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West Zone Social Development Initiatives Come Under the Spotlight at Exhibition

By Luisa Fenizola • Translation by Anna Jönsson • December 27, 2017

Clique aqui para Português Unfolding from December 2 to 9, a sensory, interactive, and emotional exhibition entitled “Illuminate the West Zone” aimed to increase visibility for social organizations and community collectives that, with support from […]

#EvictionsWatch

‘2017 Is Just the Beginning’: Protest Series Against Evictions Concludes with Feast at City Hall

By Clara Ferraz • Translation by Desirée Poets • December 26, 2017

Clique aqui para Português The last event of the Mobilizations Against Evictions series, or “Occupy City Hall: Feast of the Poor” protest on Friday, December 15 gathered residents of favelas currently threatened with eviction for a demonstration […]

#ParticipationWatch

Ten Lessons from Asa Branca on Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED)

By Mayu Takeda • December 16, 2017

Clique aqui para Português This is the final article in a four-part series on Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design. Founded in 1986, the favela of Asa Branca is situated in the region of Barra da Tijuca in […]

#Rio2016

Recently Certified Quilombo Camorim Celebrates & Remembers Brazil’s Resistance to Slavery

By Tânia de Oliveira • Translation by Arman Kazemi • December 8, 2017

Clique aqui para Português Concluding Black Awareness week on November 26, the Cultural Association of the Camorim Quilombo (ACUCA) hosted its sixteenth traditional feijoada in honor of Afro-Brazil’s greatest resistance leaders Dandara and Zumbi dos […]

#EvictionsWatch

‘Stronger Together:’ Threatened Favelas Launch Parliamentary Front Against Evictions

By Edmund Ruge • December 5, 2017

Clique aqui para Português On the night of November 30, community leaders from across Rio converged at the City Council to speak out against evictions. The evening’s panel marked the launch of Rio’s first “Parliamentary […]

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