Initiative: Entre o Céu e a Favela (“Between the Sky and the Favela”) Contact: Instagram | Facebook | Email Year Founded: 2012 Community: Morro da Providência (Port Region) Mission: Bring together, disseminate, and value local cultural production […]
Clique aqui para Português One month ago, record rainfall devastated Rio de Janeiro. The torrential downpour lasted through the night of April 8 and continued into the following day, flooding houses and triggering fatal landslides […]
Initiative: 6 de Maio, Sonhar e Realizar (“May 6, Dream and Achieve”) Contact: Facebook | Email Year Founded: 2000 Community: Cascadura (North Zone) Mission: Social inclusion, integration, and education about citizenship through sports Public Events: Commemoration of […]
Clique aqui para Português On Friday, April 26, a demonstrative crowd of community organizers, favela residents, academics, and activists gathered to denounce and protest City authorities’ alleged negligence during the deadly floods that took place […]
Clique aqui para Português “We need to hold a demonstration. That’s the only way for these politicians in power to pay attention to us,” said a resident during a meeting about housing conditions held on […]