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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

Letters from the Children of Maré Favela: “I don’t like helicopters because they shoot and people die.”

By Felipe Betim • Translation by Edmund Ruge • August 29, 2019

Clique Aqui para Português For the original article in Portuguese by Felipe Betim published in El País click here. Children from the Complexo da Maré favelas describe the horrors of life in the crossfire, writing […]

‘No Cosmetic Investments in Rocinha! Health and Sanitation Now!’ [PETITION]

Clique aqui para Português For the original petition in Portuguese by Rocinha Sem Fronteiras published on www.change.org click here. We, the undersigned, residents and friends of the favela Rocinha in Rio de Janeiro, are here […]