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  • [ September 30, 2023 ] When Memories Collide: ‘Favela Climate Memory’ Exhibition Launched by Rio de Janeiro’s Sustainable Favela Network [VIDEO] by Community Contributors
  • [ September 29, 2023 ] Favela Climate Memory Circles, Part 5: Vidigal Memories Nucleus Pleads ‘People Need a Place to Live!’ *Highlight
  • [ September 28, 2023 ] Favela Climate Memory Circles, Part 4: The Favela Museum in Cantagalo Makes Clear ‘We Need to Change Our Relationship With Garbage’ *Highlight
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26 Favela Museums and Memories Projects Highlighted in New Guide

By Gianna Giordani • December 3, 2020

Clique aqui para Português This is our most recent article in a series created in partnership with the Behner Stiefel Center for Brazilian Studies at San Diego State University, to produce articles on human rights and […]

by Community Contributors

Rio’s Far West Zone Holds Debate About Importance of Memory and Unity for Region’s Favelas

By Beatriz Carvalho • Translation by Catherine Osborn • August 23, 2020

Clique aqui para Português On July 22, the Historic Orientation and Research Nucleus of Santa Cruz (NOPH), through its Connected Stories project, conducted the online discussion “Sub-neighborhoods of Santa Cruz: favela communities?” The six speakers […]

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Maré Cheia Organizes Itinerant Poetry Battle in Maré’s Favelas

By Miriane Peregrino • Translation by Gabriel Martins • July 12, 2019

Clique aqui para Português On Sunday, June 30, the third edition of the Maré Cheia Slam poetry battle took place at the Parque União Skate Park in the Complexo da Maré favelas, in Rio’s North Zone. […]

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How Do Favela Youth Access Brazil’s Top Universities? The Role of College Exam Prep Courses

By Thaís Cavalcante • Translation by Tara Mittelberg • July 9, 2019

Clique aqui para Português “The idea of universities for everyone doesn’t exist… Universities should be reserved for the intellectual elite.” These are the words of Brazil’s recently dismissed Minister of Education Ricardo Vélez-Rodriguez, spoken in […]

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Maré’s Open-Air Museum: Center for Memory and Identity in the Favela

By Miriane Peregrino • Translation by Elfie Lawson • June 10, 2019

Clique aqui para Português Maré’s Open-Air Museum is a project that promises to bring a new museological perspective to the favelas of Maré, in Rio’s North Zone. A historical tour, sites of memory, and urban […]

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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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