Favelas Have Doubled in 36 Years: What Does That Say About Brazil?
Recently, a number of articles have circulated in the Brazilian media reporting, with a mixture of wonder and reproach, the doubling in scale of the nation’s favelas [...]
Op-Eds
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Our Opinion Piece on Brazil Protests in New York Times Debate Forum
Click here for article published in the New York Times Room for Debate Forum on June 19, 2013. Or here for full response. It’s Just the Beginning; Change Will Come to [...]