Catalytic Communities is a favela advocacy NGO based in Rio de Janeiro. News @RioOnWatch. Portug/local tweets @ComCatRJ. Sustainable Favelas @SustentaFavela.
Joined June 2008
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Catalytic Communities (CatComm) retweeted
23 Jun 2023
Victory in Rio de Janeiro: CLT are now back in the Master Plan! co-habitat.net/en/news/victo…
@CatComm #TermoTerritorialColetivo #CLT @RioOnWatch @comcatrj
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Catalytic Communities (CatComm) retweeted
10 Jun 2023
Check out the latest RioOnWatch.org
Digest - bit.ly/ROWDigestXIV3
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📷: [1]:Mariana Terra | [2]: Bárbara Dias | [3]: Luiza de Andrade | [4]: David Amen
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Catalytic Communities (CatComm) retweeted
31 May 2023
Rio de Janeiro’s ‘Governor of Massacres’ as an Affront to the ‘Right to the Favela’
By Tatiana Lima @Tatiana_Lima
🔗For the full article, visit our website: bit.ly/3P5cEy7
w/ @RaizesMovimento, @fogocruzado, @geni_uff, @idmjracial, @MareNoticias
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Catalytic Communities (CatComm) retweeted
30 May 2023
Police Brutality Marks Forced Eviction of Homes and Businesses in Rato Molhado Favela in Rio de Janeiro’s North Zone
By Barbara Dias @barbaradiasph
🔗For the full article, visit our website: bit.ly/3qkXOc8
w/ @SeopRJ, @Prefeitura_Rio, @defensoria_rj
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Catalytic Communities (CatComm) retweeted
29 May 2023
27th Favela University Forum Meeting in Manguinhos Debates Health Promotion and Knowledge Production by Young Favela Researchers
By Vinicius Ribeiro @vinicius_nrib
🔗For the full article, visit our website: bit.ly/45Ah05W
w/ @museudamare, @ceasm_, @Fala_Akari, @ufrj
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Catalytic Communities (CatComm) retweeted
26 May 2023
Rio de Janeiro City Council Launches First Ever Special Commission to Combat Racism
By Amanda Baroni Lopes
🔗 Read de the full article: bit.ly/428VjXG
@muhcab, @RjMnu, @ArquivoBrasil, @Cultura_Rio, @fiocruz
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Catalytic Communities (CatComm) retweeted
23 May 2023
Two Police Operations in Three Days Cause Psychological Terror for Residents and Leave Victims in the Favelas of Maré #VoicesFromSocialMedia
By @Tatiana_Lima
🔗 Read de the full article: bit.ly/3OzSJ9X
w/ @fogocruzado, @redesdamare, @vozdacomunidade, @MareVive,
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Catalytic Communities (CatComm) retweeted
9 May 2023
Public Fills Rio de Janeiro City Council to Demand the Community Land Trust in the City’s Master Plan and Discuss City Hall’s Exclusion of Urban Policy Instruments
#TTCFica!
By @jcmendoncasant1 and
@leocoelho_jor
🔗 Read de the full article: bit.ly/3HSi0bg
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Catalytic Communities (CatComm) retweeted
3 May 2023
Primavera Collective Distributes Chocolate, Solidarity, and Affection for Easter in the Cavalcanti Favelas of Rio de Janeiro
By Vinícius Ribeiro @viniciusnribeiro
🔗 Read de the full article: bit.ly/3LPU5Md
w/ @vozdacomunidade
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Catalytic Communities (CatComm) retweeted
3 May 2023
Long-Due Coronation of Maria Conga in Magé: Organizers Respond to Vandalism of Bust of ‘Brazilian Harriet Tubman’
By Barbara Dias @barbaradiasphoto
🔗 Read de the full article: bit.ly/3LPU5Md
w/ @RjMnu, @idmjracial, @desencarcerarj
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Catalytic Communities (CatComm) retweeted
26 Apr 2023
Political Violence Through Fake News: A New Face to the Criminalization of Poverty and Favela Community Organizers
By @Tatiana_Lima
🔗 Read de the full article: bit.ly/3V3GyU9
w/ @vozdacomunidade, @article19org, @terradedireitos, @justicaglobal
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Catalytic Communities (CatComm) retweeted
21 Apr 2023
First ‘Energy Efficiency in the Favelas’ Report Reveals New Insights About the Impacts of Energy Inefficient Services and Use on Poverty and the Exacerbation of Inequalities
By Favelas Unified Dashboard
🔗For the full article, visit our website: bit.ly/EEonROW
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19 Apr 2023
The Favelas Unified Dashboard, facilitated by Catalytic Communities, was cited in a recent New York Times opinion piece. Written by Dr. Amy Maxmen, the piece shows how local solutions to systemic problems faced by favelas help build trust amongst residents.
10 Apr 2023
“Lessons lie in Brazil’s favelas because, in the face of decades of government neglect, many have created internal systems to support one another,” writes @amymaxmen. nyti.ms/3KLzbNE
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19 Apr 2023
With a special focus on Covid-19, the author mentions how many inside favelas suspected that official counts had underestimated caseloads.
bit.ly/BrazilsFavelasNYT2023
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19 Apr 2023
In response, dozens of groups fed data into the Covid-19 in Favelas Unified Dashboard, that tracked the disease across 450 favelas in Rio de Janeiro.
bit.ly/BrazilsFavelasNYT2023
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Catalytic Communities (CatComm) retweeted
18 Apr 2023
Rio de Janeiro Mayor Heavily Amends City’s 10-Year Master Plan In Final Phase, Prompting Intense Criticism from Civil Society
By Projeto TTC
🔗For the full article, visit our website: bit.ly/CLTinMP
w/ @camarario
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Catalytic Communities (CatComm) retweeted
14 Apr 2023
Mutirão 50: A 1980s Model in Mutual Aid, Self-Management, Micro-Urbanism and Collective Land Ownership in Fortaleza, Northeast Brazil
By Yves Cabannes e Beatriz Terra
🔗For the full article, visit our website: bit.ly/3GIQbln
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Catalytic Communities (CatComm) retweeted
6 Apr 2023
Fruit from the Tree Black Culture Center: Samba Quilombo in Rio’s West Zone Preserves Black Identity and Memory [IMAGES]
By Larissa Nascimento
🔗For the full article, visit our website: bit.ly/3ZOureD
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Catalytic Communities (CatComm) retweeted
1 Apr 2023
Check out the latest RioOnWatch.org
Digest - bit.ly/ROWDigestXIV2
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📷: [1]: Bárbara Dias | [2]: Priscila Silva | [3]: Natalia S.Flores | [4]: Vinícius Ribeiro
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Catalytic Communities (CatComm) retweeted
31 Mar 2023
Parliamentary Front for Climate Justice Launch at Rio's Legislative Assembly Debates Environmental Racism and Public Policies in Favelas
By Vinícius Ribeiro @viniciusnribeiro
🔗 Full article: bit.ly/3JYATtl
w/ @FMCJS, @fiocruz, @LabJaca, @data_labe, @CasaFluminense
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