Clique aqui para Português On July 18, a sunny Saturday, the Acari favela, in Rio de Janeiro’s North Zone, launched the Portraits of Floods study. Produced by the Decodifica Institute in partnership with grassroots collectives […]
Clique aqui para Português On July 26, 2025, the Fala Akari Collective and the Mothers of Acari Movement held an event marking the 35th anniversary of the Acari Massacre and honoring the ongoing fight for […]
Clique aqui para Português This article is the latest contribution to our year-long reporting project, “Rooting Anti-Racism in the Favelas: Deconstructing Social Narratives About Racism in Rio de Janeiro.” Follow our Rooting Anti-Racism in the Favelas […]
Clique aqui para Português This is the second of two articles on the criminalization of funk music and oppression of black favela culture (read the first here). This second piece covers statements from MC Poze, […]
Clique aqui para Português This is our latest article about Covid-19 and its impacts on the favelas. ‘Help Me Recreate My Life’ These were the last words Ilma Rocha would hear from a young teen whose […]