Minhocas Urbanas was the Maré based community action research group of Favela Resistance. It consisted of Maré residents Geandra Nobre do Nascimento, Alessandra de Lima, Bruna Pierroux, and local coordinator Timo Bartholl, at the time all members of Minhocas Urbanas's local research partner the Roça! Collective; Joelma Nobre do Nascimento de Oliveira, a local market vendor; Amanda Mendonça, a social assistant and public health specialist; Jamylle Andrade, a nutritionist, Naldinho Lourenço, a community media activist; and Juliana de Medeiros Diniz, an agroecological farmer from the periurban area of Magé.