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Second Annual Favela Community Land Trust National Seminar: Reflections on a Tool to Guarantee the Right to Housing and the City

By Jaqueline Suarez, Julio Santos Filho • Translation by Annie Swank, Ethan Kaimana, Ikrom Alajoulin • August 10, 2022

Clique aqui para Português The 2nd Annual Favela Community Land Trust National Seminar was held from April 18-20, 2022. The online event had 420 sign-ups from all 26 Brazilian states and the federal capital of […]

Original art for the F-CLT National Seminar
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Favela CLT National Seminar, Part 2: International Examples, Potentialities and Challenges

By Gabriela Buffon Vargas, Julio Santos Filho • September 5, 2021

Clique aqui para Português This is the second of two articles covering the Favela Community Land Trust National Seminar. Read the first part here. Continuing the Favela Community Land Trust (CLT)* National Seminar, facilitated by […]

Original art for the F-CLT National Seminar
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Favela Community Land Trust National Seminar, Part 1: Collective Property and Security of Tenure

By Eduardo Antunez Rolle • Translation by Grant Brown, Trisha Ponti • September 1, 2021

Clique aqui para Português This is the first of two articles covering the Favela Community Land Trust Brazil-wide Seminar. Read the second part here. The Favela Community Land Trust National Seminar took place from June […]

A youth music group in Cantagalo performed during the virtual event. Photo: City, Favela, and Heritage Forum/Facebook. (Photo internet reproduction)
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Artists and Urbanists Ask How to Support Favela Culture at First City, Favela and Heritage Forum

By Mariana Gomes • January 3, 2021

Clique aqui para Português This article is part of our reporting partnership with The Rio Times. For the article as published in The Rio Times click here. Rio de Janeiro’s wealth of artistic talent includes […]

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Quilombo Leaders Reflect on Fights for Land Tenure and Against Exclusion During Pandemic [VIDEO]

By Gianna Giordani • October 9, 2020

Clique aqui para Português Kickstarting UN-Habitat’s 2020 Urban Circuit on October 5, World Habitat Day, Rio de Janeiro’s Sustainable Favela Network (SFN)* hosted the livestreamed panel discussion and teach-in “How Are Rio’s Quilombos Doing During the […]

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