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[ September 30, 2023 ] When Memories Collide: ‘Favela Climate Memory’ Exhibition Launched by Rio de Janeiro’s Sustainable Favela Network [VIDEO] by Community Contributors
[ September 29, 2023 ] Favela Climate Memory Circles, Part 5: Vidigal Memories Nucleus Pleads ‘People Need a Place to Live!’ *Highlight
[ September 28, 2023 ] Favela Climate Memory Circles, Part 4: The Favela Museum in Cantagalo Makes Clear ‘We Need to Change Our Relationship With Garbage’ *Highlight
[ September 27, 2023 ] Favela Climate Memory Circles, Part 3: NOPH in Antares, Santa Cruz, Where ‘No One Was Supposed to Stay, but 40 Years Went by and They Never Took Action’ *Highlight
[ September 26, 2023 ] Favela Climate Memory Circles, Part 2: Sankofa Museum in Rocinha Shows That ‘When We Fight Together, We Win’ *Highlight

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Young Leading Human Rights Defenders from Favelas Talk About Marielle Franco

By Matias Maxx • Translation by Jiselle Steele • April 9, 2018

Clique aqui para Português For the original article in Portuguese by Matias Maxx published on VICE click here. VICE spoke to black activists and communicators, women, and transgender people from the favelas of Rio de Janeiro […]

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Olympic Park Construction Prevents Candomblé Priestess from Going Home [IMAGES]

By Matias Maxx • Translation by Wendy Turner • February 18, 2016

Clique aqui para Português For the original article by Matias Maxx in Portuguese published in VICE click here. Heloísa Helena Costa Berto, Luizinha of Nanã, is an Afro-Brazilian who has devoted herself to candomblé for over 40 years. […]