How important was it for the Quebrada em Movimento Hub to bring the experience of visiting Expo Favela Innovation Brasil?
The visit to Expo Favela
On 11/29/2025, the visit to Expo Favela Innovation Brasil was carried out with the support of Cufa Campinas; residents of Campinas were taken, at no cost, to visit Brazil’s largest favela innovation event. Beyond connecting with new technologies from the market, visitors were able to find inspiration not to give up on projects that are still on paper.
Belonging and new connections
Living in peripheral communities can reduce access to technological innovations and cultural movements due to a lack of resources, and being at one of the country’s largest entrepreneurship fairs, created by favela exhibitors, brings a sense of belonging, because many of the speakers and collaborators faced similar challenges in the past and went on to become successful.
The cultural transformation of this fair restores the audience’s connection with a world of possibilities. Seeing it with their own eyes and having cultural, culinary, and technological experiences breaks down the barriers of the lack of local access and opens doors to new interests and opportunities.
Occupy to Transform: The social impact for the visitors
At the end of the tour, testimonials were gathered from some participants that showed individual experiences with the event’s attractions. You can find the records in .
The social impact generated by the visit to Expo Favela is the motivation and the cause for the Campo Grande territory to keep organizations going in order to strengthen the periphery. For transformation begins when local residents act to bring about change, and the Quebrada em Movimento Hub works so that these powerful initiatives keep having a positive impact on the region.
Therefore, the conclusion is that when peripheral residents of Campinas occupy spaces such as Expo Favela, the impact reshapes perspectives, enabling new connections and proving that innovation is born from the communities’ agency.
