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Urbanist on Favelas Writes About Vila Autódromo in Book About the Olympics

Clique aqui para Português Catalytic Communities* Executive Director Theresa Williamson was interviewed by O Globo about her chapter entitled, ‘Not Everyone Has a Price: How the Small Favela of Vila Autódromo’s Fight Opened a Path […]

Marielle Franco’s Legacy and the Fight for Rio’s, and Brazil’s, Future

By Theresa Williamson • March 21, 2018

Clique aqui para Português Catalytic Communities (CatComm) Executive Director and RioOnWatch Editor Theresa Williamson was invited by Americas Quarterly to write an op-ed on the importance of assassinated City Councillor Marielle Franco as a symbol […]

The Favela as a Community Land Trust: A Solution to Eviction and Gentrification?

By David Robertson, Theresa Williamson • November 15, 2016

Clique aqui para Português This is the second in a series of three articles summarizing reports on Brazilian housing law, organized by the Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice at request of Catalytic Communities. The second report, […]

Madonna and the Risks of Land Titling

By Theresa Williamson • Translation by Luana Gama • January 29, 2015

Clique aqui para Português For the original in Portuguese, published in Maré de Notícias, click here. With Madonna rumored to have just purchased a house near David Beckham’s in fastest-gentrifying Vidigal–the seaside favela known for halting military government evictions […]

A City Planner Responds: What is a Favela?

By Theresa Williamson • April 30, 2014

For original click here. by Theresa Williamson, Ph.D. in City and Regional Planning and Executive Director of Catalytic Communities After thirteen years visiting favelas across Rio on a weekly basis, I still marvel at the creative […]