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Clique aqui para Português On Saturday, February 23, community-based social and cultural development organization Instituto Raízes em Movimento (Roots in Movement Institute) hosted the event “Waste: Policies and Challenges,” bringing together local residents and guest speakers to address […]
Clique aqui para Português On February 19, the Suburban Madness Carnival group, or bloco, held an event at the SESC cultural center in Engenho de Dentro, in Rio de Janeiro’s North Zone, to choose the group’s 2019 […]
Clique aqui para Português Initiative: Revolusolar Contact: Facebook | Website | Email Year Founded: 2015 Community: Babilônia and Chapéu-Mangueira (South Zone) Mission: To carry out research, production, and management of renewable energy and offer training and education for […]
Clique aqui para Português Originating among African-Americans in protest of the exclusion promoted by dominant economic and cultural systems, the hip hop movement easily won over Brazilian communities in the mid-1980s—ten years after taking off […]
Clique aqui para Português In this profile, Lita Ribeiro—a resident of the Guararapes favela, mother of two, and affirmative action beneficiary at the School of Social Work at the State University of Rio de Janeiro […]