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  • (Re)Actions to the Pandemic from Rio de Janeiro’s Sustainable Favela Network

    Favela vs. University Teach-In Article published February 26, 2021 by the Consortium on Sustainable Urbanization. For the original article, click here. by Theresa Williamson, CSU Advisory Board Member and Natalia Meléndez, Guest Contributor Rio de [...]
  • ‘Vaccines for Favelas!’ Campaign Launched on Statewide Mobilization Day Against Covid-19 in Favelas

    Cartoon provided in solidarity by artist Carlos Latuff Clique aqui para Português FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE [CAMPAIGN WEBPAGE] February 10, 2021—The Covid-19 in Favelas Unified Dashboard has been publishing data since July on the scope of Covid-19 in [...]
  • Online Lectures for your Students on Rio de Janeiro Favelas by Dr. Theresa Williamson, founder of CatComm

    Since 2010, Catalytic Communities’ Executive Director, Theresa Williamson, Ph.D., has given lectures at universities around the world on a range of topics related to favelas and issues of urban development in Rio de Janeiro. This is one of the [...]
  • COVID-19 IN FAVELAS UNIFIED DASHBOARD TO HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE DECEMBER 10

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE [PDF] ‘BEYOND INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY, WHAT IS THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT TO CONTAIN THE SECOND WAVE? PUBLIC TRANSIT IN DEBATE’ Covid-19 in Favelas Unified Dashboard, entering its sixth month, to hold third press [...]
  • 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 Communities’ Covid-19 in Favelas Unified Dashboard (www.favela.info) launched a video [...]
  • 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 Facebook. In the absence of televised debates in 2020, the event allowed [...]

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  • (Re)Actions to the Pandemic from Rio de Janeiro’s Sustainable Favela Network

  • ‘Vaccines for Favelas!’ Campaign Launched on Statewide Mobilization Day Against Covid-19 in Favelas

  • Online Lectures for your Students on Rio de Janeiro Favelas by Dr. Theresa Williamson, founder of CatComm

  • COVID-19 IN FAVELAS UNIFIED DASHBOARD TO HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE DECEMBER 10

  • Covid-19 in Favelas Unified Dashboard Launches Campaign Showing How Data Saves Lives

  • At Propositive Debate, Rio de Janeiro’s Mayoral Candidates Make Pledges to Favelas [VIDEO]

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Based in Rio de Janeiro and with a US 501[c][3] charitable status, Catalytic Communities (CatComm) is an empowerment, communications, think tank, and advocacy NGO working since 2000 in support of Rio’s favelas at the intersection of sustainable community development, human rights, local-global networks, communications, and urban planning. CatComm supports and empowers residents of informal settlements, evolving strategically to support their needs as they arise.

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Fundação Heinrich Böll Brasil
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Ecocity Builders
Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation
SDSU Behner Stiefel Center
The Rio Times
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Architecture Museum of Vienna
Yale School of Architecture

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