PeoplesHub
Skills, community, and resilience — for a local revolution.
Who is PeoplesHub?
A national network of trainers, advisors, and visionaries.
Elandria Williams
Former member of Highlander Research and Education Center – PeoplesHub Director of Trainings, and PeoplesHub Trainer
Sarah van Gelder
Founder of PeoplesHub, founding editor of YES! Magazine, author, speaker – PeoplesHub’s Executive Director
Julieta Vitullo
Bilingual writer, playwright and educator – PeoplesHub’s Director of Operations
Halima Cassells
Detroit-based artist, community advocate – PeoplesHub Trainer
Jess Grady-Benson
Trainer, organizer and artist – PeoplesHub Trainer
Medea Benjamin
Founder of the women-led peace group CODEPINK and co-founder of the human rights group Global Exchange
Dante Garcia
Seattle artist, designer, organizer – PeoplesHub Trainer
Siko Bouterse
Co-founder and coordinator of Whose Knowledge? and former Director of Community Resources at the Wikimedia Foundation
Adrienne Maree Brown
Author of Emergent Strategy, facilitator, pleasure activist, coach, healer, and doula
Melissa Rosario
Puerto Rico-based facilitator, researcher and healing justice practitioner – PeoplesHub trainer
Matt Guynn
Organizer with On Earth Peace, Training for Change – PeoplesHub Trainer
Mary Joyce
Impact Design Director at Harmony Labs and Founder & Principal at Do Big Good Consulting
Adela Nieves
Founder of Homemade Healing, a neighborhood wellness center in Southwest Detroit, co-founder of Healing by Choice – PeoplesHub Trainer
Marcia Lee
Co-founder of Healing by Choice and Taproot Sanctuary in Detroit – PeoplesHubTrainer
Jeanne Rewa
Experiential trainer, facilitator, and organizer trained by Training for Change – PeoplesHub Trainer
Linda Stout
Founder and Executive Director of Spirit in Action – PeoplesHub Trainer
Mateo Nube
Co-founder of Movement Generation: Justice & Ecology Project
Starhawk
Author, activist, and co-founder of Alliance of Community Trainers
Akaya Windwood
President of Rockwood Institute
Peter Block
Consultant and author of “Community: The Structure of Belonging”
Heather Booth
Founder of the Midwest Academy
Puanani Burgess
Native Hawaiian trainer, consultant and poet
LeeAnn Hall
Co-director of People’s Action
Ma. Teresa “Mayté” Penman
Director of Resident Engagement for Southwest Solutions, Detroit
How does it work?
As a group
Choose the training that offers your group the strategy, ideas, vision, and skills you need — or take the whole series. Our training team will work closely with you to address the issues you most want to take on.
On your own
Check out PeoplesHub workshops and sign up on your own or with a friend! Get skills, inspiration, and tools you can use where you are.
Get empowered
Apply vision, ideas, tools and strategies from your PeoplesHub experience to the place where your heart lives. Gain the power and connections to get good things done.
Core Trainings
Connect online as a group
Dreaming & Scheming: Group Vision and Purpose
Tap into your creativity. Find your shared vision. Take this interactive training to get clear on your purpose and how together you’ll make change where you live.
Make It Real, Part A: Turn Dreams into Strategies
Who has power in your community? What power do you already have? Select from proven strategies to make your vision a reality.
Make it Real, Part B: Objectives, Tactics, and Timelines
Build on your vision, strategies, and community knowledge to create a plan. You’ll come out of this training with the tactics, timelines, and next steps to make it happen.
Build Leaderful Groups
Share the work, encourage new people to join your group, and avoid burnout. Value the many styles of leadership and build friendships, and your group will be stronger and more resilient.
PeoplesHub Workshops
Registration is open!
If the workshop you want to take isn’t open yet, let us know and we’ll notify you when it does.
Your workshop could be here!
Participants in PeoplesHub's workshops are often times also trainers. Tell us your idea!
"Emotional First Aid" with Agustina Vidal
Learn how to identify an emotional crisis and provide support to those in need.
"Beautiful Solutions: A Toolbox for Liberation" with Rachel Plattus and Elandria Williams
Explore your local systems of economy and governance, learn how to build local solidarity economies, and build a thriving community where you live.
"Deep Listening through Open & Honest Questions" with Marcia Lee
Is it possible to be heard without an agenda and knowing that the other person is not trying to fix you, save you, or advise you? It is! Find out how in this workshop.
"Poetics of Engagement" with Ebony Golden
Tap into our collective knowledge with arts-centered strategies, collective power generation, creative maroonage, and the radical act of building sanctuary.
"Introduction to Community Rights" with Paul Cienfuegos
Learn how to reestablish the right of The People to make critical decisions for themselves and create legal protections from corporate and governmental harm.
"Writing the Evolution: Rituals for Narrative Liberation" with Ebony Golden
Push the boundaries of your creative writing and find everyday rituals in support of personal and collective liberation.
"No More $#*tty Meetings" with Halima Cassells and Jeanne Rewa
Meetings don’t have to be oppressive! In this workshop, learn how to build trust and connection, share power, and even have fun.
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