The meeting was organized by the dean of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro - UFRJ, Aloísio Teixeira. The event brought together about 200 intellectuals and members of the academic community of Rio de Janeiro. The event occurred to show support for the presidential candidate Dilma Rousseff, who was running by the coalition “For Brazil to continue changing ”, formed of the parties: PT, PMDB, PCdoB, PDT, PRB, PR, PSB, PSC, PTC, and PTN. Left to right: Emir Sader, Dilma Rousseff, Nilcea Freire, Marco Aurélio Garcia.