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Blackk Doll: Representation Through Toys Empowers Black Children

By Luan Nascimento • Translation by Carolyn Oliveira • February 11, 2022

Clique aqui para Português This article is the latest contribution to our reporting project, “Rooting Anti-Racism in the Favelas: Deconstructing Social Narratives About Racism in Rio de Janeiro.” It is also part of a series created in partnership […]

#CoronavirusWatch

Just One More Step on My Journey: Youth Talk About the Favela During the Pandemic [VIDEO]

By Victor Morais • Translation by Ikrom Alajoulin • January 26, 2022

 Clique aqui para Português This English subtitled mini-documentary is our latest reflection on Covid-19 as it has impacted Rio de Janeiro’s favelas. It is also the latest contribution to our year-long reporting project, “Rooting Anti-Racism […]

Original artwork by David Amen
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The Key to the Cage: Funk as the Liberating Art of Favela Bodies [PODCAST] 

By Artur Vinicius Amaro • Translation by Mikayla Ribeiro • March 5, 2021

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 […]

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RONGO’s Graffiti Museum and Verde Vale Recycling Project [PROFILE] #SustainableFavelaNetwork

By Adriana Gonzalez, Emma Bergman • May 22, 2019

Clique aqui para Português Initiative: The Graffiti Museum and Verde Vale (“Green Voucher”) Project at the National Organized Graffiti Workshop Space (RONGO) Contact: RONGO Facebook | Graffiti Museum Facebook | Email Year Founded: 2011 / 2013 […]

#CommunityMedia

GatoMÍDIA Host Favelado 2.0 Media and Technology Residency in Complexo do Alemão

By Felicity Clarke • March 17, 2016

Clique aqui para Português From March 1 to 12, Complexo do Alemão media collective GatoMÍDIA hosted an intensive media and technology residency to empower favela youth to make their own culture and “build hacks for the future.” […]

RioOnWatch’s anti-racist reporting series won silver in the 2022 inaugural The Anthem Awards, in the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion category among Best Local Awareness Programs.
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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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Fundação Heinrich Böll Brasil
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Pastoral de Favelas
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Global Land Alliance
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Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation
SDSU Behner Stiefel Center
The Rio Times
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Beto Paixão Graphic Design
Architecture Museum of Vienna
Yale School of Architecture

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