World Habitat Day 2019 Letter from our Executive Director
Dear Friends, On this World Habitat Day (October 7, 2019) I write you from Vancouver, where I’m leading a workshop at the Ecocity World Summit titled “Shatter Your Lens [...]
Updates
5th Sustainable Favela Network Exchange of 2019: Sustainable Drumming and Favela Green Roofs
The Sustainable Favela Network (SFN) is a project of Catalytic Communities (CatComm) designed to build and reinforce solidarity networks, bring visibility and develop [...]
Join CatComm at 2019 Ecocity World Summit in Vancouver
The Ecocity World Summit is the longest-standing international summit that addresses building cities in balance with nature. This year, the Summit will take place in [...]
What can favelas teach us about bringing empathy home?
Join Catalytic Communities’ Executive Director, Theresa Williamson, and colleagues on September 25th in Denver at the Biennial of the Americas to discuss housing [...]
4th Sustainable Favela Network Exchange of 2019: History, Art, and Self-Care in Vila Kennedy
The Sustainable Favela Network (SFN) is a project of Catalytic Communities (CatComm) designed to build and reinforce solidarity networks, bring visibility and develop [...]
3rd Sustainable Favela Network Exchange of 2019: Graffiti, Composting, Recycling at RONGO
The Sustainable Favela Network (SFN) is a project of Catalytic Communities (CatComm) designed to build and reinforce solidarity networks, bring visibility and develop [...]
2nd Sustainable Favela Network Exchange of 2019: Collective Action in Quilombo do Camorim
The Sustainable Favela Network (SFN) is a project of Catalytic Communities (CatComm) designed to build and reinforce solidarity networks, bring visibility and develop joint [...]
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 [...]