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Data, infographics, and technical reports cannot communicate the trauma suffered by communities impacted by tailings dam collapses. Though the failures of the Samarco-operated Fundão dam in 2015 and Vale´s Córrego do Feijão dam in 2019 are years in the past, local communities in Brazil are still reeling. Many continue to suffer from post-traumatic stress, the loss of loved ones, contaminated drinking water, and the impunity of those responsible for the dam failures. Join us to learn what justice, reconciliation, and reparations looks like for impacted communities.
Learn more about the panel series on "Predatory Extractivism: Brazil's Largest Mining Catastrophes in a Global Context" and register to attend.
Opening Remarks: Marcia Castro, Andelot Professor of Demography; Chair, Brazil Studies Program; Chair, Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Moderator: Alicia Yamin, Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law School
Panelists: Mônica dos Santos, Member, Fundão Dam Commission of Affected People and Alexandra Andrade Gonçalves Costa, Treasurer, Association of Families of Victims and People Affected by the Córrego do Feijão Mine Dam Crash in Brumadinho (AVABRUM)
Discussant: Marcia Castro, Andelot Professor of Demography; Chair, Brazil Studies Program; Chair, Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Presented in collaboration with the Department of Global Health and Population (HSPH), Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability, the Center for International Development, the Human Rights Program at HLS, and The Center for the Study of Natural Resources Extraction and Society at Clark University.