CEERT’s main focus is on educator-training programs for the public school system, The objective is to design content, methodologies and programs to prepare educators to deal with race relations in the classroom and the school environment, with an emphasis on human diversity and cultural plurality. The Center has trained over 1,800 educational professionals in the public school system in the cities of São Paulo and Campinas, and has collected information, created indicators and developed methodologies for the implementation of Federal Law 10,639/2003, which mandates the teaching of African history and Afro-Brazilian culture in Brazil’s schools. “EDUCATION FOR RACIAL EQUALITY” AWARD Created in 2001, this national award stimulates teachers address race equality in the classroom. Between 2002 and 2004, a total of 524 experiences from educators in Brazil’s five regions were collected. Annual seminars were conducted at the SESC Vila Mariana Center where the “Education for Racial Equality” awards were conferred, the issue of race relations and public policies debated, and support provided to implement Federal Law 10,639/2003. Some 4,300 people, most of them teachers from the public school system, participated in these annual seminars, which included issue roundtables, workshops for educational professionals, open courses, shows, book signings, video screenings, and closing ceremonies with government authorities and CEERT partners.