The story that has been echoing for more than a century is once again gaining a voice. The itinerant exhibition: "Silenced Voices: Struggle of Paula for freedom", promoted by the Court of Justice of the State of Tocantins (TJTO), will be in the city of Gurupi on Wednesday and Thursday (Dec 3rd and 4th) at Araguaia Shopping Center, open to the public. After passing through the city of Araguaína (last week) and Gurupi, the exhibition will end its route in the city of Palmas, from December 6th to 8th, as part of the celebrations of the Day of Justice (Dec 8th).
Held by the Commissions for Memory and Documentary Management of the TJTO, in partnership with the Superior School of the Judges of the State of Tocantins (Esmat), the exhibition reconstructs the trajectory of Paula, a black and enslaved woman who, in 1858, in the territory that today corresponds to the municipality of Paranã, faced the slave system and legally won her freedom.
The exhibition also causes the visitor to critically revisit the past, understand its marks and broaden understanding of the importance of collective memory as an instrument of individual, social and institutional transformation.
The initiative is aligned with the guidelines of the National Council of Justice (CNJ) and the National Program for Document Management and Memory of the Judiciary (Proname) and it strengthens institutional actions that recognize the struggles for freedom, dignity and inclusion.
“To rescue the story of Paula is to recognize the courage of a black woman who claimed, through justice, the fundamental right to freedom. This exhibition invites us to reflect on the wounds left by slavery and, above all, to strengthen our institutional role in promoting dignity, equality and memory as a living heritage of citizenship", says the president of the TJTO, Justice Maysa Vendramini Rosal.
Judicial ombudsman
The Judicial Ombudsman of the TJTO will also be present on the exhibition days to offer direct service to the public, receive suggestions, demonstrations, reports and questions. Participation broadens the policy of approximation with society and keeps alive the commitment to offer an open, accessible and effective dialogue channel among the citizen and the Judiciary.