Clique aqui para Português Catalytic Communities* Executive Director Theresa Williamson was interviewed by O Globo about her chapter entitled, ‘Not Everyone Has a Price: How the Small Favela of Vila Autódromo’s Fight Opened a Path […]
Clique aqui para Português In October 2017, three small houses under construction were marked and subsequently demolished in the small favela of Araçatiba, Barra de Guaratiba, Rio de Janeiro, destroying families’ physical and monetary investment and […]
Clique aqui para Português On Friday, May 18, members of the Popular Council held their second demonstration of the year outside the mayor’s headquarters at Palácio da Cidade in Botafogo. Approximately 40 demonstrators—residents and allies of […]
Clique aqui para Português On the night of May 19, Vila Autódromo‘s Catholic Church—a small, quaint, canary yellow building—opened its doors to celebrate the Evictions Museum’s second anniversary. Despite the heavy rain that preceded the […]
Clique aqui para Português On Saturday, May 12, Quilombo Sacopã organized a traditional feijoada and samba event in the context of May 13 marking 130 years since the abolition of slavery in Brazil. The community consists of around […]