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Latest News from Rio de Janeiro's Favelas

December 2018
Volume IX Issue 36
This final digest of the year serves as a summary of the incredible progress made by Catalytic Communities (CatComm), thanks to you our supporters and RioOnWatch readers, in 2018.

→Check out the short documentary and full sequence of written accounts summarizing the community exchanges as we launched the Sustainable Favela Network, one of the most incredible days in nearly 19 years of work.

→Don't miss the summary of three workshops held with partners from the Caño Martín Peña CLT in Puerto Rico, when we launched the Favela Community Land Trust program in Rio de Janeiro, now with an active Working Group of 90.

→Catch up on critical reporting from RioOnWatch this December, with important pieces addressing growing racial pride among favela youth, electric bills as a tool of displacement, our own contribution to the Peripheries Journal, new research on favelas and urbanization, mothers battling for their sons lost to police violence, and disentangling Brazil's elections. 

And if you value our work, please join us and Stand With Favelas. We simply will not be able to respond with agility to the changes coming to Brazil's favelas if, in addition to the political uncertainty that lies ahead, our financial stability is uncertain too. Click here to learn what's at stake and show your support.
Full Sustainable Favela Network Exchange Series
By Jessica Depies, RioOnWatch sustainability collaborator
CLICK ↑ TO WATCH THE FILM OR READ ↓ ABOUT EACH EXCHANGE...
ECO INSPIRATION 1st Sustainable Favela Network Exchange Connects Grassroots Initiatives Across Rio [IMAGES]
GREEN SEWAGE 2nd Sustainable Favela Network Exchange Visits Vale Encantado’s Biodigester-Based Sewerage System
LANDSLIDE PREVENTION Recycling to Stop Landslides: 2nd Sustainable Favela Network Exchange Visits Morro dos Prazeres
REFORESTATION AND AGROECOLOGY 3rd Sustainable Favela Network Exchange: Agroforestry in Rio’s Densely Populated North Zone
WASTE MANAGEMENT AND LIVELIHOODS EccoVida Transforms Livelihoods through Recyclables at 3rd Sustainable Favela Exchange
RECLAIMING MEMORY, RECOGNIZING HERITAGE 4th Sustainable Favela Exchange: The ‘Struggle, Strength, Resistance’ of Quilombo do Camorim
ENVIRONMENTAL ED + RACE City of God’s Eco Network Makes Environmental Education Socially Relevant at 4th SFN Exchange
PRESERVE WHAT YOU LOVE Final On-Site Sustainable Favela Exchange of 2018 Visits the Sepetiba Ecomuseum [VIDEO]
FINALLY, THE LAUNCH Over 130 Emboldened at Launch of Rio de Janeiro’s Sustainable Favela Network - Marc Cho and Jessica Goodenough, RioOnWatch
Favela Community Land Trust Workshops Series
By Priscilla Mayrink and Tyler Strobl, RioOnWatch architecture and land rights reporters
Part 1: Community Workshop, Methodology and Practice
Part 2: Legislative Workshop, Debating a CLT Law in Brazil
Part 3: Presentation to Public Authorities and Final Reflections
Growing Pride, Continued Resistance and Favelas' Role in Democracy
YOUTH TAKE THE LEAD ‘Can You See That I’m Black?’ Racism Loses Ground to Recognition of Blackness in Rio’s Favelas - Ana Paula Souza, Bruno Sousa, Laerte Breno, and Thaynara Santos, Agência Narra
MOTHERS MOBILIZE ‘Acts of Resistance Followed by Death’ and Impunity: Mothers Fight for Responses to Their Sons’ Cases - Gizele Martins and Jessica Santos, Institute of Alternative Policies for the Southern Cone (PACS)
SKY-HIGH BILLS PERSIST Rio’s Electric Utility Fails to Remove Problematic Meters, Favela Residents Pay the Price - Tyler Strobl, RioOnWatch evictions reporter
DIALOGUE AND COMMUNICATION Alemão’s 14th Annual ‘Circulando’ Celebrates Artistic Interventions and Creative Resistance [IMAGES] - Jorge Sanchez Garcia, RioOnWatch events reporter
GRASSROOTS KNOWLEDGE AND DEMOCRACY Role of Peripheries in Democracy is Focus of the Second Edition of the Peripheries Journal - Luisa Fenizola, CatComm public policy analyst
REPRESENTATION ‘Post-Election Hangover’ Event Brings Together Black Community for Post-Elections Debrief - Rithyele Dantas, Jornalistas Pretas for RioOnWatch
Research and Policy Show: Favelas as a Product of Denied Rights
DATA ANALYSIS ‘Of Cities and Slums’: Working Paper Analyzes Role of Favelas in Process of Urbanization [REVIEW] - Alex Besser, RioOnWatch collaborator
STILL NO BASIC RIGHTS Talíria Petrone Highlights Struggle for Basic Rights on 70th Anniversary of the UDHR - Renata Queiroz, health policy reporter for RioOnWatch
END OF 'MORE DOCTORS' PROGRAM Favela Residents Lament Exodus of 224 Cuban Doctors from State of Rio - Brunna Condini, O Dia
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