Our Programs
We’ve been active in Rio’s favelas since 2000. Learn about our work over the years… Past Community Solutions Database (2001-2008) Casa Community Technology [...]
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Solutions Databases
In addition to CatComm’s Community Solutions Database moved to @WiserEarth in 2009, we recommend you search the following regional and global databases for community [...]
Theresa Williamson’s Bio
Theresa Williamson, Ph.D. is a biologist and city planner and founding executive director of Catalytic Communities, an NGO working to support Rio de Janeiro’s favelas [...]
Social Media Trainings (2010)
Catalytic Communities’ 2010 course “Strategic Use of the Most Recent Virtual Communication Tools,” was designed to build capacity for community organizers in Rio to [...]
Casa Community Technology Hub (2003-2008)
Overview In the early 2000s, the lack of physical meeting spaces and Internet access severely limited the potential impact of local leaders and their ability to share [...]
Casa Community Technology Hub (2003-2008)
Overview In the early 2000s, the lack of physical meeting spaces and Internet access severely limited the potential impact of local leaders and their ability to share [...]
Journalists: Let Us Help Improve Your Reporting
Check out our Resources for Journalists here. There are many important and fascinating stories to be told in Rio today. Many involve the city’s favelas. Yet community [...]
Visit Us: Request an Educational Community Visit
Background Since 2004 Catalytic Communities has worked with groups from visiting universities, graduate researchers, journalists, conference goers, and volunteer groups to [...]
Community Solutions Database (2001-2008)
Catalytic Communities’ founding program was the Web’s first open-access database of detailed community solutions, our Community Solutions Database. In 2000, there [...]