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 [...]
Our Work
Sustainable Favela Network Now Mapped
February 28, 2018—With support from the Heinrich Böll Foundation Brazil, between June and October 2017 Catalytic Communities took a leap from the work begun for the UN [...]
2017 In Review: Best & Worst Reporting on Favelas
This is the latest contribution to our media watchdog series on the Best and Worst International Reporting on Rio’s favelas, part of RioOnWatch’s ongoing conversation [...]
Lincoln Institute Hosts Theresa Williamson on Favela CLTs [VIDEO]
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Features Theresa Williamson Discussing Potential of Community Land Trusts in Rio’s Favelas December 20, 2017–Catalytic [...]
2017 Update & Next Up in 2018
Since learning Rio de Janeiro would host the 2016 Olympic Games, back in 2009, we at Catalytic Communities realized we’d need to focus our attention on supporting favelas [...]
Join Us: The Potential of Community Land Trusts in Rio’s Favelas
“The Potential of Community Land Trusts in Rio’s Favelas” Join Catalytic Communities‘ Executive Director Theresa Williamson at the Lincoln [...]
Evaluating CatComm’s Approach: Exploring our Impact on Rio de Janeiro’s Favelas
The final evaluation report described and analyzed a list of 27 outcomes in 6 communities. November 1, 2017—Between January and May 2017, Catalytic Communities‘ [...]
CatComm Facilitates Augustana College Visit to Vila Autódromo
On October 4, 2017, Catalytic Communities led an Educational Community Visit for a group of 26 students from Augustana College in Illinois to Vila Autódromo in Rio’s West [...]
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 [...]
CatComm’s Organizational Life Cycle
Catalytic Communities is here to perform a specific sequence of long-term activities that, together, will trigger the desired catalytic effect the organization was launched [...]