#Stand With Favelas—Support Us At This Critical Time
June 2019—We at Catalytic Communities (CatComm) are gravely concerned for the safety of the thousands of favela-based community organizers we have been supporting for [...]
Updates
Join ‘Dream Team’ Women Organizers from Rio’s Favelas in NYC this June
Sustaining and Supporting Community Organizing Against Evictions: Strategies from Women Leaders of Rio de Janeiro Catalytic Communities, a 501(c)3 non-profit dedicated to Rio [...]
RELEASE: ‘Stop Killing Us’ Protest This Sunday
May 23, 2019—RioOnWatch has been witnessing, with grave concern, the implementation of Rio de Janeiro’s current state and federal public security policies. Among [...]
1st Sustainable Favela Network Exchange of 2019 Visits RevoluSolar and Favela Orgânica in Babilônia
The Sustainable Favela Network (SFN) is a project of Catalytic Communities (CatComm) designed to build and reinforce solidarity networks, bring visibility and develop joint [...]
Submit Your Abstract to EcoCity World Summit 2019
Working towards a sustainable future? Please join Catalytic Communities at this year’s EcoCity World Summit in Vancouver on October 7-11, 2019. We highly encourage our [...]
RioOnWatch Dissected by Cambridge Researcher
Olympics organizers consistently push the notion that the Games are good for cities, countries, and the international community. A growing body of literature suggests [...]
2018 RioOnWatch Readers Mapped: 214 Countries Represented
RioOnWatch is our award-winning, bilingual community news site and the heart of Catalytic Communities’ communications strategy. We seek to shift the narrative on [...]
Join Us at Virginia Tech on January 24, 2019
Learn more about hosting Theresa Williamson at your campus [...]
Best and Worst International Reporting on Rio’s Favelas: 2018
This is the latest contribution to RioOnWatch’s media watchdog series on the Best and Worst International Reporting on Rio’s favelas, part of RioOnWatch’s ongoing [...]
A Year-End Letter from Theresa Williamson to Our Supporters
Dear Friends of CatComm, What a year! As 2018 comes to an end, I want to thank all of our past supporters, collaborators and friends and to provide you with a thorough update [...]