PARTicipatory leadership for this moment
Participatory Leadership:
Cultivating Care, Community, and Collective Power
A 6-week lab for designing your leadership practice through collective sensemaking, deep reflection, and communal care
Participatory leadership isn’t about holding formal authority—it’s about leading from the middle, shaping change from where you are. It’s about how we show up—in our communities, organizations, and movements—to lead with integrity, care, and purpose.
Participatory Leadership: Cultivating Clarity, Care, and Collective Power is an invitation. An invitation to ground, reflect, and cultivate the clarity needed to lead in ways that sustain both ourselves and our communities. This is not about having all the answers—it’s about holding space for exploration, collective wisdom, and leadership that emerges from care rather than urgency.
Every day, an neo-fascist, oligarchical government is escalating harm against us and our neighbors. We are living in a moment of profound transition and deep rupture. The structures we’ve relied on—political, economic, and social—are shifting rapidly, if not altogether deteriorating. Many of us feel the weight of uncertainty, the exhaustion of resistance, and the need for spaces of deep connection and clarity.
In moments like these, when the world is unsteady, leadership begins with grounding ourselves in internal clarity and deep alignment with purpose. Only then can we lead—not in isolation, but in connection—through a cycle of care, action, and reflection. Clarity on our personal leadership allows our acts of meaningful care and resistance to emerge from who we are and the purpose we are living into.
This lab is for those seeking to define what leadership looks like for them in this moment. It is for those committed to showing up with integrity, shared power, and mutual care. Together, we will reimagine how change happens.
Together, we will ask: How do we care for ourselves and each other? And how do we reimagine our leadership and life in this moment?
Join us. Let’s build something that sustains us for the long haul.
Who’s This Course For?
This course is designed for anyone who:
- Seeks grounded leadership in the face of instability.
- Feels called to lead with care, not control.
- Wants to cultivate collective power rather than burnout.
- Craves a network of support—a space to reflect, strategize, and replenish.
What You’ll Gain
This 6-week course offers a balance of self-reflection, small group dialogue, and individual practice.
🔍 Clarify Your Core Values – Lead with integrity by understanding what truly drives you.
💡 Shift Your Mindset – Move from limitations to possibilities and cultivate adaptive thinking.
🎯 Lead with Intention – Align your daily actions with your larger purpose.
💆🏽♀️ Sustain Your Well-Being – Build the practices that keep you grounded in your leadership.
🌱 Reimagine Your Purpose – Step into this moment with clarity and impact.
This is not a traditional leadership course—it is a lab for learning in real-time, where we explore leadership as an emergent, collective practice.
Course Details
💲 Cost: $249 (scholarships available)
🗓 Dates: June 3 – July 8, 2025
🕛 Schedule: Tuesdays, 12:00 – 1:30 PM EDT for 6 weeks
⏳ Time Commitment: 2-3 hours per week
What To Expect
👥 Community-Based Learning: Small group discussions that grow a network of support
🖥 Interactive, Live Sessions: Expert facilitators guiding design, reflection, and discussion
✍️ Reflection and Journaling: NSPC’s Changemaker Journal for reflections and designing
🧑💻 Integrated Tech: Design your leadership practice using a digital whiteboard on Figjam
🫂 NSPC Community of Practice: After the lab, you are welcome to join NSPC’s Community of Practice, which meets every month to support and care for one another
Faculty
Atlas Charles
Thomas Watson
Accessibility & Sliding Scale
We believe leadership education should be accessible to all. Sliding scale pricing and scholarships are available to ensure cost is not a barrier. If cost is a concern, please reach out—we are committed to making this space available to all who need it.
✉️ For financial aid and scholarship inquiries, complete this application or contact us at: newschool@participatorychange.org
Join Us
This course is open enrollment. Whether you consider yourself a leader or not, if you’re longing for a space to process, find clarity, and practice leadership rooted in care, you belong here.
📩 Questions? Reach out to us at: newschool@participatorychange.org.
Let’s cultivate leadership that nurtures, resists, and sustains—together.