The Center develops research and occupational training projects in private and government institutions at the municipal, state and federal levels, encouraging them to include race/ethnicity on forms at service centers. Educational campaigns are conducted, promotional material such as posters, pamphlets and institutional newsletters are produced. In the Psychic Damage Project, cases of sex and race-related violence are researched and case studies prepared for use by professionals in the legal and health fields. The Center also investigates the ideological use of race in debates about the causes of the work-related illness such as leucopenia among workers in the Siderúrgica de Volta Redonda steel mill, and produces educational material to orient the activities of trade unions, health professionals and workers