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First Collective Action Establishes Organic Garden in the West Zone’s Ap de Bangu Neighborhood

By Juliana Torres • Translation by Sharonya Vadakattu • August 22, 2017

Clique aqui para Português Ap do Amanhã: Garden, Culture, and Art is the passion project of Alan Pierre, a resident of the Ap de Bangu, popular name given to the Dom Jaime Câmara Housing Development, which was […]

#EvictionsWatch

Rio’s New Mayor Announces Strategic Plan: What’s in it for Favelas?

By RioOnWatch Editorial • Translation by Rachel Brabbins • July 11, 2017

Clique aqui para Português On Tuesday, July 4, Mayor Marcelo Crivella, in office since January, made public his proposal for the 2017-2020 Strategic Plan for municipal management, a few days late. There are four major […]

#HousingWatch

History of Urban Renewal ‘Project Rio’ in Maré Part 1: A Siren’s Song

By Claire Jones • June 29, 2017

Clique aqui para Português This is the first article in a three-part series on the history of the Projeto Rio urban renewal program in Maré, from 1979-1981. On the afternoon of June 10, 1981, Brazil President […]

Photo by AF Rodrigues/Agência Pública
#EvictionsWatch

Residents Evicted by the 2016 Olympic Park Fight for Just Compensation

By Mariah Queiroz • Translation by Sarah Jacobs • April 4, 2017

Clique aqui para Português For the original article by Mariah Queiroz in Portuguese published by Agência Pública click here. Families evicted to make room for the now-abandoned Olympic Park have gone to court for reparations; data obtained through freedom of […]

#GentrificationWatch

Community Land Trust Models and Housing Coops from Around the World

By David Robertson • February 21, 2017

Clique aqui para Português This is the final in a series of three articles summarizing reports on Brazilian housing law, organized by the Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice at request of Catalytic Communities. The second report, […]

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In May 2010, Catalytic Communities launched what was originally Rio Olympics Neighborhood Watch (hence RioOnWatch), a program to bring visibility to favela community voices in the lead-up to the 2016 Rio Olympics. This news site, RioOnWatch.org, grew into a much-needed and unique reference featuring favela perspectives on the urban transformation of Rio. With diverse and deeply interlinked articles by a mix of community reporters, resident opinions, solidarity reporters, international observers, and academic researchers, we work to engender a more accurate picture of favelas, their contributions to the city, and the potential of favela-led community development in Rio and around the world.

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