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The Global Summit: Rio Residents Join Together to Co-Create a Thriving City

By Thaís Rosa Pinheiro • Translation by Adam Lee • September 8, 2016

Clique aqui para Português From August 23 to 30, Rio de Janeiro hosted the 5th The Global Summit at the Earth Sciences Museum in Urca. The event sought to give voice to the large, diverse people and organizations in attendance–around 150–that […]

Favela Culture

Sankofa Memory and History Museum in Rocinha Preserves Residents’ Stories

By Sarah Cronin • September 4, 2016

Clique aqui para Português For the past eight years, the Sankofa Memory and History Museum in Rocinha in the South Zone of Rio de Janeiro has been working to recover the collective memory and history of the favela, giving […]

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Interview with Jorge Luiz de Barros dos Santos, President of Pereira da Silva in Santa Teresa

By Sophia Zaia • August 31, 2016

Clique aqui para Português The Pereira da Silva favela sits between the Laranjeiras and Santa Teresa neighborhoods in Rio de Janeiro’s South Zone. Entering the community, there are small wooden signs with encouraging words–“Think about the things that make you […]

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“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 […]

Favela Culture

Gira and the Circus of Life: Circus Arts and Social Transformation in Praça Onze [FILM REVIEW]

By Alix Vadot • August 30, 2016

Clique aqui para Português Part of Rise Up & Care’s Reimagine Rio Festival, the film Gira and the Circus of Life (Portuguese title No Risco do Circo no Risco da Vida) directed by Kátia Lund and […]

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