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IBEAC 45 Years: The Future is Collective

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Vozes Daqui de Parelheiros Receives National Recognition from SECOM

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IBEAC Launches Raízes da Periferia Training Program

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Who We Are

The Brazilian Institute for Community Support and Studies (IBEAC) is a Social Organization that believes in the transformative power of human relationships and is committed to ensuring that the Parelheiros region is recognized as a model of participatory, creative, and solidarity-based citizenship.

Since 1981, we have been producing information that supports the management of territories across Brazil, working in various areas of access to human rights.

Through this, we reinforce the cycle of sustainable development in which every social being recognizes themselves as co-responsible for the world around them, making it increasingly clear that the future is for everyone and is inherently collective.

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Our Work

IBEAC organizes its initiatives into five main areas of focus, reflecting its commitment to social transformation and the promotion of rights. These areas — Environment, Care, Educommunication, Social Entrepreneurship, and Literature — demonstrate how the institute connects innovation and community engagement to address challenges and create opportunities in various contexts.

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Our Publications

The reflections and stories shared offer perspectives that stimulate critical thinking and broaden horizons on topics such as sustainability, human rights, and social entrepreneurship. It is a space where real-life experiences and meaningful discussions converge, inviting each reader to engage and find inspiration for transformative actions in their daily lives.

Educommunication and Memory: social technologies that create crossroads and make it possible to listen to silenced voices and imagine other possible worlds

This article, “Educommunication and Memory: social technologies that create crossroads and make it possible to listen to silenced voices and imagine other possible worlds” (2025), written by Gabriel Razo da Cunha, discusses how the encounter between the social technology of educommunication and the Social Technology of Memory (Museu da Pessoa) can empower silenced voices and contribute to the inclusion of historically vulnerable populations in debates on environmental justice, the climate crisis, and other socio-environmental issues. The analysis is based on the case study of the Vozes Daqui de Parelheiros project and its audiovisual series Memórias de Parelheiros: Guardians of Life. The article was launched as part of the 1st International Conference on Social Technologies of Memory (2025) and the 12th International Digital Storytelling Conference, which propose reflections on the role of social technologies of memory in inspiring action and transformation. Titled “Lives, Voices and Knowledge in a World on Fire,” the hybrid conference brought together internationally recognized figures in the fields of memory, social technologies, and culture. The event is organized by Sesc, StoryCenter, Museu da Pessoa, the Ministry of Culture, and the Federal Government of Brazil, with sponsorship from Mercado Livre and 3M.
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Afterword – Museums in Motion: Continuing to Fly Together

Afterword by Bel Santos Mayer | Page 235 | The afterword reflects on the expansion of the concept of the museum based on the experiences brought together in the book Museums, Subjects, and Territories in Dialogue (ed. Andrea Rabinovici and Ilana S. Goldstein), highlighting museological practices developed by Indigenous peoples and by peripheral, traditional, and territorial communities. Rather than institutions centered on objects and hegemonic narratives, these museums are presented as living, collective processes rooted in their territories, valuing memories, knowledge, and practices that have historically been marginalized.
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Mindfulness in labor, childbirth, and birth in peripheral communities

By Ana Paula Silva Martins, Rosely Erlach Goldman, Flávia Cristiane Kolchraiber, Carla Marins Silva, Maria Cristina Gabrielloni, Káren Mendes Jorge de Souza. Objective: To understand the experience of labor, childbirth, and birth, with an emphasis on self-compassion and female leading role, after experiences in Cognitive-Based Compassion Training (CBCT®) and identify challenges and potential in the application of this training in peripheral communities. Methods: This qualitative research of the narrative analysis type was developed on the outskirts of São Paulo, SP, between September 2021 and December 2022. Six women who participated in CBCT® during pregnancy and seven women from the “Mobilizing Mothers” group were interviewed. Thematic content analysis was used with the help of Atlas.ti software.
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