Research, field reports and essays by Casa Hacker — the pieces below are available in English. The full library lives in Portuguese.
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At PerifaImpacto, choosing where and how in-person gatherings happen is a pedagogical decision: for the project assistants, <b>the operational is the condition of possibility for the educational</b>.
Teaching in pairs in Casa Hacker's STEAM projects in Sumaré shows that <b>collaboration, trust, and care among educators</b> sustain a sense of belonging for those who teach and those who learn.
From May 15 to 17, Inova Quebrada traveled to Salvador and to the <b>1st Forum at UFBA</b> to affirm the periphery as a productive space and a holder of social and survival technologies.
Behind the scenes at PerifaImpacto, <b>agile management, a supplier database, and data</b> sustain monthly gatherings between Campinas and São Paulo without losing the active listening and care for those who take part.
From free-writing circles to a published book, the <b>Coletivo Literário Dandara Somos</b> turns poetry into a spokesperson for women of Campo Grande, in Campinas.
While the periphery puts out fires in the territory, it leaves empty the chair where laws and budgets are decided. Occupying councils and city chambers means bringing the knowledge of the quebrada to the planning table.
AI is already in the classroom: it broadens access to knowledge, but it also opens gaps for surveillance and inequality. Casa Hacker's path is critical use mediated by the educator.
The Fundo de Cidadania Ativa launches an open call with R$ 225,000 (BRL) for up to 30 community initiatives in the peripheries of Campinas. Free applications from May 8 to June 14, 2026.
With the support of the Fundo da Quebrada, the Gabriel Sustentável project built an accessibility ramp and strengthened the ONG Gabriel, benefiting 210 people and turning a physical barrier into dignified access.
From a BRL 100,000 project in 2022 to a network that moves roughly R$ 2.7 million: how the Hubs de Cidadania Ativa built their own methodology for management, data and impact across three territories.
For leaders from the periphery, taking care of yourself is not selfishness: it is a survival strategy that protects time, health and money so that the project does not perish along with the person who runs it.
As the final stage of the Redes Conectadas project, Casa Hacker trained educators from four institutions so that each one could carry digital inclusion forward in their own territory.
Formed by mothers from the periphery of Campinas, Coletivo Vulcana brought to the stage the play <b>Dijanira: Mulher Mãe do Campo Grande</b>, in which children act alongside their mothers and motherhood becomes art and critique.
Supported by the Fundo da Quebrada, the Seneb Project brought Kemetic Yoga to Campo Grande and, even on an initial scale, recorded a 74% average improvement in the health perceived by the participants.
An experience report from an impact advisor at Casa Hacker: supporting 16 peripheral leaders is, above all, about translating technical knowledge and walking alongside them, from listening to strategy.
Nyak shares how <b>agile management</b>, applied with active listening and adapted to the reality of the periphery, turns the power of peripheral leaders into structure without losing its essence.
Myla Silva, a leader from <b>Jardim Lapena</b> supported by Perifa Impacto, shows that understanding the territory is the first step toward social projects that truly make sense in the community.
On March 12, 2026, in São Paulo, the <b>Minas em Tech Experience</b> brought together around 85 participants to place girls at the center of innovation, technology, and STEAM.
Nara Leme, manager of Inova Quebrada, proposes seeing <b>accountability</b> not as red tape but as a pedagogical tool that builds autonomy in peripheral leaders.
On 11/29/2025, the <b>Quebrada em Movimento</b> Hub took residents of Campinas, at no cost, to Expo Favela Innovation Brasil, the country's largest favela (Brazil's low-income communities) innovation event.
At the Quebrada em Movimento HUB, women lead initiatives born from the reality of their territories: trajectories of courage, care and strategy that show the strength of women in the collective construction of social impact.
Casa Hacker's case study on Documenso CE: how the open-source e-signature platform, configured with an ICP-Brasil A1 certificate and RFC 3161 timestamps, produces qualified electronic signatures — the highest legal tier under Brazilian law.