The 592

Thursday, October 16th, 2008

One of my favorite parts of the week is most peoples' least favorite part: the rush-hour van drive from Gávea to Rocinha. It's a little hard to explain why I enjoy it as much as I do. First of all, I'm invariably crammed up against the door - my school is ...

i2i Retrospective

Monday, October 13th, 2008

A look back on what the Two Brothers Institute has been up to the past few years.

The Path to Peace in Rocinha

Sunday, October 12th, 2008

I regularly saw youth with guns when I walked through Rocinha on my way to i2i when I volunteered this past summer. My response was predictable the first couple of times I encountered these situations: shock. Though I expected beforehand to see youth with guns or dealing drugs, actually having ...

Bosque da Barra

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

My last trip to Rio was a short two weeks for Carnival.  I did manage to make time for a final "Dia dos Esportes," a special field trip to the Bosque da Barra municipal park on the Friday before Carnival began.  Although it took me six months to finally sift ...