Clique aqui para Português Initiative: Museu de Favela (“Favela Museum”) Contact: Website | Facebook | Email Year Founded: 2008 Community: Cantagalo and Pavão-Pavãozinho (South Zone) Mission: To transform the favelas of Cantagalo and Pavão-Pavãozinho into a monument commemorating […]
Clique aqui para Português On World Cities Day—Wednesday, October 31—Cantagalo and Pavão-Pavãozinho in Rio’s South Zone served as the meeting point for activists and community initiatives focused on waste management at the event “What do I do with […]
Clique aqui para Português On July 28, Catalytic Communities (CatComm)* organized a panel entitled “Resignifying Favelas Based on Core Qualities: History, Solutions, Resilience, Resourcefulness” as part of the 14th International Conference of the Brazilian Studies Association (BRASA) […]
Clique aqui para Português This is the first article in a two-part series covering an interview about Brazil’s upcoming elections produced by community media group Fala Manguinhos! for RioOnWatch. Read the first part here. In anticipation […]
Clique aqui para Português For the original article in Portuguese by Rithyele Dantas published by Jornalistas Pretas click here. Last Thursday, June 28, hundreds of people gathered in Cinelândia, downtown Rio, to march on the […]