Center for Participatory Change

Center for Participatory Change Igniting collective power. Transforming systems of oppression. Healing in community. CPC’s vision is collective liberation, la liberación del pueblo.

We create spaces for learning, healing and relationship building. Individuals and grassroots groups build analysis and take action through our Popular Education, Language Justice, Racial Equity and Sustainability Circles. We’re a democratically run, non-hierarchical, multiracial, woman-led organization. We are based in Asheville, NC and work primarily in Buncombe County and surrounding communities

. CPC’s work is rooted in popular education, a collective learning process where communities build awareness and strengthen their abilities to create change. CPC centers the communities most affected by structural inequities, especially Latinx and Black communities. Our community organizing goes beyond policies and laws, it includes sharing stories, song, ritual, food and bringing our whole authentic selves.

Happening today
08/30/2026

Happening today

CPC was proud to collaborate with local organizations for NC BLOC’s Action Camp, a weekend of leadership development, co...
08/30/2026

CPC was proud to collaborate with local organizations for NC BLOC’s Action Camp, a weekend of leadership development, community building, and organizing. Today, participants are putting it into action by showing up at local organizations to lend their hands, strengthen our spaces, and support the work. This is what community power looks like.

🌍 The world is coming to Asheville.While the 2026 G20 Leaders’ Summit will take place in Miami this December, Asheville ...
08/28/2026

🌍 The world is coming to Asheville.

While the 2026 G20 Leaders’ Summit will take place in Miami this December, Asheville is playing an important role in the road to the G20. From August 29–September 1, finance ministers, central bank governors, deputies and other officials from some of the world’s largest economies will gather right here in Western North Carolina for the G20 Finance Track meetings.

This is bigger than a conference. Conversations about the global economy, investment, debt, financial systems and economic growth will be happening in our own backyard.

Asheville is on the global stage this weekend. The question for those of us who live here is: How do we make sure our communities are part of the conversation about what economic growth and prosperity should actually look like?

NC Bloc is bringing to Asheville Action Camp this Friday and Saturday in Asheville.
08/25/2026

NC Bloc is bringing to Asheville Action Camp this Friday and Saturday in Asheville.

Please share and attend!💜Join us for International Overdose Awareness Day as we come together for remembrance, connectio...
08/24/2026

Please share and attend!💜

Join us for International Overdose Awareness Day as we come together for remembrance, connection, healing, and community.

This gathering is centered on community organizing around grief, healing, and supporting one another alongside SeekHealing and community partners.

📅 Monday, August 31
⏰ 5–8 PM
📍 Carrier Park

We will share stories, honor the names and memories of those we’ve lost, and create space for collective healing.

Come as you are. Bring your stories. Bring your memories. Bring community

08/21/2026

Here’s a word from our Program Manager Mrs. Cam Hardin aka Camilla Camillahh

New Gen is back this September! 💜✨ We already have 13 girls signed up at Asheville Middle School, and spots are filling ...
08/21/2026

New Gen is back this September! 💜✨ We already have 13 girls signed up at Asheville Middle School, and spots are filling quickly!

We’re ready for another year of fun, friendship, social skills, confidence, and leadership development. Let’s go, New Gen! 🙌🏾

Friday: Leadership“Leadership doesn’t always come from the front of the room. Sometimes it begins in a circle, with peop...
08/21/2026

Friday: Leadership

“Leadership doesn’t always come from the front of the room. Sometimes it begins in a circle, with people listening deeply to one another.”

Thursday: Action“Reflection helps us understand our world. Collective action gives us the power to change it.”
08/20/2026

Thursday: Action

“Reflection helps us understand our world. Collective action gives us the power to change it.”

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