What is a Favela? [ANIMATED VIDEO]
July 19, 2016–Catalytic Communities launched ‘What is a Favela,’ a short animated educational video describing the historic and socio-cultural basics of [...]
Media Center
Catalytic Communities supports journalists committed to deepening understanding and knowledge on favelas in constructive ways that support their inclusive development. We do this both by speaking directly with journalists as a source, providing story ideas, and connecting journalists with a range of community voices on-the-ground, and by publishing RioOnWatch, through which media outlets can keep abreast of favela perspectives and latest events, gain nuance and perspective from researchers and observers, and get ideas for stories that have yet to be told.
CatComm Supports Critical Vox Video “2016 Olympics: What Rio doesn’t want the world to see”
Catalytic Communities was thrilled to collaborate with the production of this critical 8-minute documentary viewed over 1.1 million times in two days on Facebook and 1.4 [...]
Guernica Interviews CatComm Executive Director Theresa Williamson
On June 15, 2016, Guernica Magazine published an in-depth interview with Catalytic Communities‘ Executive Director Theresa Williamson. Interviewed by writer and [...]
IJNet Features RioOnWatch Olympics Resources for Journalists
RioOnWatch launches guide to encourage nuanced news coverage of Rio de Janeiro Olympics — by Sheila Taylor Click here for article published on IJNet on May 18, 2016. [...]
Our Opinion Piece on Whether to Postpone the Olympics in New York Times Debate Forum
Click here for article published in the New York Times Room for Debate Forum on May 16, 2016. Holding the Olympics in Rio Was Always a Bad Idea Theresa Williamson, a city [...]
Olympics Resources For Journalists now available
Did you know some 30,000 journalists are expected to be in Rio covering the Olympic Games? With the unprecedented global media spotlight on Rio in mind, as part of our [...]
CatComm in TIME Magazine: Vila Autódromo Shows the World Not Everyone Has a Price
Catalytic Communities is proud to have supported the research and production of this very important piece: Meet the Impoverished Brazil Residents Who Won’t Move for the [...]
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 [...]
RioONWire Now Public!
As of June 19, 2015, RioONWire has been released as a public access feed. Check it out and spread the word! [...]
Listen to Theresa Williamson at the Conference on World Affairs
Catalytic Communities’ Executive Director, Theresa Williamson, has just wrapped up an exciting week at the 67th Annual Conference on World Affairs in Boulder, Colorado [...]