Over 100 Food Baskets Delivered!
June 7, 2021—Over the past two weeks, Catalytic Communities has distributed 106 baskets of food staples to families hit hard by the pandemic in seven Rio de Janeiro [...]
Community Support
Catalytic Communities’ work on behalf of Rio’s favelas is marked by flexibility, timelines and a keen demand-response. All of our programs are designed to respond to needs communicated to us by favela residents and organizers. This means that at any given time we may be providing requested training, helping facilitate debates, documenting community voices and initiatives, facilitating media coverage, or a range of other programs.
Covid-19 in Favelas Unified Dashboard Launches Campaign Showing How Data Saves Lives
Action is part of the Covid-19 in Favelas Unified Dashboard’s campaign to overcome Rio’s pandemic data deficit. On October 26, Catalytic [...]
At Propositive Debate, Rio de Janeiro’s Mayoral Candidates Make Pledges to Favelas [VIDEO]
On October 22, Catalytic Communities’ Sustainable Favela Network held its first ever mayoral debate, with eight candidates in attendance, and livestreamed on Zoom and [...]
Who Does Favela Research Serve? Residents and Academics Demand Reciprocal Exchange [VIDEO]
The virtual panel on October 14, “Favela-Academia Dialogue: Necessary Steps Toward Environmental Education,” organized by Catalytic Communities’ Sustainable [...]
Online Event on Covid-19 in Favelas Dashboards Highlights Underreporting [VIDEO]
On September 9, a joint project conducted by the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro’s Citizenship University, WikiFavelas – Marielle Franco Favelas Dictionary and [...]
Quilombo Leaders Reflect on Fights for Land Tenure and Against Exclusion During Pandemic [VIDEO]
Kickstarting UN-Habitat’s 2020 Urban Circuit on October 5, World Habitat Day, Catalytic Communities’ Sustainable Favela Network (SFN) hosted the livestreamed [...]
The Reinvention of Favela Artisans During the Pandemic [VIDEO]
On August 17, Catalytic Communities’ Sustainable Favela Network’s (SFN) Income Generation Working Group hosted the virtual teach-in “How Can Favela Artisans [...]
Favelas Hold Teach-In ‘Are Brazilians Without Memory? The Memory of the Pandemic in the Favela’ [VIDEO]
On July 27, the Memory and Culture Working Group of Catalytic Communities’ Sustainable Favela Network (RFS) held the online teach-in “Are Brazilians Without Memory? [...]
Resilient Favela Community Organizations During the Pandemic: Hear the Activists Speak [VIDEO]
On July 16, Catalytic Communities’ Sustainable Favela Network’s (SFN) Environmental Education Working Group held the online teach-in “How has [...]
Transformation of Basic Sanitation in Rio de Janeiro’s Favelas Debated at Online Teach-In [VIDEO]
On July 9, Catalytic Communities’ Sustainable Favela Network (SFN) Water and Sewerage Working Group held an online teach-in event, “Perspectives on the [...]