Instituto Cultural Steve Biko

The Instituto Cultural Beneficente Steve Biko, commonly known as Instituto Steve Biko, is a Brazilian non-governmental organization founded on 31 July 1992 and based in Salvador, Bahia. It promotes actions to combat racial inequality through educational inclusion projects aimed at the Black community. Its students are affectionately called "bikudos." The institute emerged from discussions that began in 1990 around the I Seminário Nacional de Estudantes Negros (First National Seminar of Black Students), held in 1993. Its founders saw the university as a strategy for social advancement and the fight against racial discrimination, and formed a group with the goal of creating a pre-university entrance exam course for Black students. This led to the founding of the institute on 31 July 1992. The name Instituto Cultural Beneficente Steve Biko was chosen in honor of the South African Bantu Stephen Biko, one of the ideologues of the Black Consciousness movement, who died on 12 September 1978 as a result of torture suffered in prisons under the Apartheid regime in South Africa. The institute's main project is a pre-university entrance exam course (pré-vestibular) aimed at low-income Black students. In addition to traditional subjects such as Portuguese and mathematics, students study Citizenship and Black Consciousness. Other projects include Programa Oguntec, which stimulates science and technology; Programa Pompa (Projetos Mentes Abertas e Portas Abertas), which develops student leadership for careers in public service and the third sector; Programa DHAR (Projeto de Formação de Jovens em Direitos Humanos e Anti-Racismo), a course on human rights and racism; a student exchange program involving visits, lectures, and exchanges with Black students from other countries; and Programa Up With English, an English course in partnership with the Associação Cultural Brasil – Estados Unidos (ACBEU). The organization operates as a civil society organization in Salvador and is associated with partners such as ChangeMakers and Ashoka.

The Instituto Steve Biko emerged from the construction of the I Seminário Nacional de Estudantes Negros (First National Seminar of Black Students), which took place in 1993. These discussions had been occurring since 1990, motivated by the desire to bring together Black people at a national level to reflect on the insertion of Black people in academic spaces. The founders saw the university as a strategy for social ascension and the fight against racial discrimination, so they formed a group with the objective of creating a pre-university entrance exam course for Black students, thus founding the institute on 31 July 1992. The name Instituto Cultural Beneficente Steve Biko was chosen in honor of the South African Bantu Stephen Biko, one of the ideologues of the Black Consciousness movement, who died on 12 September 1978 as a result of torture suffered in prisons of the Apartheid regime in South Africa. The institute's main project is a pre-university entrance exam course aimed at low-income Black students. In addition to traditional subjects offered in this type of course, such as Portuguese and mathematics, students study Citizenship and Black Consciousness. In addition to this, the NGO has the following projects: Programa Oguntec, which stimulates science and technology; Programa Pompa - Projetos Mentes Abertas e Portas Abertas, which works on student leadership with the objective of working in public and third-sector positions; Programa DHAR (Projeto de Formação de Jovens em Direitos Humanos e Anti-Racismo), a course that addresses human rights and racism; the Exchange Program, which involves exchanging experiences, visits, lectures, etc. with Black students from other countries; and Programa Up With English, an English course in partnership with the Associação Cultural Brasil – Estados Unidos (ACBEU).

• 1993

  The I Seminário Nacional de Estudantes Negros (First National Seminar of Black Students) is held, from which the institute emerged.

• 1992

  Instituto Cultural Beneficente Steve Biko is founded on 31 July in Salvador, Bahia.

• 1990

  Discussions begin among Black students and activists about creating a national movement and a pre-university course for Black students.

Non-governmental organization promoting racial equality through educational inclusion for the Black community in Salvador, Bahia.

• Pre-university entrance exam course (pré-vestibular)

  Main project: a pre-university entrance exam course aimed at low-income Black students, including traditional subjects and Citizenship and Black Consciousness.

• Programa Oguntec

  Actions stimulating science and technology.

• Programa Pompa - Projetos Mentes Abertas e Portas Abertas

  Works on student leadership with the objective of working in public and third-sector positions.

• Programa DHAR (Projeto de Formação de Jovens em Direitos Humanos e Anti-Racismo)

  A course that addresses human rights and racism.

• Programa de Intercâmbio

  Exchange of experiences, visits, lectures, etc. with Black students from other countries.

• Programa Up With English

  An English course in partnership with the Associação Cultural Brasil – Estados Unidos (ACBEU).

1. 1Instituto Cultural Steve Biko - Wikidatawikidata.org
2. 2Instituto Steve Biko - Wikipedia (Portuguese)pt.wikipedia.org