Media Coverage

CatComm in The Guardian — ‘How memories of clean water, frogs and fresh air could help save Rio’s favelas from future climate disaster’

Published May 14, 2025, in The Guardian, this excellent article offers a close look at our Favela Climate Memory project, now launched in its full and final exhibition [...]

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 [...]

Our Article in Land Lines: Could Favela CLTs Solve the World’s Housing Crisis?

At this very moment, the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy is printing copies of its acclaimed Land Lines magazine and shipping them to readers around the world. [...]

Theresa Williamson in O Globo: Reflections on Vila Autódromo, the Olympics, Working with Favelas

Clique aqui para Português May 24, 2018–Catalytic Communities Executive Director Theresa Williamson was interviewed by journalist Lucas Altino in O Globo about her [...]

Our Op-Ed in Today’s Americas Quarterly: The Fight for Rio’s Future

“They tried to bury us, but didn’t realize we are seeds.” – Proverb cited at events marking the March 14 death of Rio de Janeiro city councilwoman [...]

Brookings: The real cost of hosting the 2016 Rio Olympics

Brookings Podcast Features In-Depth Interview on the State of Rio Today with Juliana Barbassa and Theresa Williamson Listen Here. October 25, 2017–Last [...]

One Year After the Games: The Vila Autódromo Story featured on NPR’s ‘Only a Game’

July 22, 2017—Yesterday, Catalytic Communities’ Executive Director Theresa Williamson had the opportunity to share the story of Vila Autódromo on NPR’s [...]

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 [...]

On openDemocracy: CatComm’s Theresa Williamson Summarizes the ‘Real’ Legacies from the 2016 Olympic Games

On August 5, 2016, as Rio held the 2016 Olympic Games’ opening ceremony, openDemocracy featured on its homepage Catalytic Communities’ Executive Director Theresa [...]

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 [...]

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