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[ September 21, 2023 ] Leaders at Ten Cultural Spaces, Art Centers, and Museums in Rio Create Climate Projects Using Culture, Art, and Sustainability by Community Contributors
[ September 14, 2023 ] Rio de Janeiro Street Vendors’ Battle for Rights: My Informal Work Matters! [VIDEO] *Highlight
[ September 12, 2023 ] ‘Monkeys’: A Transformative Theater Experience Confronting the Reality of Grieving Mothers and the Genocide of Black Brazilians [REVIEW] *Highlight
[ September 10, 2023 ] Video Press Release: Favela on Outskirts of Rio de Janeiro Gets Solar! Grassroots Women’s Group Invites Press and Allies to Launch of Photovoltaic System in Duque de Caxias *Highlight
[ September 9, 2023 ] The Babilônia Favela’s Solar Energy Tour & Sustainable Favela Network’s Solar Mini-Course [VIDEO] *Highlight

In Rio Favela of Acari, ‘CineSoirée’ Nzinga of Angola Debates Popular Education, History and Afro-Brazilian Culture

By Ingra Maciel • Translation by Nathan Bergrin • September 4, 2023

Clique aqui para Português On Saturday, June 24, St. John’s Day when many Rio de Janeiro locals gather to celebrate traditional June festivals, young residents in the favela of Acari and surrounding North Zone gathered […]

SOS! Vidigal Homes Demolished by Rio de Janeiro City Hall

Clique aqui para Português Last week, on August 16, residents of Jaqueira in the Vidigal favela in Rio de Janeiro’s South Zone experienced the removal of homes for the second time in four years. The […]