O Esperançar como verbo: o Coletivo de Assistentes Sociais do IFSP e a coletivização das resistências

Abstract

This paper brings to light the experience of the Collective of Social Workers at the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of São Paulo (IFSP). By presenting the origin of this Collective, its composition, its main demands and the particularities inherent in the struggle for the social right to education, the article, presented as an experience report, aims to provoke reflections on the importance of organizing the professional category of social workers in collective struggles. It concludes that collective struggles are a fundamental factor in advancing the professional practice of social workers situated in a critically and historically way.