Events with CatComm

At 1st Sustainable Favela Network International Exchange, 5 Nations Light a Path to Climate Justice

On August 28, 2021, 258 people from 33 countries gathered online to participate our the first Sustainable Favela Network International Exchange, where twenty community [...]

Rethinking the Future of Housing Worldwide: Favelas as a Sustainable Model with Theresa Williamson

Republished from Shareable Could Rio’s favelas offer a sustainable housing model for cities around the world? What are the impacts of over-policing black mobility in the [...]

Community Land Trusts and the Struggle for the Right to the City: Dialogue on Rio and Mozambique

Clique aqui para Português As part of the activities of UN-Habitat’s 2020 Urban Circuit, the Community Land Trust (CLT) Working Group held a livestreamed virtual event on [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE—Sustainable Favela Network Playing Host to One-of-a-Kind 2020 Mayoral Debate

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE RIO DE JANEIRO’S SUSTAINABLE FAVELA NETWORK PLAYING HOST TO ONE-OF-A-KIND 2020 MAYORAL DEBATE Network of Hundreds of Favela Environmental [...]

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 [...]

Theresa Williamson’s Keynote at Melbourne’s Sustainable Development Goals, Climate Change and Cities Symposium

On September 30-October 2, 2020, the Melbourne School of Design Faculty of Architecture of the University of Melbourne, held its Sustainable Development Goals, Climate Change [...]

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 [...]

Join CatComm at the 2020 World Urban Forum in Abu Dhabi—And Vote for Us by the 11th!

The 10th World Urban Forum will be held in Abu Dhabi from February 8-13, 2020. Organized and convened by UN-Habitat, the World Urban Forum has become the foremost [...]

Global Symposium Panel: Challenges & Opportunities of Community Organization Around the World

On October 24, 2019, the Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation at the University of Chicago held its Global Symposium on Sustainable Cities and Neighborhoods. Watch [...]

CatComm on Participation at Rio’s 2nd International Workshop on Challenges to Local Projects: How to Build Spaces Together

How are we building our cities? Who participates in decisions about city production and management? What are the landscape transformation potentials? These and other issues [...]

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