Gilberto DimensteinApril, 2012

The city in your hands

Learning Neighborhood

An innovative education initiative which turns the whole community into a classroom.

It maps the assets of the neighborhood.

It creates connections and alliances between and across sectors.

How can we turn-around a school the government had decided to

shut down?

How can we turn-around a school the government had decided to

shut down?

School Neighborhood

PHILOSOPHY

MUSIC SAMBA

WEBDESIGN

DANCE

ARTS

COMMUNICATION

PORTUGUESE and MATH

CINEMA

Instituto Fernand Braudel

LITERATURE

Catraca Livre

Catraca Livre (“Open Turnstile” in

Portuguese) is an information hub that

selects and delivers information on free and

low-cost opportunities in the city via a multi-

channel media network that includes radio

stations, newspapers, Internet, bus and

subway display screens.

Startups

Bus and subway

Gilberto DimensteinApril, 2012

The city in your hands