Clique aqui para Português On August 30, at Arena Dicró in Penha, in Rio de Janeiro’s North Zone, the Sustainable Favela Network’s “Savory Wisdom” roundtable took place, featuring eight community organizers from Greater Rio favelas, all […]
Clique aqui para Português This article is part of RioOnWatch‘s series on Memories of Favela Power, which documents and celebrates the history of Rio de Janeiro’s favelas through narratives and reports from residents’ collective memory, in […]
Clique aqui para Português Invited by the Urban and Regional Planning and Research Institute (IPPUR) at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) and supported by the Research Support Foundation for the State of […]
Clique aqui para Português For Brazilian Black Awareness Month, this article covered Rio de Janeiro’s Urban Peripheries Literary Festival (FLUP) on pioneering Afro-Brazilian authors—the Black elders of Brazilian literature: Machado de Assis, Lima Barreto, and […]
Clique aqui para Português In 2023, the Favelas Pastoral Committee celebrates its 46th anniversary. A Catholic Church institution, the Pastoral Committee holds a rich history of supporting the struggles of Rio de Janeiro’s favela residents. A […]