Chief of Police – Homicide Division Minas Gerais is our special guest for a very enlightening and informative evening… Click above for details and registration. 

“Here comes Peter Cotton Tail, hopping down the bunny trail.
Hippity-hoppity, Easter’s on it’s way”

Spring has sprung and Easter is just around the corner.  Time for  
Minas International’s SECOND ANNUAL EASTER EGG HUNT and PICNIC!

Food, Fun and Easter eggs!!

For more information CLICK HERE.

To register click below.

]]> http://minasinternational.com/2012/03/18/2nd-annual-easter-egg-hunt-and-picnic/feed/ 0 Maxine T. McClellan Easter Egg Hunt Easter Egg Register http://minasinternational.com/2012/03/12/want-to-get-involved/ http://minasinternational.com/2012/03/12/want-to-get-involved/#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2012 13:42:24 +0000 Maxine T. McClellan http://minasinternational.com/?p=1552 Continue reading →]]> We are holding an open planning session this Thursday, 15 March from 12:00-13:30 at Cafe Verdemar in the Diamond Mall.  If you are interested in getting involved (or just want to come and have lunch with us) come on by!

We need help in…

• Planning and organizing events (both social and serious!)
• Website development/maintenance
• Marketing and Public Relations

If you can’t make it on Thursday but still want to get involved CLICK HERE.

Calling all ghosts and goblins, young and old!!  

Join us for our first ever Minas International Halloween Party!

Come celebrate all the fun of Halloween — bobbing for apples, jack-o-lanterns, spooks, games, ghoulish snacks, sweets, and of course costumes!

The party is open to kids and adults. 

Prizes will be awarded for best costume, so get creative!

Click here for details and registration!

What a fantastic time we had on Tuesday, 2 August at Status Chopperia and Grille in Savassi for Patrick McAnaney’s Trash Talk presentation.  Over 50 people from 11 countries joined us for an evening of education, networking and plain ole fun.  It was an event truly representing the spirit of Minas International’s mission of Globalizing Locally.

The Wrap-Up

Patrick McAnaney, a Fulbright scholar in Brazil, talked about the role of organizations of pickers in solid waste management. He began with an overview of the current

CLICK HERE to view the presentation

 environmental and social situation in Brazil and went on to talk about the history of picker associations and cooperatives.  Patrick explained the organizational model of these groups and gave a visual tour of a sorting warehouse run by a picker cooperative. In closing he provided analysis of the challenges and opportunities facing this movement, focusing on political, economic and managerial issues.

IF YOU MISSED US THIS TIME

BE SURE TO JOIN US NEXT TIME!

Tuesday, 2 August – 18:30

At STATUS Chopperia & Grill in the heart of Savassi

We’ve all seen them… the guys who pull those monsterously full carts of trash up and down the steep hills and through traffic at all hours.  Did you ever wonder…

• Where does the trash go?
• Do these folks make a living at this?
• Are they organized or is everyone out for themselves?
• Does the government sanction (or depend?) on these “trash pickers”?

Wonder no more!

Patrick McAnaney will help us sort it all out!

Patrick has been living in Minas Gerais and working with UFMG to research this phenomena of trash collecting.  You may be surprised to learn it is a bigger business than you’ve ever imagined!

• When: Tuesday, 2 August, 18:30-20:30
• Where: Status Chopperia & Grill – Av. Getulio Vargas, 1238 Savassi
• Cost:  FREE with PRE-registration or R$ 5.00 at the door.

Come prepared to eat, drink, network and be entertained!

50% off ALL menu items and drinks* from 17:00-20:00.  

LIVE Piano music and singer!

Parking lot adjacent to building.

CLICK HERE for full event details

Click Here to see all the PICS!

We had a great time at the Coffee Chat!  A terrific group of folks joined as Minas International community member Judy Robbe graciously opened her home to us.   The conversations were as diverse as the countries represented … England, Phillipines, Brazil, USA, Russia, Canada.   It was a great opportunity to network both personally and professionally.

Stay tuned as we’ll be offering another informal get together in a few weeks…

Click here to see all the pictures of the morning…

Join us for an informal get together at the residence of one of our Minas International community members.  We’ll chat about life in Brasil,  jobs, culture and anything else that comes up!

• When:   Tuesday, 5 July  -  10:00-12:00
• Where:  Santa Lúcia, BH-(address upon registration)
• Cost:     Good conversation in English!

We had a terrific time on our Architectural Walking Tour – the 2nd stop on our Cultural Circuit.  On a sunny Saturday our group met at Praca Sete to begin touring with our

Claudio Lysardo Teixeira

knowledge and personable tour guide Claudio Lysardo Teixeira.

Claudio shared with us the tremendous history of Belo Horizonte and the significance of many of the old architectural buildings and interiors that made up the former cultural center of BH.  He also told us some wonderful and warming stories his grandmother has shared with him over the years about what the life was like in BH in years it was considered the most sophisticated and grand city in Brazil.

We had such an overwhelming number of requests to join the tour we had to turn many away.   Because of this we’ll be looking to repeat the tour later in the year.  In the interim, Claudio is working with Minas International to prepare an English guide of the sites we visited.  More information to come soon!

After the tour we went out to a traditional Mineiro restaurant for a great lunch and some yummy dessert!

To see all our GREAT PHOTOS CLICK HERE!

Click here for details and registration!