A few Sundays ago, Flamengo, arguably the most popular soccer team in Rio, won the Brazilian Championship for the first time in 17 years. Achieving their sixth national title in a 2-1 win over Grêmio in a crowded Maracanã stadium, the 38th edition of the championship “came to an end with enough [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Rio de Janeiro’
August 27th, 2009 - 11:17 pm § in Around Town, Brazil, Good Ideas, In the Field, Social Entrepreneurship
The Birth of Solutions
Once I stepped foot into my first favela, there was no turning back. I was truly spellbound. I had learned how they formed, I knew a bit of their tumultuous history, and my next obstacle was to understand how they functioned. It also came time for me to choose a topic for my master’s thesis. Initi[...]
Tags: community, favela, Rio de Janeiro, solutions 2 Comments
How Did I Get Here? (…don’t say airplane!)
I grew up in a Hamlet located just north of New York City. With the exception of that one corner restaurant that has a new name every month, nothing ever seems to change. McDonalds, the train station, and the town park, all remain in their original position, receiving a new coat of paint as needed. [...]
