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Youth Forum Presents Preliminary Results of “Nós Por Nós” App to Denounce Police Violence

By Bruno Calisto, Jody van Mastrigt • April 16, 2016

Clique aqui para Português Two weeks after the launch of the “Nós Por Nós” (Us for Us) phone application, the Rio de Janeiro Youth Forum presented the results and challenges they have encountered since the app launch. […]

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Morro do Adeus Residents Restore Road Through Collective Action Mutirão

By Marcella Melo • Translation by Wendy Turner • February 2, 2016

Clique aqui para Português For the original article in Portuguese by Marcella Melo published in Voz das Comunidades click here.  After years requesting improvements to Horácio Piccorelli Road, residents have decided to fund the work out of their […]

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Community Pride: An Interview with Gilmar Lopes of Morro dos Cabritos

By Laura Gama • Translation by Kayla Boisvert • January 12, 2016

Clique aqui para Português “It is a wonderful place, surrounded by nature, and it’s where I was born and raised and where I have my roots!” – Gilmar Lopes Despite the negative stereotypes associated with […]

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Museu de Favela’s ‘Women Warriors’ Exhibition Seeks Support to Tour Brazil

By Aldair Arriola-Gomez • November 30, 2015

Clique aqui para Português Museu de Favela (MUF), a non-profit territorial museum founded in 2008 by community leaders in Cantagalo and Pavão-Pavãozinho in Rio’s South Zone, is promoting a crowdfunding campaign to tour their Mulheres Guerreiras (Women Warriors) […]

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Community Projects in Alemão Hold Collective Crowdfunding Campaign #TodosPeloAlemão

By Nicole Peña • November 26, 2015

Clique aqui para Português Eight community projects in Complexo do Alemão are participating in a joint crowdfunding campaign entitled #TodosPeloAlemão (#AllForAlemão). The campaign began on October 13 and ends on December 15 and has reached 33% of its goal of […]

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