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[ May 24, 2025 ] The Story Behind Brazil’s First Favela Museum—The Maré Museum—Started With a Community Network and Oral Histories in the 1990s by Community Contributors
[ May 22, 2025 ] From Local Conferences to COPs, Decision-Making on Climate Excludes Those Who Hold Critical Knowledge and Are Most Impacted: Indigenous Peoples and Informal Settlements [OPINION] *Highlight
[ May 16, 2025 ] Rio’s New ‘Extreme Rainfall Vulnerability Index’, Rio 60ºC, Shows 600,000 Homes at High Risk of Landslides or Flooding *Highlight
[ May 9, 2025 ] ‘Trash? Not to Us!’ Environmental Action in Rio Public Housing Complex Denounces Municipal Neglect and Proposes Waste Collection as a Source of Income by Community Contributors
[ April 30, 2025 ] Sustainable Favela Network Launches Groundbreaking ‘Favela Climate Memory’ Exhibition on May 3, Kicking Off Museums Month [RELEASE] *Highlight

Favelas’ Love Affair With Social Media: 2015 Roundup and Predictions for 2016

By Ruth Faulkner • January 25, 2016

Clique aqui para Português When foreign journalists visit Rio de Janeiro wishing to report on favela community news, they quickly come to find themselves relying on social media. Many are surprised at how Brazil in general and favela […]

Cantagalo Celebrates Community’s ‘Women Warriors’ [SLIDESHOW]

By Ruth Faulkner • March 20, 2015

Cantagalo residents took to the streets with a procession celebrating the women of the favela on the eve of International Women’s Day, March 7. The event started in the Museu de Favela (MUF), a community organization founded […]