Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD)
Catalytic Communities engages in Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD). Here we highlight some of the primary differences between the traditional deficit-based community [...]
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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‘ [...]
2016 Update & Next Up in 2017
2016–What a year! Since learning Rio de Janeiro would host the 2016 Olympic Games, back in 2009, we at Catalytic Communities realized we’d need to focus [...]
The Nine Elements of CatComm’s Approach
Updated from Responding to Complexity: A Case Study on the Use of Developmental Evaluation for Managing Adaptively (Boisvert). I. Clearly Defined Mission, Evolving Strategy. [...]
CatComm Facilitates Penn Lauder Institute Educational Community Visit to Vidigal
On the afternoon of Friday, June 16, 2017, Catalytic Communities introduced students and professors from the Lauder Program, a joint MBA/MA International Studies degree [...]
The NEW RioOnWatch is up to you. Survey extended to June 10.
It’s time to tell us what you think. As you know, we’ve decided to keep RioOnWatch going and evolving after the 2016 Olympic Games, which was the original [...]
Q&A Theresa Williamson—April 2017
Answers to an April 28, 2017 Question & Answer with Theresa Williamson for Canadian FREQ Magazine: 1. Can you tell me a little about your organization and what it does? [...]
RioOnWatch’s New Editorial Line
In May 2010, CatComm launched Rio Olympics Neighborhood Watch (RioOnWatch), a program to bring visibility to favela community voices in the lead-up to the 2016 Olympics, to [...]
Week-Long Exchange Shares Sustainable Infrastructure Strategies in New York and Rio
On Thursday March 16, in collaboration with Catalytic Communities, urban planning and architecture Masters students from Brooklyn’s Pratt Institute’s Programs for [...]
Educational Community Visit: Pratt Institute Visits Asa Branca
On March 14, 2017, Catalytic Communities visited Asa Branca favela on an Educational Community Visit as part of a week-long exchange with Pratt Institute’s Urban [...]