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DESCRIPTION:Theresa Williamson\, Founder and Executive Director\, Catalytic
  CommunitiesShantytown Gentrification\, Property Titles\, Eviction and the
  Struggle for Affordable Housing in Rio de JaneiroBrazil’s\nrecent economi
 c successes have reshaped governmental policies toward its\nworld-famous f
 avelas (often translated as “shantytowns”). While some of these\npolicies 
 are promising\, some have reinforced gentrifying trends. In this talk\,\nD
 r. Theresa Williamson will discuss some of these policies and their\ngentr
 ifying effects\, as well as new ideas for creating affordable housing in\n
 Rio’s favelas\, including a look at the potential of Community Land Trusts
 .Theresa\nWilliamson is one of the world’s most respected sources of infor
 mation about\nand advocate for Rio de Janeiro’s favelas as they face today
 ’s fast-paced\ntransformations. She is winner of the 2012 NAHRO John D. La
 nge International\nAward\, and her work and commentaries have been feature
 d in O\nGlobo\, Marie\nClaire\, Tricycle\, and\nquoted in The\nNew York Ti
 mes\, Al\nJazeera\, Le\nMonde\,\nNPR’s “Worldview”\, and many other news o
 utlets. \n\n \n\nTheresa\nreceived her BA in Biological Anthropology from 
 Swarthmore College\, and her\nPh.D. in City and Regional Planning from the
  University of Pennsylvania. Her\ndissertation\, “Catalytic Communities: T
 he Birth of a Dot Org”\, won the 2005\nGill-Chin Lim Award for Best Disser
 tation on International Planning\, and was a\nfinalist for the 2004 Barcla
 y Gibbs Jones Award for the Best Dissertation in\nPlanning. Her articles h
 ave appeared in Progressive\nPlanning\, The\nJournal of Urban Technology\,
  and Cidadania.org.\,\namong other journals. Raised in the Washington\, DC
  area\, she is a dual\nBrazilian and British citizen\, and currently lives
  in Rio de Janeiro\, where she\ndirects the NGO she founded\, Catalytic Co
 mmunities.Discussant: Don Mitchell\, Distinguished\nProfessor of Geography
 \, The Maxwell\nSchool\, Syracuse University Open to the publicSponsored b
 y the Program on Latin America and the Caribbean at the Moynihan Institute
  of Global Affairs 
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SUMMARY:PLACA presents: Theresa Williamson
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p></p><p></p><p><b>Theresa Williamson</b>\, <
 i>Founder and Executive Director\, Catalytic Communities</i></p><p><b>Shan
 tytown Gentrification\, Property Titles\, Eviction and the Struggle for Af
 fordable Housing in Rio de Janeiro</b></p><p>Brazil’s\nrecent economic suc
 cesses have reshaped governmental policies toward its\nworld-famous favela
 s (often translated as “shantytowns”). While some of these\npolicies are p
 romising\, some have reinforced gentrifying trends. In this talk\,\nDr. Th
 eresa Williamson will discuss some of these policies and their\ngentrifyin
 g effects\, as well as new ideas for creating affordable housing in\nRio’s
  favelas\, including a look at the potential of Community Land Trusts.</p>
 Theresa\nWilliamson is one of the world’s most respected sources of inform
 ation about\nand advocate for Rio de Janeiro’s favelas as they face today’
 s fast-paced\ntransformations. She is winner of the 2012 NAHRO John D. Lan
 ge International\nAward\, and her work and commentaries have been featured
  in <i>O\nGlobo\, Marie\nClaire\, Tricycle</i>\, and\nquoted in T<i>he\nNe
 w York Times\, Al\nJazeera\, Le\nMonde</i>\,\nNPR’s “Worldview”\, and many
  other news outlets. <p>\n\n \n\nTheresa\nreceived her BA in Biological An
 thropology from Swarthmore College\, and her\nPh.D. in City and Regional P
 lanning from the University of Pennsylvania. Her\ndissertation\, “Catalyti
 c Communities: The Birth of a Dot Org”\, won the 2005\nGill-Chin Lim Award
  for Best Dissertation on International Planning\, and was a\nfinalist for
  the 2004 Barclay Gibbs Jones Award for the Best Dissertation in\nPlanning
 . Her articles have appeared in <i>Progressive\nPlanning</i>\, <i>The\nJou
 rnal of Urban Technology</i>\, and <i>Cidadania.org</i>.\,\namong other jo
 urnals. Raised in the Washington\, DC area\, she is a dual\nBrazilian and 
 British citizen\, and currently lives in Rio de Janeiro\, where she\ndirec
 ts the NGO she founded\, Catalytic Communities.</p><b><i>Discussant: Don M
 itchell\, Distinguished\nProfessor of Geography\, The Maxwell\nSchool\, Sy
 racuse University</i></b><p> </p><p>Open to the public</p><p><b><i>Sponsor
 ed by the Program on Latin America and the Caribbean at the Moynihan Insti
 tute of Global Affairs</i></b></p><p><br></p><p> </p><p></p><p></p>
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