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1 For more information about the CLAREC collective, please visit: https://clarec.org.
2 To view the opening of the I Freire Conference at the University of Cambridge, along with the speeches by Professor Susan Robertson and Professor Carlos Alberto Torres, please visit: https://youtu.be/6FElzys6liA?si=4VFzWN20bztSJNsu&t=653.
3 A narrative of this experience was shared by CLAREC members Alexandre Da Trindade and Juliana Spadotto in a chapter of the book 'Paulo Freire e a educação popular: esperançar em tempos de barbárie' , organised by Joana Salém, Maíra Mendes and Daniela Mussi. This chapter has been translated into English and is available on the Knowledge, Power, and Politics (KPP) Blog at: https://kppcam.net/2022/11/17/the-celebration-of-paulo-freires-legacy-and-the-proposal-for-a-popular-conference-at-the-university-of-cambridge-2/.
5 As examples on BBC News, see: https://www.bbc.com/news/education-59406106; on University World News at: https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20211130130710854 and on UOL Educação at: https://educacao.uol.com.br/noticias/2021/11/15/como-uma-estatua-de-paulo-freire-criada-para-o-mst-foi-parar-em-cambridge.htm.
6 Refer to the Cities Outlook 2018 Report, available at https://www.centreforcities.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/18-01-12-Final-Full-Cities-Outlook-2018.pdf, as well as The Guardian’s coverage at: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/jan/12/beyond-cambridge-spires-most-unequal-city-tackles-poverty.
7 See the article published by the Faculty of Education at the University of Cambridge regarding this initiative at: https://news.educ.cam.ac.uk/latin-america-popular-education-inequality.
8 During the awards ceremony, the Cambridge University Student Union emphasised the significance of the II Freire Conference: ‘This event aimed to expand on the debate of popular education. The event brought together an extensive number of participants, volunteers, and thinkers. It was 100% student-led and aimed to be open and accessible to all, even outside of the University community. This event prioritised community learning, teaching participants about someone they may not have been familiar with before, which was really important to demonstrate diverse thinking across their geographical region’. For more information, please visit: https://www.cambridgesu.co.uk/news/article/cambridgesu/The-Cambridge-Students-Awards-Winners-announced/.
9 To access Budd Hall’s complete poem ‘Surf on Pauliño’, available in Portuguese, Spanish and English, please visit: https://www.unescochair-cbrsr.org/surf-on-paulino/. Budd Hall’s recitation of the poem during the closing ceremony of the II Freire Conference can be viewed at: https://www.youtube.com/live/x7Qi8-9W9vo?si=JElzUjQ-Ul9yRWSa&t=292.