Complexo do Alemão

Copies of O Cidadão newspaper. Photo by Natalie Southwick

Favela Media Activism and Its Legacy for Civic Engagement in the Olympic City of Rio de Janeiro

Favela residents, especially youth, have used online and offline media against human rights violations for a while now in Rio. Media technologies and journalism techniques [...]

September 14, 2016

Favela residents protest against impeachment. Photo by Fernando Frazão/Agência Brasil

What Does Dilma’s Impeachment Mean for Favela Residents?

Clique aqui para Português For the original article by Miriane Peregrino in Portuguese published by Jornal O Cidadão click here. On Wednesday August 31, the senate [...]

September 7, 2016

Residents of Multiple Favelas Discuss Unresolved Problems at Public Hearing on PAC Housing

Clique aqui para Português On August 31, the Rio de Janeiro Public Defenders Office held a public hearing for residents of the Complexo do Alemão, Jacarezinho, [...]

September 5, 2016

O Cidadão's Carolina Vaz and Gizele Martins. Photo by Natalie Southwick

“We Verify the Truth They Leave Out”: Favela Journalists Speak at First Communication Congress

Clique aqui para Português On Saturday, August 27, journalists, students and members of community media organizations from across Rio de Janeiro gathered at the Museu da [...]

August 31, 2016

"They're done with the gold, silver and bronze, but the lead continues!" Cartoon by Carlos Henrique Latuff

Favela Residents Denounce Olympics Death Toll on Social Media

Clique aqui para Português Between August 5 and 21, over the course of the Olympic Games, 92 shootouts took place in Rio de Janeiro, leaving at least 31 dead and 51 [...]

August 30, 2016

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