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Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) in Rio’s Favelas: A Primer

By Mayu Takeda • July 16, 2017

Clique aqui para Português This is the first article in a four-part series on Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design. Cities are facing unprecedented challenges, and nowhere is that more evident than in the favelas of […]

#EvictionsWatch

With Traditional Celebration, Horto Takes a Moment to Celebrate and Strengthen its Resistance to Eviction

By Suzanne Chatelier • July 13, 2017

Clique aqui para Português From Friday July 7 to Sunday July 9, the Horto Residents’ Commission organized the Arraiá do Horto. With the motto “From Arraiá to Arraiá, Horto resists,” the tone of the arraiá Brazilian annual […]

#ParticipationWatch

Rio Solidarity Economy Celebrates New State Plan While Battle Continues for Alternative Economy

By Gigi Ong-Alok • July 3, 2017

Clique aqui para Português On Friday, June 23, the Solidarity Economy State Plan of Rio de Janeiro was festively launched at Rio’s Municipal Theatre. Representatives, entrepreneurs and collaborators at the event celebrated this political and […]

Library decorations. Photo by Hector Santos of Raizes em Movimento.
Favela Qualities

Community Library in Alemão Seeks Support and Volunteers

By Evan Fantozzi • June 27, 2017

Clique aqui para Português “We always wish for the transformation of our world, but the world will never be transformed if we don’t start in the minds of youth.” These are the words that drive Paulo Cesar Avelino, a pastor […]

#CommunityMedia

Alemão Collective Creates Shootings and Celebration Calendars in Response to Police Violence

By Chloe Villalobos • June 26, 2017

Clique aqui para Português On June 2, Coletivo Papo Reto, an independent youth media collective from Complexo do Alemão in Rio’s North Zone, created two complementary resistance calendars as a response to the heavy police violence the community […]

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