Annie Swank Archives

After Intense Public Pressure, Rio City Hall Backtracks and Maintains Community Land Trust Provision in Master Plan, With Cuts

Clique aqui para Português June 2023 marked a significant step towards victory for housing rights advocates in Rio de Janeiro. City Hall decided to reverse its prior decision and restore a provision to encourage Community […]

Civil Society

Second Annual Favela Community Land Trust National Seminar: Reflections on a Tool to Guarantee the Right to Housing and the City

By Jaqueline Suarez, Julio Santos Filho • Translation by Annie Swank, Ethan Kaimana, Ikrom Alajoulin • August 10, 2022

Clique aqui para Português The 2nd Annual Favela Community Land Trust National Seminar was held from April 18-20, 2022. The online event had 420 sign-ups from all 26 Brazilian states and the federal capital of […]

Created in 2012 by UFRJ Production Engineering students, ENACTUS-UFRJ currently has 40 collaborators from different undergraduate courses, professors and partners and works in four communities

Urban Heat Islands and Urban Cool Islands: ENACTUS-UFRJ Helps Favelas Fight Extreme Temperatures

By Amanda Mesquita, Ananda Almeida Stroke, Isabela Mattos e Assumpção, Luana Tresoldi Sciotta • Translation by Annie Swank • July 7, 2022

Clique aqui para Português This is our latest article in a series created in partnership with the Behner Stiefel Center for Brazilian Studies at San Diego State University, to produce articles for the Digital Brazil Project on climate impacts and affirmative action in […]

In 2011, five cities located in Rio's mountainous region were hit by a heavy storm that left 918 dead. Photo: Marino Azevedo / Rio de Janeiro State Government

What Does Rain Have to Do With Climate Change and How Does All This Affect Rio de Janeiro’s Favelas?

By Aline Marieta • Translation by Annie Swank • April 27, 2022

Clique aqui para Português This is our latest article in a series created in partnership with the Behner Stiefel Center for Brazilian Studies at San Diego State University, to produce articles for the Digital Brazil Project on climate impacts and affirmative action in […]

We Need to Talk About Whiteness, Structural Mechanism of Privilege

By Camila Fiuza • Translation by Annie Swank • February 23, 2022

Clique aqui para Português This article is the latest contribution to our award-winning reporting project, Rooting Anti-Racism in the Favelas: Deconstructing Social Narratives About Racism in Rio de Janeiro. Introduction to Brazilian Whiteness: Why Salvador, […]