We watched the film about Maria Teresa Leal and developed thesis sentences individually and shared.
Visit http://www.coopa-roca.org.br/en/index_en.html and http://www.pbs.org/opb/thenewheroes/meet/leal.html
Maria Teresa Leal (from pbs.org)
Project: Coopa-Roca
Location: Rio de Janerio, Brazil
Visit http://www.coopa-roca.org.br/en/index_en.html and http://www.pbs.org/opb/thenewheroes/meet/leal.html
Maria Teresa Leal (from pbs.org)
Project: Coopa-Roca
Location: Rio de Janerio, Brazil
posted by Professor Wanda's Posse at 11:32 AM
15 Comments:
Andres Rojas
Professor Sabir
English 1A
3 November 2010
Warfare and druf traffiking in Favelas(slums in Rio de Janeiro) makes living in Brazil hard for women, who due to a 20% unemployment rate find it even more difficult to survive and provide for the family. However, these Women, with the help of Tete, make beautiful pieces of Brazilian clothing that are sold throughout the world, and with those pieces show the brilliant talent that is within the poorest of areas not only in Brazil, but across the world.
Maxx Bartko
Professor Sabir
English 1A
3 November 2010
Using the American fashion industry as a model, the subject of the documentary economically empowers the poorest women of Rio de Janeiro in the face of intranational violence.
Jacob Stabler
Professor Sabir
English 1A
4 November 2010
Thesis sentence
Through trying times in a worn torn Brazillian ghetto, the Coopa Roca which is an indepentant sewing co-operative led by Maria Teresa Leal, have found success.
Linh Tran
Professor Sabir
English 1A
3 November 2010
PBS New Heroes - Maria Teresa Leal
Even though the world of fashion evokes distinct images of a high-class society of famous designers, towering heels, and shimmering lipstick, Maria Teresa Leal is dedicating her life to helping connect the women of the largest favela in Rio de Janeiro with this unfamiliar world, because these women are extremely skilled seamstresses who have no other job opportunities.
Marco Gutierrez
Professor Sabir
English 1A
3 November 2010
Response to Maria Teresa Leal Video
The opportunity that women who have creative talents in the slums of brazil called favela are underestimated by the 2/3 of Brazilians. Maria Teresa Leal never seen the talented people and has founded the Coopa-Roca which takes unfortunate young ladies and make feel like a process to become better workers, basically step out of their class. She has transformed these ladies into something more important, rather than making them feel undeserved.
Rochelle Predovic
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A
3 November 2010
Thesis Sentence
Although unemployment is a major problem in the city of Rocina, there is business known as Coopa Roca that counters the problem, which is the the drug traffiking that results from the unemployment.
Patrick Schmidt
Professor Sabir
English 1A
3 November 2010
Thesis Statement
Drug trafficking and violence in Favelas (Slums of Brazil) create living circumstances similar to that of warzones.
Giovana Zanellato
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A
3 November 2010
Maria Teresa Leal is a Brazilian Social Entrepeneuer who created the Copa-Roca cooperative. The cooperative helps the women from the biggest "favela" in Brazil by giving them the opportunity of working, while at home, making them enable to make money for their families, also giving them hope of a better future and better life for their kids.
Patrick Brown
Professor Sabir
English 1A
3 November 2010
The Coopa-Roca sewing cooperative, located in Rochina and founded by Maria Teresa Leal, has enabled many women who live in this Brazilian slum to find employment and other opportunities they would not have access to otherwise.
Lucia Fallah
Professor Wand Sabir
English 1A
November 3, 2010
Poverty in the slum of brazil caused high level of unemployement rate. There is rapid increase of drug traffiking. Women empowerment is one way family can afford to substain a living. like, sewing clothes and for fashing show, indicate brazil women skills.
Merty Brown
English 1A
Nov 3, 2010
since unempolyment was a major issues, her misson was to provide flexible employment opportunities to women from low-income families who live in Rocinha, particularly opportunities for single mothers to work from home.She also convinced fashion designers to teach the women about production skills and trends.
Frena Zamudio
Professor Sabir
English 1A
03 November 2010
3-part thesis sentence
Because Maria Teresa Leal, a wealthy Brazillian Entrepreneur founded Coopa Roca, a sewing cooperative located in Rocinh, it provides flexible employment opportunities to women from low-income families especially for single mothers to work from home.
Ji Won Park
Professor Sabir
English 1A
03 November 10
Amongst the economic struggles of Brazil, Maria Teresa Leal made a difference by starting a co-op fashion line called Coopa Roca, which not only made its way down the catwalk but also helped the women living in poverty use their crafty skills in thriving to become seamstresses.
Denise Martinez
Professor Sabir
English 1A
3 November 2010
Thesis Sentence
Although the women living in the "favelas" or ghettos in Rocina are surrounded by
unemployment which is the effect of gang wars and drug trafficking, Maria Teresa Leal's Coopa-Roca gives an outlet and inspiration through fashion which creates jobs for the women there.
Kiosha Jones
Wanda Sabir
English 1A
3 November 2010
Thesis
Even though Maria Leal operation is in the favela, the have been able find success.
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