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Meet Valdirene Militão: An Urban Farmer and Creative Recycler Fighting for the Self-Reliance of Favela Women

By Carol Marinho • Translation by Staff • April 3, 2024

Clique aqui para Português Valdirene Oliveira Militão, affectionately known as Val in the Roquete Pinto favela in Complexo da Maré, located in Rio de Janeiro’s North Zone, where she has lived for 52 years, embodies […]

#CommunityMedia

Rio de Janeiro City Council Recognizes 160 Grassroots Anti-racist Media Producers on Historic Evening at the Brazilian Press Association

By Bárbara Dias • Translation by Vasti Cruz • December 21, 2023

Clique aqui para Português On a historic evening during Brazilian Black Awareness Month, on November 27, Rio de Janeiro’s City Council, through the Special Commission to Combat Racism, chaired by Councilmember Mônica Cunha, delivered motions […]

#HousingWatch

The Growth of the Global CLT Movement, Part 5: In Puerto Rico, a Favela-CLT Gains Global Recognition

By Patricia Basile, Priscilla Mayrink • October 6, 2019

Clique aqui para Português In celebration of the 50th anniversary of New Communities Inc., the world’s first Community Land Trust, and as planners and community members alike gather to celebrate October 2-5 at the Reclaiming Vacant Properties […]

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‘Master of the Peripheries’ Award Recognizes Marielle, Conceição Evaristo, Nêgo Bispo, Ailton Krenak

By Edmund Ruge • August 14, 2018

Clique aqui para Português On the evening of Wednesday, August 8, hundreds of spectators packed the Galpão Bela Maré community center for the first-ever “Master of the Peripheries” award ceremony. The award is dedicated to “stimulate […]

#CommunityMedia

Complexo da Maré’s Gizele Martins Receives Rio’s Highest Honor

By Sidney Magana • September 21, 2017

Clique aqui para Português On Saturday, September 16, activist, community communicator, and Complexo da Maré resident Gizele Martins received the Pedro Ernesto Medal at a ceremony at the Museu da Maré (Maré Museum). The Pedro Ernesto Medal […]

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