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Afro Spring Raises Awareness of Black Identity and Black Beauty in Rio

By Mariah Barber • September 16, 2016

Clique aqui para Português Saturday, September 10 marked the beginning of Primavera Afro (Afro Spring) and the 6th edition of the Feira Crespa, with the goal of recognizing value in black culture and black beauty in […]

Favela Culture

Rio das Pedras: An Overview of the Bustling West Zone Favela

By Juliana Ritter • September 13, 2016

Clique aqui para Português Estação Azul, a lively 24 hour diner, is a hub of commotion in the heart of a large favela called Rio das Pedras. Not formally mapped online, the expansive community sits in Rio de […]

#CommunityMedia

“We Verify the Truth They Leave Out”: Favela Journalists Speak at First Communication Congress

By Natalie Southwick • August 31, 2016

Clique aqui para Português On Saturday, August 27, journalists, students and members of community media organizations from across Rio de Janeiro gathered at the Museu da Maré to debate the role of Rio’s community media in […]

#Rio2016

Amid Gold Medal Celebration, Activists Protest Police Violence and Demonstrate #HungerToLive

By Natalie Southwick • August 23, 2016

Clique aqui para Português Shortly after 8pm on Saturday, August 20, just as the thousands of fans packed into the Olympic Boulevard in Rio’s Port Region began celebrating Brazil’s victory in the gold medal soccer match, a group […]

#Rio2016

Vila Autódromo ‘Occupies’ the Olympic Park with Celebration and Protest

By Alex Besser • August 19, 2016

Clique aqui para Português Last Saturday, August 13, Vila Autódromo hosted the Vila Autódromo Ocupa Olimpíada (Vila Autódromo Occupies the Olympics) event “to reaffirm its territory, its existence, its resistance and its re-existence.” More than 100 residents and […]

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