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[ November 27, 2021 ] ‘Color of Mobility’ Project Addresses Cycling as a Form of Resistance: How Does Racism Affect Mobility by Bike? by Community Contributors
[ November 24, 2021 ] School Flight In Relation to Race and the Pandemic in Rio de Janeiro by Community Contributors
[ November 16, 2021 ] ‘Color of Mobility’ Project Discusses How Low Quality Transit Keeps Peripheral Communities Away from Services and Opportunities *Highlight
[ November 12, 2021 ] The Ancestral Knowledge of Black Women and the Healing Power of Plants Grown by the Salgueiro Favela’s Herb Growers *Highlight
[ November 10, 2021 ] In Rio, Experts Call For Tempered Enthusiasm on New Law to Deploy Police Body and Vehicle Cameras by Community Contributors

Rocinha Celebrates Saint George’s Day With Devotion

By Edu Carvalho • Translation by Desirée Poets • April 26, 2018

Clique aqui para Português Over 250 kilos of fish, endless boxes full of fireworks, and white and red roses. The reason for this majestic party? The festivities of April 23 in Rocinha, the day on […]

Vila Autódromo Meets the Mayor [IMAGES]

By RioOnWatch writers • October 10, 2013

Clique aqui para Português Sunday, Oct. 6, 2013, 9am–Four years to the month after they discovered their community was a target for eviction in name of the 2016 Rio Olympics, a coalition of residents of […]