IBEAC 45 Years: The Future is Collective
The Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos e Apoio Comunitário (IBEAC) celebrates 45 years of active history this year, in 2026. To mark this milestone, the organization is officially launching a commemorative brand that symbolizes its journey of maturity, institutional consistency, and the co-creation of solutions alongside communities. Founded in 1981 during Brazil’s redemocratization process, IBEAC chose […]
Evaluating for Transformation: Four Years of Lessons Learned for Systemic Change
In 2026, IBEAC celebrates the closing of an important cycle and the beginning of a new chapter in its institutional journey. Over the past four years, with the support of Imaginable Futures, we engaged in a collaborative process focused on deepening our work in participatory monitoring and evaluation. Alongside Ensina Brasil, Cidade Escola Aprendiz, Instituto […]
WE DID IT! Against Racism, We Planted 10,639 Trees!
Each tree that sprouts from the soil is an act of resistance, a gesture of hope, and a manifesto for life. In Parelheiros, where 60% of the population is Black or Brown and 48% is up to 29 years old, regenerating the Atlantic Forest is not just about planting trees. It is about planting rights, […]
“Against Racism, I Plant” Campaign Planting Drive Plants 1,150 Native Trees
In recent days, we celebrated moments of collective action and care in Parelheiros with the Against Racism, I Plant campaign, reaching the milestone of 1,150 native Atlantic Forest trees planted! On November 29, we continued putting new life into the soil, reaffirming that combating racism also happens through caring for the territory and regenerating the […]
IBEAC takes part in LABTS training with the Mães Mobilizadoras social technology
During the training program promoted by the University of Brasília (UnB) and the Banco do Brasil Foundation, a formative process that has just begun and will continue over the next 18 months, Flávia Kolchraiber, IBEAC’s Project Coordinator, and Maria Alves, Local Manager and Mãe Mobilizadora, took part in a dynamic journey of exchanges, learning, and […]
Mães Mobilizadoras meet with Minister Guilherme Boulos and State Representative Ediane Maria in Brasília
On Tuesday—marked by the strength and symbolism of the March of Black Women—representatives of IBEAC, Flávia Kolchraiber (Project Coordinator) and Maria Alves (Local Manager), took part in a meeting with Minister Guilherme Boulos and State Representative Ediane Maria to present the Institute’s more than 40-year trajectory in defending human rights and building transformative actions in […]
Vozes Daqui de Parelheiros takes part in COP30 actions with political advocacy through art and culture
Vozes Daqui de Parelheiros, together with Coletivo Encrespades, took part in COP30, affirming that peripheral communities not only experience the impacts of the climate crisis, but also build solutions, narratives, and possible futures. From the outskirts of São Paulo to the world, the initiative reinforced that climate justice must be debated with and from the […]
IBEAC brings representation to the COP30 Blue Zone
The Brazilian Institute of Community Studies and Support (IBEAC) is taking part in COP30, in Belém, through its presence in the Blue Zone — the official United Nations space that brings together world leaders, government representatives, civil society organizations, and youth from across the globe to debate and propose concrete solutions to the climate crisis. […]
Vozes Daqui de Parelheiros at COP30: peripheries sowing climate justice
Vozes Daqui de Parelheiros, together with Coletivo Encrespades, will be present at COP30 to affirm that peripheral communities not only experience the impacts of the climate crisis, but also build solutions, narratives, and possible futures. From the outskirts of São Paulo to the world, we reinforce that climate justice must be debated with and from […]
IBEAC is a finalist in the Banco do Brasil Foundation’s LABTS Call for Proposals with the Mães Mobilizadoras initiative
IBEAC was selected as a finalist in the Banco do Brasil Foundation’s Social Technology Laboratory (LABTS) Call for Proposals, in the “Violence in the Peripheries” category, with the Mães Mobilizadoras initiative! 💜 LABTS is an initiative by the Banco do Brasil Foundation aimed at identifying, developing, and disseminating innovative solutions to social and environmental challenges […]