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Reconnecting With Senses, Flavor, and Knowledge of Rio’s Serra da Misericórdia

By Abby Hanna • July 17, 2019

Clique aqui para Português On Saturday, June 29, Verdejar, a socio-environmental organization located along the edge of the Complexo do Alemão favelas in Rio de Janeiro’s North Zone, held an event to celebrate the environment […]

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Vai na Web: Favela Empowerment Through Coding in Prazeres and Alemão [PROFILE]

By Ben Bildsten • July 15, 2019

Clique aqui para Português Initiative: Vai na Web (“Get Online”) Contact: Website | Facebook | Instagram | Email Year Founded: 2017 Community: Morro dos Prazeres (Central Rio) and Complexo do Alemão (North Zone) Mission: To promote community improvement through […]

Photo by Tania Rego/Agência Brasil
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After City Breaks Promises, Metrô-Mangueira Families Struggle to Stay Afloat in Replacement Housing

By Tyler Strobl • July 11, 2019

Clique aqui para Português Prior to 2010, residents of centrally-located Metrô-Mangueira in Rio’s inner North Zone were approached by government workers—allegedly to sign up those in need for Bolsa Família, a government conditional cash transfer […]

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6th Favela Student Discussion Group: Rethinking the Relationship Between Universities and Favelas

By Carolina Medina Zárate • Translation by Sarah Jacobs • July 2, 2019

Clique aqui para Português On June 8, the Museum of Life at the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) hosted the 6th Student Favela Resident Discussion Group—Pathways that Lead Universities to Favelas and Favelas to Universities. The […]

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Careless Journalism and the Daily ‘Scare’ [OPINION]

By Mariana Assis • Translation by Habib Msallem • June 13, 2019

Clique aqui para Português For the original article in Portuguese by Mariana Assis published by Voz das Comunidades click here. I’ve always been fascinated by words. Very much because of this, I made them my […]

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