Power Lab
The Name That Holds Everything
Rehoboth — “God has made room for us.”
That promise anchors the work of the Interdisciplinary University for Power Building (IUPB). We begin with conviction: communities most impacted by structural oppression already carry the capacity and wisdom to transform their conditions. The question is not whether power exists, but how it can be organized into durable, accountable civic strength.
IUPB answers that question through four interconnected spaces — the Power Lab, Praxis Table, Public Square Studio, and Amandla Gatherings — each teaching a different discipline of power building. Woven through them are the six essential elements of The Bigger We — Belonging, Bridging, Agency, Structure, Narrative, and Co‑Governance — a framework created by the brilliant folks at the Freedom Together Foundation and integrated throughout the IUPB curriculum.
“Go make your people a people. Build what outlasts you. Claim the room that has been made. That is the charge of the IUPB. That is the charge of Rehoboth.”
Our Founding Philosophy
The IUPB is built on the pursuit of transcendence — the practice of building from shared humanity rather than inherited systems.
Where Transposition merely swaps who holds authority, and Transition follows existing tracks, Transcendence starts at a deeper root — beneath policy and ideology — to reimagine community life itself. That is the mode IUPB teaches and practices.
The Four Pillars of IUPB Formation
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Relational Depth — Authentic, accountable relationships across difference → Power Lab
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Narrative Power — Telling the story with consistency, courage, and craft → Public Square Studio
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Strategic Intelligence — Power analysis, campaign design, and policy imagination → Praxis Table
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Institutional Resilience — Structures that endure, self‑correct, and remain accountable → Across all components + succession planning
The IUPB Ecosystem
Component
Builds
Format
⚡ Power Lab
Organizing muscle, base‑building, and relational infrastructure
2‑Day Intensive
■ Praxis Table
Research‑action integration, policy strategy, and ecosystem mapping
6‑Week Cohort
● Public Square Studio
Narrative power, political education, and Bigger We integration
Ongoing / Integrated
★ Amandla Gatherings
Belonging, spiritual renewal, coalition celebration, and recommitment
Quarterly or Annual
The IUPB curriculum serves as a gateway to a comprehensive architecture for building community power — bridging organizing, policy innovation, narrative strategy, and institutional design. Together with the Freedom Together Foundation’s Bigger We framework, it forms a civic ecosystem where capacity becomes collective power — and where the room God has made becomes a home for transformation.