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Check Out Our Explainers on CatComm and Our Three Programs [...] Watch Sustainable Favelas: The Key to Climate Justice and Thriving Cities” Design Matters Lecture at the University of Calgary’s School of Planning, Architecture and Landscape Sustainable Favelas: The Key to Climate Justice and Thriving Cities Residents across Rio de Janeiro’s favela communities have been [...] Brazil’s ‘Favela Community Land Trust’ Celebrates Five Years and Hosts International Exchange in Rio de Janeiro The Favela Community Land Trust Project marked its fifth anniversary in 2023, having grown as a model for ensuring stability and security of tenure in self-managed communities. The milestone was celebrated during a seminar featuring [...] This Giving Tuesday, Help Rio’s Favelas Fight Climate Change With Solar, Green Roofs, Sewage Bio-systems and So Much More! Catalytic Communities is a Rio de Janeiro-based nonprofit organization that has supported thousands of grassroots favela organizers over 23 years. This year, our Giving Tuesday fundraising goal is $10,000, whether on Facebook, our own [...] Join us October 28 for the 5th Anniversary of the Favela-CLT Project With CLT Leaders from Around the World Favela-CLT III National Seminar and 5th Anniversary Celebration There is still time to register for the 5th anniversary of the Favela-CLT Project, which will feature an international exchange with activists living CLTs practice, in [...] Favela on Outskirts of Rio de Janeiro Gets Solar! Join Us for Launch of Photovoltaic System in Duque de Caxias  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FAVELA ON OUTSKIRTS OF RIO DE JANEIRO GETS SOLAR! GRASSROOTS WOMEN’S GROUP INVITES PRESS AND ALLIES TO LAUNCH OF PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM IN DUQUE DE CAXIAS Press conference and launch event, on September [...] RECENT HIGHLIGHTS New! Check Out Our Explainers on CatComm and Our Three Programs Watch Sustainable Favelas: The Key to Climate Justice and Thriving Cities” Brazil’s ‘Favela Community Land Trust’ Celebrates Five Years and Hosts International Exchange in Rio de Janeiro This Giving Tuesday, Help Rio’s Favelas Fight Climate Change With Solar, Green Roofs, Sewage Bio-systems and So Much More! Join us October 28 for the 5th Anniversary of the Favela-CLT Project With CLT Leaders from Around the World Favela on Outskirts of Rio de Janeiro Gets Solar! Join Us for Launch of Photovoltaic System in Duque de Caxias Contact Us PO Box 42010 Washington, DC 20015 +1.301.637.7360 +55.21.991.976.444 info@catcomm.orgBased in Rio de Janeiro and with a US 501[c][3] charitable status, Catalytic Communities (CatComm) is an empowerment, communications, think tank, and advocacy NGO working since 2000 in support of Rio’s favelas at the intersection of sustainable community development, human rights, local-global networks, communications, and urban planning. CatComm supports and empowers residents of informal settlements, evolving strategically to support their needs as they arise. 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