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‘To Lose Your Memory Is to Lose Your Essence’: Vidigal Celebrates Its 85th Anniversary With Cultural Event Inspired by the ‘Favela Climate Memory’ Project

By Bárbara Dias • Translation by Kay Alvito • December 15, 2025

Clique aqui para Português On October 26, Vidigal, a favela in Rio de Janeiro’s South Zone, celebrated its 85th anniversary. Organized by the Vidigal Memories Nucleus, the celebratory event featured the Favela Climate Memory exhibition, a […]

Morro da Mangueira — Foto: Brenno Carvalho / Agência O Globo / 07-08-2020
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COP30 Must Engage With and Walk Alongside the Favela [OPINION]

By Preto Zezé • Translation by Monique Murad da Cunha • October 29, 2025

Clique aqui para Português For the original article by Preto Zezé published in O Globo, click here.  For an ecological transition to be just and effective, it must start where the State fails to reach—or […]

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Public Schools in City of God Favela Engage Youth in Climate Education Through ‘Favela Climate Memory’ Exhibition

By Bárbara Dias • Translation by Louisa Morrison • September 30, 2025

Clique aqui para Português Following an enthusiastic reception during its tour through Maré, Acari and Rio das Pedras—favelas where it held a busy schedule of activities—the Favela Climate Memory exhibition has arrived in City of God, […]

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In Rio das Pedras, Favela Climate Memory Exhibition ‘Changes the Way We See Our Own Sense of Belonging in the Favela’

By Bárbara Dias • Translation by Staff • September 20, 2025

 Clique aqui para Português Following its time in Acari, a favela in Rio de Janeiro’s North Zone, in August, the ‘Favela Climate Memory’ exhibition continued its tour through Rio das Pedras, a favela in […]

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‘O Catarinão’: New Community Newspaper Strengthens Memory and Identity in Jardim Catarina, in Greater Rio de Janeiro’s São Gonçalo

By Igor Soares • Translation by Kay Alvito • August 11, 2025

Clique aqui para Português Check out our complete series of community media profiles here. Launched in October 2024, the newspaper O Catarinão portrays the favela of Jardim Catarina in São Gonçalo, a municipality in Greater Rio […]

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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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