We moved beyond the political tensions to building a state historic park in its many dimensions in the heart of downtown.
Plus, we expanded our commitments to a full restoration of Casa de la Guerra and to creating a new park at Santa Inés Mission Mills.
The 1990s were for me the halcyon years. Adobe reconstruction and restorations were central to the work of SBTHP, but key presidio area properties were also acquired during this time; many publications in the form of books, historical pamphlets and brochures were published; our Soldados del Presidio de Santa Bárbara, officially the city’s colonial militia, were formed; and with them and other volunteer programs our living history activities thrived.
Mazé Morais
Maria José Morais Costa, better known as Mazé Morais is from Batalha, PI, Brazil, where she lives with her husband and son. She is a family farmer of beans, corn, manioc and small animals. She is a leader in community organizations, youth ministry, and in the Brazilian Rural Workers Union (MSTTR). In 2013 she was elected Youth Secretary of Brazil’s National Confederation of Agricultural Workers) (CONTAG), and has served as secretary of its women’s caucus since 2017. In 2019 she coordinated the March of the Daisies, a mass mobilization of rural and indigenous women to defend the forest and waters. She is also part of the board of the Confederation of Family Producers, Peasants and Indigenous Organizations of the Expanded Mercosur (COPROFAM).