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Public Schools in City of God Favela Engage Youth in Climate Education Through ‘Favela Climate Memory’ Exhibition

By Bárbara Dias • Translation by Louisa Morrison • September 30, 2025

Clique aqui para Português Following an enthusiastic reception during its tour through Maré, Acari and Rio das Pedras—favelas where it held a busy schedule of activities—the Favela Climate Memory exhibition has arrived in City of God, […]

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In Rio das Pedras, Favela Climate Memory Exhibition ‘Changes the Way We See Our Own Sense of Belonging in the Favela’

By Bárbara Dias • Translation by Staff • September 20, 2025

 Clique aqui para Português Following its time in Acari, a favela in Rio de Janeiro’s North Zone, in August, the ‘Favela Climate Memory’ exhibition continued its tour through Rio das Pedras, a favela in […]

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‘Favela Climate Memory’ Exhibition Circulates in Acari’s Emblematic Community Spaces

By Bárbara Dias • Translation by Staff • September 7, 2025

 Clique aqui para Português After its launch in May, ‘Favela Climate Memory’—developed by eleven favela museum members of the Sustainable Favela Network*—is now touring the communities where the discussion circles that inform the exhibition […]

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Turning Affection Into Film: The Legacy of Cadu Barcellos, a Maré Native Who Brought Dignity to the Favela in Brazilian Film

By Juliana Portella • Translation by Marina Devine Guzmán • August 25, 2025

Clique aqui para Português In the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro, in the group of favelas that make up Complexo da Maré—more precisely, in the Pinheiro favela, Block 7, apartment 502: that’s where Cadu […]

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‘O Catarinão’: New Community Newspaper Strengthens Memory and Identity in Jardim Catarina, in Greater Rio de Janeiro’s São Gonçalo

By Igor Soares • Translation by Kay Alvito • August 11, 2025

Clique aqui para Português Check out our complete series of community media profiles here. Launched in October 2024, the newspaper O Catarinão portrays the favela of Jardim Catarina in São Gonçalo, a municipality in Greater Rio […]

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