we’ve Launched

Phase II: Building the Dream

We are in the second phase of realizing a collective space for learning, imagining, nourishing, healing, and engaging in meaningful conversations. We are in the process of showcasing the many offerings that will be contained with The People’s Place building. We started with a delicious demonstration of The People’s Place Cafe, featuring the culinary genius of B.J. Dennis of Charleston, South Carolina, and a panel discussion around cultural foodways. Over the course of 2024, we will be unveiling other aspects of The People’s Place, by collaborating with others in Asheville’s social justice ecosystem.

we started out R.A.W.

Phase I: Resiliency At Work

This was our first phase of realizing a collective space for learning, imagining, nourishing, healing, and engaging in meaningful conversations. The People’s Place grew out of a series of gatherings (EAT – Engaging in Antiracism Together) for anti-racist activists who regularly met to share and contemplate experiences, to breathe and heal, and to just BE with one another AND it was always over a meal.

The People’s Place will tell the story of Urban Renewal, which along with many of you, we call “Urban Removal”. We believe that the story of serial forced displacement (Dr. Joy DeGruy) is centuries long, going back to the inception of our country.

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Know yOur History: We credit the following institutions and individuals who have researched, written and reported on these historical (and current) events. Please click on the photos and titles for links to their work. 

We imagine a world that where everyone thrives!

We are imagining The People’s Place as an actual place. A place to learn, to dine, to connect, to grow, and to create change.

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