A shirt to honor Black Awareness Day, celebrated on November 20, was how the football club Coritiba chose to draw attention to the date.
The shirt, released this Friday (13), pays tribute to Enedina Alves Marques, the first Black woman to graduate in engineering in Brazil.
The initiative is part of the Pelo Mundo Vai Brilhar collection, which celebrates figures and symbols from the history of Curitiba.
Her Journey
Enedina was born in the capital of Paraná in 1913 and had a journey marked by confronting racial and gender barriers.
In 1945, she became the first Black woman to graduate in Civil Engineering in Brazil, at the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR). Enedina died in August 1981, at the age of 68.
Her journey led to her receiving a statue in January 2024 on the Rua XV de Novembro sidewalk promenade in downtown Curitiba. The statue was created by artist Rafael Sartori and served as inspiration for the Coritiba shirt.
"Stories that open paths. Legacies that build the future," the club wrote on its social media.
Coritiba also emphasized that Enedina made history, broke barriers, and left a legacy that continues to inspire generations. That is why the club decided to honor the engineer in 2026, on its Black Awareness Day shirt.
The shirt, whose color is inspired by the bronze of Enedina's statue, features three special badges: one with the motto Respect, Equality and Inclusion, another saying Pelo Mundo Vai Brilhar…
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A shirt to honor Black Awareness Day, celebrated on November 20, was how the football club Coritiba chose to draw attention to the date.
The shirt, launched this Friday (13), pays tribute to Enedina Alves Marques, the first Black woman to graduate in engineering in Brazil.
The initiative is part of the Pelo Mundo Vai Brilhar (The World Will Shine) collection, which celebrates figures and symbols from the history of Curitiba.
Her Journey
Enedina was born in the capital of Paraná in 1913 and had a journey marked by confronting racial and gender barriers.
In 1945, she became the first Black woman to graduate in Civil Engineering in Brazil, from the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR). Enedina died in August 1981, at the age of 68.
Her journey led to her receiving a statue in January 2024 on the sidewalk of Rua XV de Novembro, in downtown Curitiba. The statue was created by artist Rafael Sartori and served as inspiration for the Coritiba shirt.
"Stories that open paths. Legacies that build the future," the club wrote on its social media.
Coritiba also emphasized that Enedina made history, broke barriers, and left a legacy that continues to inspire generations. That is why the club decided to honor the engineer in 2026, on the Black Awareness shirt.
The shirt, whose color is inspired by the bronze of Enedina's statue, features three special badges: one with the motto Respect, Equality and Inclusion, another reading Pelo Mundo Vai Brilhar, and a third on the upper back, which is a figure of Enedina.
"More than wearing a shirt, it's carrying a story. It's recognizing a legacy. It's making it continue to shine," Coritiba concluded.