Experimentações de estudantes na construção de práticas extensionistas pela Universidade Federal do Amazonas: relato de experiência do Coletivo Nise da Silveira

Abstract

The Nise da Silveira Collective is an extension project linked to the Federal University of Amazonas (UFAM), composed of professors and students, that seeks to promote guidance and reflection to the academic community and the general population of Manaus on the theme of harm reduction. Furthermore, the project works to deconstruct stigmas and prejudices related to the use of psychoactive substances, circulating coping and care strategies based on human rights. In this context, this qualitative, descriptive, and exploratory research aims to narrate the experiences of extension students in actions carried out during two cycles of the extension project in 2024 and 2025. The initiative highlights the importance and relevance of extension as a fundamental component in education, enabling the construction of interventions in reality in a critical and dialogical way, contributing to the development of knowledge and skills that overcome gaps not addressed or insufficiently explored in the students' educational path.