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Month: May 2017

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The Bullet Holes in our Homes Are Making Us Bleed

By Cléber Araujo • Translation by Anne Marie Moran • May 19, 2017

Clique aqui para Português For the original article by Cleber Araújo in Portuguese published by Agência de Notícias das Favelas click here. Criminalizing favela residents is much easier to do than to tarnish the image of […]

Public State School. Source: Universidade do Cotidiano
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School Closings Take a Toll on Students, Teachers, and Families Across Rio

By Emilia Sens • May 17, 2017

Clique aqui para Português As Rio de Janeiro becomes further engulfed in its financial crisis, the state’s education sector has been suffering major setbacks. To combat the possibility of bankruptcy, the state announced that as many […]

#GentrificationWatch

Largest Slave Cemetery Battles to Continue ‘Saying the Unspeakable’ During 2017 Museum Week

By Claire Jones • May 16, 2017

Clique aqui para Português The New Blacks Institute (Instituto Pretos Novos, or IPN), a museum in Rio’s Port Region hosting the largest slave cemetery in the Americas and one of the main sites preserving the city’s legacy as […]

Civil Society

Baixada Never Gives Up: Cultural Collective Featured in New UN Documentary

By Stephanie Reist • May 13, 2017

Clique aqui para Português On May 9, journalists were invited to an advanced screening of the documentary “Baixada Never Gives Up.” The film, directed by Italy’s Christian Tragni and Brazil’s Juliana Spinola, introduces the world to […]

Rosilene, Eduarda's mother, shows Eduarda's photos and awards. Photo by Bentto Fábio
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Acari Favela Debates Police Violence at Community-Wide Public Audience

By Luisa Fenizola • Translation by Cara D’Rosario • May 11, 2017

Clique aqui para Português Last Saturday, May 7, the Fala Akari Collective and Acari Residents’ Association organized a Public Audience to hear what residents had to say and to report crimes carried out by the State in the community. […]

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