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IUPB is grounded in a simple but often overlooked truth:

Communities do not lack capacity—they lack the infrastructure to convert that capacity into lasting power.

Rather than offering one-off trainings or isolated programs, IUPB functions as a formation space and civic learning infrastructure—bringing together organizers, faith leaders, public health practitioners, policymakers, educators, and community leaders to learn, practice, and build together.

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Why IUPB Exists

Communities across the country are navigating complex and overlapping challenges:

• interpersonal violence 

• political polarization 

• economic instability 

• mental health strain 

• declining trust in institutions 

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At the same time, there is growing recognition that lasting solutions must be community-led, cross-sector, and grounded in lived experience.

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IUPB exists to meet this moment by creating a space where leaders can:

• develop a deeper understanding of systems 

• align strategy across sectors 

• build relationships across difference 

• and strengthen the civic infrastructure necessary for lasting change 

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Our Approach

IUPB is built on the integration of organizing, research, policy, and narrative.

This work is carried through three core learning and practice spaces:

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Power Lab

Focuses on organizing, leadership development, and building the capacity to analyze and influence power.

Praxis Table

Bridges research and action—equipping participants to map systems, develop policy pathways, and translate knowledge into strategy.

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Public Square Studio

Centers narrative, culture, and meaning—helping leaders shape the stories that influence public understanding, belonging, and policy direction.

Together, these spaces form a cohesive approach to building interdisciplinary leadership and aligned civic ecosystems.

What Makes IUPB Different

IUPB is not a traditional training program or national network.

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It is:

• Interdisciplinary – bringing together leaders from multiple sectors and ways of knowing 

• Relational – rooted in trust, lived experience, and real community conditions 

• System-oriented – focused on aligning institutions, not just improving programs 

• Power-centered – committed to building community agency and shared governance 

• Non-competitive – designed to strengthen existing organizations and ecosystems, not replace them 

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IUPB does not seek to create a new silo.
It exists to help connect and strengthen what already exists.

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Our Ethos

At the heart of IUPB is a commitment to belonging, shared power, and collective responsibility.

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We believe:

• That communities most impacted by violence and inequity must be at the center of shaping solutions 

• That leadership is strongest when it is shared across difference—racial, cultural, institutional, and ideological 

• That lasting change requires both institutional alignment and cultural transformation

• That narrative matters—that the stories we tell shape what is politically and socially possible 

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This work is guided by a simple but profound conviction:

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“One People, One Fight.”

And rooted in a deeper understanding of human connection reflected in the philosophy of Ubuntu:

“I am because we are.”

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What We Are Building

Through IUPB, The Rehoboth Project is helping to cultivate a growing ecosystem of leaders and communities capable of:

• aligning systems across sectors 

• shaping policy and public narrative 

• strengthening community safety and well-being 

• and building durable, place-based power 

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This is not just about learning.

It is about building the civic infrastructure necessary for communities to thrive—together.

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An Invitation

IUPB is designed for leaders who are ready to move beyond isolated efforts and engage the deeper work of building systems, relationships, and shared power. 

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If you are working to strengthen your community—and are ready to do that work in collaboration with others across sectors and experiences—you are part of the future IUPB is helping to build.