President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva participated this Thursday (11), in the Federal District, in a meeting of quilombola women and handed over 18 new domain titles to nine communities in six states. The event is organized by the National Coordination for the Articulation of Black Rural Quilombola Communities (Conaq), and brings together around 500 women. On the agenda of the meeting is the fight for territorial protection and climate justice. Related news: Federal government repurposes 1,900 abandoned properties. Quilombola territories are rural or urban spaces occupied by black communities, formed by descendants of people enslaved during the colonization of Brazil. The areas handed over complete a long regularization process, covering 11.6 thousand hectares and benefiting 1,780 families. In a speech, Lula recalled that, historically, Brazil was not created to serve the most vulnerable. "This country, for centuries and centuries, treated black people, poor people, working people, people on the periphery as if we were a non-existent population, as if we didn't exist," he said. "The end of slavery was not done to improve the lives of black people, because they left the population on the streets, without jobs, without health, without education, without land, without anything. They left it so that black people would be called bums and be blamed for all the ills that happened in this country. So, recovering the history of [racial] equality is a huge struggle", he continued. With the delivery of the titles, according to the Minister of Agrarian Development and Family Agriculture, Fernanda Machiavelli, the mark of 74 titles issued during Lula's current administration was reached, covering an area of ​​93 thousand hectares and serving 8,317 families. The volume represents around 34% of all quilombola titles ever issued by the National Institute of Colonization and Agrarian Reform (Incra) in the country's history. The minister highlighted the implementation of credits to encourage the development and construction of housing in one of the largest quilombola communities in the country, the Kalunga territory, between the north of Goiás and the south of Tocantins. "Along with the titles comes development. In several quilombola communities, Incra credits have also arrived. These are credits that have promoted production, supported women and allowed the construction and renovation of houses. Today, we will release another R$19 million in housing credit for 200 families in the Kalunga community", he highlighted. Preliminary steps In addition to the delivery of titles, the federal government advanced in previous stages of land regularization in other quilombola territories, including four decrees of social interest for 333 families on approximately 897 hectares. The decrees cover the territories of Graciosa (BA), with 156 families and an area of ​​606.7 hectares; Tapinoã-Prodígio (RJ), with 32 families and an area of ​​114.8 hectares; Maria Joaquina (RJ), with 134 families and an area of ​​165.1 hectares; and Morro do Boi (SC), with 11 families and an area of ​​10.1 hectares. Together, the processes add up to around R$14.5 million in estimated values ​​for expropriation, which will be the next step before issuing the title. "The titling of quilombola territories is historical reparation. There are more than 300 years of slavery, a crime that did not end with abolition, because oppression continued and continues to discriminate, erasure continued and continues", Maria Rosalina dos Santos, executive coordinator of Conaq. During the event, Incra announced the publication of an ordinance recognizing the Porto Leocádio (GO) territory, benefiting 20 families in an area of ​​1.5 thousand hectares. Five new Technical Identification and Delimitation Reports (RTIDs) will also be announced for the territories Brejão dos Aipins (PI), Baía Formosa (RJ), Sapatu (SP), Sítio Grossos (RN) and Engenho da Cruz (BA), covering around 800 families and approximately 22 thousand hectares. The RTID is a historical and anthropological report of the occupation and defines the territorial landmarks of the area traditionally occupied by quilombola families. >> Check the distribution of the 18 quilombola titles granted, divided by territory: Kalunga do Mimoso (Arraias and Paranã/TO): four titles, benefiting 250 families on 4,211 hectares; Kalunga (Cavalcante, Monte Alegre and Teresina de Goiás/GO): two titles for 888 families, covering 6,221 hectares; Invernada dos Negros (Abdon Batista and Campos Novos/SC): five titles for 84 families on 111 hectares; Charco/Juçaral (São Vicente Férrer/MA): three titles for 137 families on 690 hectares; Mel da Pedreira (Macapá/AP): a title for 14 families on 127 hectares; Nova Batalhinha (Bom Jesus da Lapa/BA): a title for 20 families on 67 hectares; Mata de São Benedito (Itapecuru-Mirim/MA): a title for 35 families on 194 hectares; Piqui/Santa Maria dos Pretos (Itapecuru-Mirim/MA): a title for 352 families on 51 hectares.