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 [...]
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Washington Post Cover Story: Stolen Lives and Childhoods of Favela Youth
On September 24, 2019, Catalytic Communities’ Executive Director Theresa Williamson was quoted in a Washington Post cover story which CatComm also supported with [...]
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 [...]
#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 [...]
A Sustainable Housing Model for the Global South?
June 15, 2019—Just out! Catalytic Communities’ Executive Director Theresa Williamson published a chapter entitled “The Favela Community Land Trust: A [...]
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 [...]