Alemão Women Form Council to Support Community Mothers
A group of women in Complexo do Alemão, in the North Zone of Rio, met for the second time on Saturday June 13 to organize a women’s council that aims to discuss community issues. Around […]
A group of women in Complexo do Alemão, in the North Zone of Rio, met for the second time on Saturday June 13 to organize a women’s council that aims to discuss community issues. Around […]
Clique aqui para Português The second Vidigalerativa festival took place Thursday March 5 in Vidigal’s Cultural Center. The festival was organized and promoted by the Favela Criativa program with the objective of spreading culture and art throughout […]
Clique aqui para Português Residents of Vila Kennedy in Rio de Janeiro’s West Zone gathered once again for a ‘mutirão de limpeza’—a collective clean-up effort. These clean-ups happen every rainy day in summer and winter, as the […]
Complexo do Alemão‘s yearly carnival street party was aggressively brought to an end by policemen who “created chaos in the crowd, fired guns, tear gas and pepper spray,” according to residents who took to social media […]
Clique aqui para Português In a meeting with activist leaders from Complexo do Alemão on February 6, Mayor Eduardo Paes agreed to move forward with the construction of a higher education institution in the community […]