WE'RE OPEN
Phase III: People's Place AVL Mini-Museum and Gift Shop @ 58 Broadway
Hurricane Helene posed unexpected challenges and hardships, as well as opportunities for new relationships and collaborations. We're grateful for the connection we've built with Mountain Housing Opportunities, and through them we've found a home at 58 Broadway Street in downtown Asheville. The Mini-Museum and Gift Shop are open Thursday through Saturday, 11 am to 6 pm. The storefront enables us to offer a public face for our growing operation, a launching pad for all of our collective endeavors.
First a Concept,
Becoming a Place
and a Movement
We intend to face the past history of harms, to openly talk about where and how it hurts, to begin healing, to generate ideas for change and growth, to make a new way, to become free…
We, The People Day
Calling the Locals to Downtown. Make a move on Asheville
Saturday, June 7th | We, The People Movement
Boost energy, creativity, and the economy
Free t-shirts, decorating stations, food, photo ops, and more
Please join the People's Place for a screening and facilitated discussion of the Oscar-winning film No Other Land on Wednesday, May 28 from 6-9pm at the YMI Cultural Center in downtown Asheville.
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.
