Mouthwatering Art Among Perks to Our Crowdfunding Campaign
Check out art by the fantastic artists who’ve donated perks to our crowdfunding campaign. Our deadline is Friday September 18. Please support us now. Alexandre Prado [...]
Articles by Theresa Williamson
UPDATE: Rio Raffle is ON if we hit $50k and we’re nearly there!
It’s Tuesday morning and our crowdfunding campaign has 4 days to go. With momentum exploding thanks to large donations off the Indiegogo platform yesterday, we’re [...]
UPDATE: We’ve raised $30,000! Been quoted in CityLab! But only a week to go…
Rio Favela Olympics Media Package crowdfunding campaign has passed the $30,000 mark* just as a CityLab report on Brazil’s inequality cites our campaign! September 11, [...]
RioOnWatch Crowdfunding Campaign Announcement
We still have work to do and need your help more than ever. So we’re extending our crowdfunding campaign for the Rio Favela Olympics Media Package until September 18. [...]
Watch the Video: One Year to Go to the Olympics
August 5, 2015–Today marks exactly one year to go to the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. With this Catalytic Communities wants to be ready to support Rio’s [...]
Perk Information for the ‘Favela Olympics Media Package’ Crowdfunding Campaign
Our sincerest thanks to the amazing creative collaborators who provided their original art, books and photography for this campaign. See what you have to do to qualify for [...]
A Letter from Our Executive Director
The term ‘favela’ is often translated to English as slum, shantytown, squatter community, or even ghetto. With these deceptive translations come negative imagery [...]
RELEASE: Live Q&A One Year to the Olympic Games, w/ Theresa Williamson & Juliana Barbassa
On August 5th, ‘One Year to Go’ to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, RioOnWatch will host an open Q&A with two of the most vocal women advocating for a positive legacy from [...]
Protected: Our Biggest & Most Important Crowdfunding Campaign Ever is ON! Guarantee Rio’s favelas receive the attention and support they need through the 2016 Olympic Games
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RioONWire Now Public!
As of June 19, 2015, RioONWire has been released as a public access feed. Check it out and spread the word! [...]