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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]