Q&A Theresa Williamson—April 2017
Answers to an April 28, 2017 Question & Answer with Theresa Williamson for Canadian FREQ Magazine: 1. Can you tell me a little about your organization and what it does? [...]
Articles by Theresa Williamson
RioOnWatch’s New Editorial Line
In May 2010, CatComm launched Rio Olympics Neighborhood Watch (RioOnWatch), a program to bring visibility to favela community voices in the lead-up to the 2016 Olympics, to [...]
Week-Long Exchange Shares Sustainable Infrastructure Strategies in New York and Rio
On Thursday March 16, in collaboration with Catalytic Communities, urban planning and architecture Masters students from Brooklyn’s Pratt Institute’s Programs for [...]
Educational Community Visit: Pratt Institute Visits Asa Branca
On March 14, 2017, Catalytic Communities visited Asa Branca favela on an Educational Community Visit as part of a week-long exchange with Pratt Institute’s Urban [...]
Humans of New York Publishes CatComm View on Favelas
On March 9, 2017, Catalytic Communities’ Executive Director Theresa Williamson was quoted on the world-famous Humans of New York Facebook and Instagram feeds, which [...]
Our Plans for 2017
From 2010 through 2016, Catalytic Communities’ mandate was to harness the global Olympic media spotlight on Rio to build nuance and accuracy in reporting on favelas. [...]
Community Land Trust Models and Housing Coops from Around the World
This is the final in a series of three articles summarizing reports on Brazilian housing law, organized by the Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice at request [...]
The Power of Recurring Donations
Through extensive research, experience and experimentation over seventeen years, it has become apparent that the most sustainable and cost efficient fundraising strategy for [...]
2016 Update & Next Up in 2017
2016–What a year! Since learning Rio de Janeiro would host the 2016 Olympic Games, back in 2009, we at Catalytic Communities realized we’d need to focus [...]
“Favelas in the Media: How the Global Narrative on Favelas Changed in Rio’s Mega-Event Years” Report Launched with Panel at Casa Pública
On Thursday, December 15, Catalytic Communities (CatComm), the NGO that publishes RioOnWatch, released its report Favelas in the Media: How the Global Narrative on Favelas [...]