Entre talentos do cariri: vida e obra de Assis Júnior

Abstract

This work aims to portray, as accurately as possible, the life and work of Severino de Assis Júnior, an entrepreneur and successful businessman in the commerce of João Pessoa, capital of Paraíba, from 1970 (already established with a small commercial store) to 1990, when, victorious and at the right time, he decided to abandon his business activities. From 1991 onwards, even though he lived in João Pessoa, Assis Júnior understood that he could provide services to the land that welcomed him, a newborn, at six months old. It was in the political sphere - at a time when he was better able to follow the education of his children in João Pessoa - that he set the course for his plan, which aimed at the well-being of the community of Serra Branca. There he was elected councilman in 1991 and vice-mayor in 1996. He is currently a member of the board of IPSERV-Instituto dos Servidores do Município de Serra Branca, in the role of President, and should soon take over the position of Secretary of Administration of the Municipality, to which he has already been invited. Since Assis Júnior is a person from Serra Branca, in the Cariri region of Paraíba, I felt it necessary to bring to the book scene not only the life of the person being written about, but also the historical background of Serra Branca and, to a lesser extent, that of São João do Cariri, to whose municipality Serra Branca was umbilically linked for several decades. And also the settlement and development of the Serra Branca community, up to the present day.