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Teatre-Se: Young Women in Theater and Leadership in the PPG Favelas [PROFILE] #SustainableFavelaNetwork

By Shawn Provost • January 26, 2019

Clique aqui para Português Initiative: Teatre-se: Theater and Young Women’s Leadership in Cantagalo and Pavão-Pavãozinho Contact: Facebook | Email Year Founded: 2014 Community: Cantagalo and Pavão-Pavãozinho (known collectively as PPG) (South Zone) Mission: Teatre-se is a group […]

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‘The Favela Is Sending Its Message!’ Alemão Poetry Slam Celebrates Its First Anniversary [IMAGES]

By Antoine Horenbeek, Edmund Ruge • June 6, 2018

Clique aqui para Português Rhymes echoed down Complexo do Alemão’s Central Avenue on Sunday night, May 27 as dancers, poets, and rappers convened to celebrate the one year anniversary of Slam Laje, Alemão’s first poetry […]

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Anitta’s Global Hit ‘Vai Malandra’ Music Video In Context: Favela Funk and Passinho

By Lucy McMahon • January 17, 2018

Clique aqui para Português The December sun beats down on a vividly painted school playground, where several teenagers are going through the fast steps of a passinho phrase. They pause to teach each other, to […]

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West Zone Social Development Initiatives Come Under the Spotlight at Exhibition

By Luisa Fenizola • Translation by Anna Jönsson • December 27, 2017

Clique aqui para Português Unfolding from December 2 to 9, a sensory, interactive, and emotional exhibition entitled “Illuminate the West Zone” aimed to increase visibility for social organizations and community collectives that, with support from […]

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Rio de Janeiro City Government: “We Will Not Have Culture in Unruly Areas”

By Luisa Fenizola • Translation by Desirée Poets • August 1, 2017

Clique aqui para Português During a live broadcast on Band News to discuss Mayor Marcelo Crivella’s Strategic Plan, Rio de Janeiro’s Sub-Secretary of Planning, Aspásia Camargo, when asked about the role of cultural production in […]

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    By Amanda Baroni Lopes • Translation by Staff • August 10, 2023
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    By Jaqueline Suarez • Translation by Saskia Wright • August 1, 2021

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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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