they want is representation that actually represents all of us . 

We’ve stopped anti-democracy forces from gerrymandering in states like Indiana and South Carolina. Our movement has taken to courtrooms to push back against other unconstitutional redraws and efforts to undermine the census. Supporters have sent thousands of messages to elected officials, shown up at their legislatures, and signed up to be poll watchers this fall. 

On this historic anniversary, let's show that nothing will stop us from keeping up the fight. Rush in a donation to ensure that we can meet this moment and chart a path forward that defends our voting rights and preserves our democracy.

Thank you, 

Marina Jenkins
Executive Director
Redistricting Action

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AURA SUMMIT 2026: SWITZERLAND HOSTS AN INTERNATIONAL GATHERING UNITING CULTURE, ART, BUSINESS AND CIVIL DIPLOMACY




On September 25, 26 and 27, 2026, Switzerland will become the setting for the Aura Summit, an international gathering designed to bring together culture, art, business, and civil diplomacy in a carefully structured environment focused on promoting strategic connections, qualified dialogue, and new opportunities for international cooperation. Conceived and led by CEO Carolina Araujo, the event will bring together representatives of civil society, entrepreneurs, investors, diplomats, visual artists, distinguished personalities, and institutions in an experience that aims to go beyond traditional corporate and social gatherings, creating an international platform for relationships, positioning, and the development of new connections.

The Aura Summit is organized by Aura Positioning Group, a company specialized in strategic brand positioning, premium events, and high-end experiences, with its work focused on building authority, reputation, and strategic connections capable of generating opportunities and lasting legacies. The organization’s vision is based on the belief that the right positioning, combined with the right connections, has the power to transform individuals, organizations, and markets. Within this context, the Aura Summit represents an international platform that brings together different sectors of society in the same environment, connecting entrepreneurs, investors, diplomats, artists, and institutional representatives so that culture, business, and diplomacy can engage in dialogue and create long-term relationships.

The choice of Switzerland as the host country is directly connected to the nation’s international relevance, recognized for its stability, tradition, discretion, excellence, and ability to bring together different cultures and markets. For the Aura Summit, being held in Switzerland also represents an opportunity to provide guests with an immersive experience in an international environment marked by tradition, innovation, cultural heritage, and exceptional standards of service, creating the ideal setting for meetings that may result in new partnerships, exchanges, and projects.

The program will begin with an experience dedicated to the tradition of Swiss haute horlogerie, including a visit to Beyer, the renowned watchmaking house established in Zurich and recognized for its historic legacy in the sector. The experience will allow participants to discover firsthand part of the tradition that has made Swiss watchmaking a global reference, while also providing moments of connection and relationship-building among Aura Summit guests. The program has been designed so that each experience contributes not only to the participants’ cultural knowledge but also to creating environments that encourage dialogue and closer relationships among different areas of expertise.

On the second day, participants will experience a cultural immersion in Lucerne, a historic city surrounded by the Alpine mountains and recognized for its beauty, heritage, and cultural significance. The program will include a visit to the historic center and experiences connected to Swiss culture and gastronomy, including the tasting and presentation of traditional Swiss cheeses and chocolates. More than a tourism itinerary, the proposal is to offer participants a cultural experience capable of bringing people, stories, and different perspectives together, strengthening the Aura Summit’s belief that culture is also a powerful tool for international connection.

The third day will be marked by the grand gathering and closing evening of the Aura Summit, bringing together entrepreneurs, investors, diplomats, visual artists, distinguished personalities, and representatives of civil society in a special program centered on business, leadership, innovation, culture, and civil diplomacy. The evening will begin with a classical music concert, followed by lectures and content sessions focused on the development of ideas, leadership, business opportunities, and the creation of strategic relationships. During the ceremony, visual artists will participate in a live creation experience, producing artworks in front of the guests and transforming art into an essential part of the event experience.

Another highlight will be dedicated to civil diplomacy, a concept that occupies a central position in the Aura Summit’s vision by recognizing dialogue between civil society, companies, institutions, culture, and different international actors as a tool for building bridges and creating new possibilities for cooperation. Civil diplomacy will be presented as an instrument capable of expanding dialogue, strengthening institutional relationships, and bringing people and organizations together around common goals, highlighting the important role of civil society in building international connections.

Throughout the program, the Aura Summit aims to provide not only exclusive content and unique experiences, but above all an environment where people capable of influencing, entrepreneurship, creating, investing, representing institutions, and developing new projects can connect. The presence of visual artists, entrepreneurs, investors, diplomats, distinguished personalities, and representatives of civil society expands the diversity of the gathering and creates opportunities for different knowledge, experiences, and perspectives to meet.

For Carolina Araujo, CEO responsible for the realization of the Aura Summit, the initiative represents an opportunity to transform encounters into relationships and relationships into concrete possibilities for cooperation. The proposal is to bring together people who share the desire to build international connections, expand horizons, and participate in an environment where culture, art, business, and civil diplomacy can coexist strategically and generate new perspectives.

The closing of the event will be marked by a celebration dinner, bringing participants together in an atmosphere of networking and fellowship, celebrating the connections built throughout the three-day program. The intention is that each guest leaves the Aura Summit not only with memories of an international experience, but also with new contacts, initiated dialogues, partnership possibilities, and an expanded relationship network.

More than an event, the Aura Summit aims to establish itself as an international platform for positioning, relationships, and strategic connections, based on the understanding that great opportunities emerge when people, institutions, and purposes meet in the right environment. By choosing Switzerland as its setting and bringing together different sectors of society through a program that combines cultural experiences, art, business, leadership, innovation, and civil diplomacy, the gathering seeks to create an international experience capable of connecting worlds, encouraging new dialogues, and contributing to the construction of relationships that generate impact and legacy.

On September 25, 26 and 27, Switzerland will therefore host an experience designed to connect people and purposes. The Aura Summit arrives with the mission of building a bridge between culture, art, business, and civil diplomacy, bringing together personalities and institutions around a shared vision: the creation of qualified international connections capable of opening new paths for cooperation, development, relationships, and transformation.