On Tuesday, June 18, a seminar titled “Activist Experiences from Brazil and the Global South” was held at the Federal Fluminense University (UFF) in Niterói. The day-long event focused on ways in which countries of […]
Clique aqui para Português On Wednesday, June 26, housing rights activists and community leaders flooded the Rio de Janeiro State Legislative Assembly (ALERJ) for a public hearing on affordable housing in the state of Rio […]
Clique aqui para Português On Friday, May 24, Redes da Maré (Maré Development Networks NGO) led a conversation at Galpão Bela Maré—a cultural center in Maré, in Rio de Janeiro’s North Zone—to discuss ways to […]
Clique aqui para Português Favela-Bairro was an ambitious program established in 1994 with the aim of upgrading favelas to the status of formal neighborhoods (“bairros” in Portuguese) through infrastructure interventions, public services, public facilities, and […]
Clique aqui para Português On Wednesday, May 8, the seminar “State Violence: The Resistance and Re-Existence of the Periphery” was held at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) as part of a […]