Anti-racist feminist Angela Davis arrived in Montevideo

With a busy schedule of meetings, talks and speeches, American Angela Davis arrived in Uruguay and will stay until Saturday.

March 21, 2019

Photo: Mariana Grief

By: the daily

With a packed schedule of meetings, talks, and speeches, American Angela Davis arrived in Uruguay. An academic and activist, feminist and anti-racist, her activities officially began yesterday at noon with a luncheon at the Carnival Museum with representatives from the Ministry of Social Development (MIDES) and Afro-descendant leaders from other state institutions.

The Minister of Social Development (MIDES), Marina Arismendi, Undersecretary Ana Olivera, and the Director of Sociocultural Promotion, Federico Graña, met with Davis to discuss the ministry's work on social and racial inclusion, gender equality, and sexual diversity. Also participating in the meeting were the Director of the National Women's Institute, Mariela Mazzotti, and the head of the Secretariat for Ethnic and Racial Equity and Migrant Populations of the Montevideo Municipality (IM), Elizabeth Suárez, as reported by la diaria .

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One of the topics discussed during the meeting was the campaign for the Comprehensive Law for Trans People. After the meeting, Josefina González, a technician from the Human Rights Division of the Ministry of Social Development (MIDES) and a trans activist, gave Davis a yellow scarf—a symbol of the campaign—which the visitor wore in several photos as a symbol of her support for the Uruguayan trans community.

In turn, journalist Alejandra Casablanca gave her a t-shirt from the organization Mothers and Relatives of the Detained and Disappeared, and told her about the group and the meaning of the inscription "We are all relatives" on the garment, with which Davis then also posed to be photographed.

The activist's tour includes two events open to the public. Tomorrow, at 6:00 p.m., she will give a keynote address at the Solís Theatre, where she will receive the Montevideo City Council's award as a distinguished visitor. Tickets for the theatre are already sold out, but the lecture can be followed live on TV Ciudad, Radio Uruguay, and the Facebook page of the Horizonte de Libertades project, one of the organizations responsible for Davis's visit to Uruguay. On Saturday at 6:00 p.m., she will participate in a rally on the esplanade of the University of the Republic, under the slogan "Without racism, a better democracy." There, she will give a speech and receive an honorary . The event will close with performances by Rubén Rada and the rap group Se Armó Kokoa.

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