Clique aqui para Português CDD Acontece (City of God Happenings) is a successful community media platform in the City of God favela in Rio de Janeiro’s West Zone. It was created in August 2011 by resident Carla Siccos and […]
Clique aqui para Português Supporters and residents gathered in Vila Autódromo on Wednesday, May 18, to celebrate the launch of a new open air museum, the Museu das Remoções, or Evictions Museum. Seven exhibits were built using materials left […]
Clique aqui para Português On Wednesday May 18, the Evictions Memory Museum opened in Vila Autódromo, the favela which has become world famous for standing up to Olympic development in Rio de Janeiro. Thanks to their fierce resistance, […]
Clique aqui para Português On Wednesday May 11, Heloisa Helena Costa Berto, an Afro-Brazilian Candomblé priestess, also known by her Candomblé name Luizinha of Nanã, whose home and spiritual center in Vila Autódromo were demolished to make way for […]
Clique aqui para Português A community organization in Rio de Janeiro’s West Zone which has been educating local children for almost three decades is currently under threat due to increased violence in the area. Semente do Amanhã (Seed […]