July 25th. Benguela Day and International Day of the Afro-Latin American and Afro Caribbean Woman. July is one of the best months for me. In this month we have winter (my favorite season)in some parts of Brazil, I was born and also July has the best Commemorative or significant days. The International day of Rock, the lyric singer's day are some of examples that I can mention. One of the important dates that still is coming and already brought lots of people together around events is July, 25th. Here in Brazil is a important day for black brazilian people remember Tereza de Benguela figure. This is a very recent date added to our calendar in 2014 when the Chamber of Deputies approved a proposal of the Senate. In the meantime the International Day of the Afro-Latin American and Afro Caribbean Woman was included in the Brazilian calendar. Tereza de Benguela was a quilombola leader. "Quilombola" is a word we use to refer to enslaved black people who ran away from slavery regime reuniting themselves in locations which was named "quilombos" or "mocambos" as a form of resistence and fight for freedom. Today we use the word "quilombola" to refer basically to communities with own ways of life, who has historical relationship of occupation and resistance in a determined area, claim their afro-Brazilian ancestry and identify themselves as quilombola. They are recognized as being part of the traditional populations whose has its rights guaranteed by the Federal Constitution of 1988 and other legal devices such as international treaties. They are also often involved in land disputes and environmental issues. Tereza de Benguela is part of a process of evidence of historically erased black figures. She took the lead of the "Quilombo de Quaritetê" after the death of her husband José Piolho. For a long time we had only the figure of Zumbi dos Palmares, who led the Quilombo dos Palmares, as a symbol of the black resistance. It is equally important that we highlight female black figures with participation in different spheres of society in different times and recognize the double oppression which they face. In what concerns to The International Day of the Afro-Latin American and Afro Caribbean Woman is a result of the First Meeting of Afro-Latin American and Afro Caribbean Woman in 1996 in Dominican Republic. It ends up being a important date that is added to the other in Brazil, referring to the memory of Benguela. After all, July 25th introduce itself as a great opportunity to give visibility to the black woman's struggle. Long live to the July 25th .