{"id":9703,"date":"2016-09-24T14:05:10","date_gmt":"2016-09-24T14:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/pcs\/?p=9703"},"modified":"2024-04-22T14:38:33","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T18:38:33","slug":"watch-theresa-williamson-97-offers-a-glimpse-into-rios-favelas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/pcs\/2016\/09\/24\/watch-theresa-williamson-97-offers-a-glimpse-into-rios-favelas\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Theresa Williamson &#8217;97 Offers a Glimpse into Rio&#8217;s Favelas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>From Swarthmore College News and Information<\/em><br \/>\n<em>August 17, 2016<\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:63%;height: 0\">      <\/div>\n<p><em>Today<\/em>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.today.com\/video\/santa-marta-matt-lauer-tours-of-one-of-rio-de-janeiro-s-oldest-favelas-743153219701\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Santa Marta: Matt Lauer tours of one of Rio de Janeiro\u2019s oldest favelas<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 2016 summer Olympics has turned the world\u2019s attention to life in Rio de Janeiro. The city is surrounded by over 1,000 favela communities, which have come to be synonymous with poverty and crime. However, <a href=\"http:\/\/catcomm.org\/theresa-williamson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Theresa Williamson \u201997<\/a> says that while education, health, and sanitation remain to be the top three demands of the people in favelas, the favelas provide a vibrant community for those who live there.<\/p>\n<p>Williamson founded and serves as executive director for <a href=\"http:\/\/catcomm.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Catalytic Communities<\/a>, a nonprofit organization that is working to destigmatize Rio de Janeiro\u2019s favela communities and integrate them into the wider society. Since its founding in 2000, Catalytic Communities has provided communications, networking, and training support to leaders in the favela communities.<\/p>\n<p>Williamson graduated from Swarthmore with a special major in biological anthropology and a minor in peace and conflict studies. She received her Ph.D. in city and regional planning from the University of Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Swarthmore College News and Information August 17, 2016 Today: Santa Marta: Matt Lauer tours of one of Rio de Janeiro\u2019s oldest favelas The 2016 summer Olympics has turned the world\u2019s attention to life in Rio de Janeiro. The city is surrounded by over 1,000 favela communities, which have come to be synonymous with poverty &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/pcs\/2016\/09\/24\/watch-theresa-williamson-97-offers-a-glimpse-into-rios-favelas\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Watch: Theresa Williamson &#8217;97 Offers a Glimpse into Rio&#8217;s Favelas<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[369,73,511],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/pcs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9703"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/pcs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/pcs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/pcs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/pcs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9703"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/pcs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9703\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":175424034,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/pcs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9703\/revisions\/175424034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/pcs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/pcs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/pcs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}