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In World Habitat: Brazil’s first Community Land Trust

September 8, 2020—World Habitat features Favela CLT program. Brazil’s first Community Land Trust 8 Sep 2020 Residents of the Trapicheiros favela of Rio de Janeiro are developing the first Community Land Trust (CLT) in Brazil with support from [...]
Favelas, Pandemics and Citizenships Debate [PORTUGUESE]

September 9, 2020—Catalytic Communities’ Theresa Williamson participated in a panel organized by Rio de Janeiro’s Federal University (UFRJ) on favela community Covid-19 monitoring dashboard initiatives, representing the Covid-19 in [...]
The Reinvention of Favela Artisans During the Pandemic [VIDEO]

On August 17, the Sustainable Favela Network’s (SFN) Income Generation Working Group hosted the virtual teach-in “How Can Favela Artisans Reinvent Themselves During the Pandemic?” The event, held over Zoom and broadcast live on Facebook, [...]
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 the Sustainable Favela Network (RFS) held the online teach-in “Are Brazilians Without Memory? The Memory of the Pandemic in the Favela.” The interactive live-streamed event, mediated by [...]
August 11, 2020 PRESS RELEASE—COVID-19 IN FAVELAS UNIFIED DASHBOARD 2nd PRESS CONFERENCE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE [RELEASE IN PDF] COVID-19 IN FAVELAS UNIFIED DASHBOARD WILL HOLD ITS SECOND PRESS CONFERENCE THIS THURSDAY, 8/13 ‘BEHIND THE FAVELA CORONAVIRUS NUMBERS: THE EXTENT OF THE TRAGEDY’ The Covid-19 in Favelas Unified [...]
Resilient Favela Community Organizations During the Pandemic: Hear the Activists Speak [VIDEO]

On July 16, the Sustainable Favela Network’s (SFN) Environmental Education Working Group held the online teach-in “How has Socio-Environmental Mobilization in the Favelas Been Transformed During the Pandemic?” The Zoom event facilitated [...]

In World Habitat: Brazil’s first Community Land Trust

Favelas, Pandemics and Citizenships Debate [PORTUGUESE]

The Reinvention of Favela Artisans During the Pandemic [VIDEO]

Favelas Hold Teach-In ‘Are Brazilians Without Memory? The Memory of the Pandemic in the Favela’ [VIDEO]

August 11, 2020 PRESS RELEASE—COVID-19 IN FAVELAS UNIFIED DASHBOARD 2nd PRESS CONFERENCE

Resilient Favela Community Organizations During the Pandemic: Hear the Activists Speak [VIDEO]

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