CatComm Update: Last Day to Vote! 12/11/2009
The following is the latest update from CatComm regarding their attempt to win $25,000 to help folks in a poor neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro to resist the destruction of their community. Read on for more, then take time to vote. It's free and will may help people have a voice in what happens to their homes and families.  The boys in this picture are from Vila Autódromo (click on them for a full slideshow with captions), and despite the city of Rio´s determination that their peaceful, model, community should be removed to make way for the Olympics (without any opportunity for public comment) they are hard at work preparing the building materials for their fathers to continue improving their homes. I´d like to share with you a quick update on the Chase Community Giving Competition, which ENDS TODAY. If you´ve had trouble voting, please keep trying. If you haven´t yet, please VOTE for CatComm. If necessary please try until you succeed and let us know as the application has been problematic. But the reward is worth it: $25,000 for us to train over 200 community leaders from across Rio´s favelas in social media and develop an online hub where their stories will be told in the lead-up to the 2016 Olympics. Also: don´t forget to send us a screenshot or let us know when you vote to be entered into our raffle for a free trip to Rio to see our work in person, should we win! Here´s more information we´ve compiled this week on the communities at risk from the Rio Olympics:
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