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Our world has many superheroes.

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But they have the worst of all superpowers: 
invisibility

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For example, Catadores,

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workers who collect recyclable materials for a living

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Catadores emerge from social inequlity

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unemployment, and the abundance of solid waste

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from the deficiency of the waste

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collection system

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cat adores provide a heavy, honest and essential work

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that benefits the entire population

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but they are not acknowledged for it

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here in brazil, they collect

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90 percent of all the waste

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that's actually recyclced

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most of the catadores work independentally

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picking waste on the streets

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and selling to junk yards

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at very low prices

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they may collect over 300 kilos

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in their bags, shopping carts

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bicycles, and cajosas

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cajosas are carts built from wood or metal

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and found in several streets in brazil.

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much like graffiti and street art

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and this is how i first these marganizalised 
superheroes

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i am a graffiti artist and activist

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and my art is social, environmental and political

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in nature

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in 2007, i took my work beyond walls

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and onto the cajosas

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as a new word of support for my message

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but at this time, giving voice to the catadores

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by adding art in humor to the cause

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it became more appealing

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which helped call attention

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to the catadores

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and improve their self esteem

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and now they are famous on the street

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on mass media, in social

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the thing is,

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i plunged into this universe

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and have not stopped working since

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i have painted over 200 cajosas

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in many cities

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and have been invited to do exhibitions and trips

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worldwide

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and then i realized that cat adores in their invisibility

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are not exclusive to brazil

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i met them in argentina, chile, bolivia
south africa, turkey

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and even developed countries such as

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united states

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and japan

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and this was when i realized

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that i need to

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have more people join the cause

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it's a big challenge

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then, i created a collaborative movement

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called pimp my carroja

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A large crowd fund event

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(Applause)