THE NEXT TWO HUNDRED FIFTY YEARS START WITH US.
The People's 250 is a national cultural and civic initiative for America's 250th anniversary — young Americans stewarding, seasoned leaders advising, every generation building together.
"We're not waiting for permission. We're stewarding the inheritance."
— RILEY JONES IV, CO-CHAIR, PEOPLE'S 250
FOUR
PARTS, ONE
INITIATIVE.
A national cultural and civic effort for America's 250th anniversary — gathering people across generations to remember together and act together.
CULTURAL ACTIVATIONS
Storytelling, music, oral history, public art, and gatherings that anchor civic life in place.
CIVIC ASSEMBLIES
A national day of community gatherings on August 29, 2026 — simultaneously across every P250 Hub.
LOCAL HUBS
Place-based centers of activity where people gather, host assemblies, and connect their community to the broader network.
PUBLIC COMMITMENTS
What we will build together, written down and held to.
WHERE THE WORK IS
ALREADY HAPPENING.
CULTURE IS HOW COMMUNITIES REMEMBER, GATHER, MOURN, CELEBRATE, AND COMMIT.
The People's 250 treats culture not as decoration, but as civic infrastructure. Music, story, memory, ritual, public art, local history, and intergenerational gathering are not side programming — they are how people enter civic life.
- Storytelling
- Music
- Oral history
- Public art
- Local history
- Food
- Faith communities
- Museums & libraries
- Youth documentation
- Community rituals
- Intergenerational gatherings
CHOOSE HOW TO
GET INVOLVED.
Four pathways, equal weight. Pick the one that fits — the central team coordinates and supports from there.
JOIN THE NETWORK
For individuals — artists, educators, historians, storytellers, faith leaders, elders, youth leaders, organizers, volunteers, funders. Tell us how you'd like to contribute.
JOIN THE NETWORKNOMINATE A LEADER
Know a trusted leader in organizing, arts & culture, education, faith, youth, historical memory, media, or civic life? Send their name forward.
NOMINATE A LEADERPARTNER WITH US
For institutions and groups — museums, libraries, alumni groups, schools, community anchors, churches, civic organizations.
PARTNER WITH USSUPPORT THE WORK
For donors and funders — individual, family, foundation, corporate. Help make the next 250 years possible.
SUPPORT THE WORKEVERY HUB.
ONE DAY.
AUG 29.
P250 Hubs are place-based centers of activity — where people gather, host assemblies, and connect their community to the broader network. On August 29, 2026 every Hub gathers simultaneously for the national Civic Assembly.
Want a Hub in your community? Talk to us about anchoring one.
YOUNG PEOPLE ARE STEWARDS,
NOT THE GATE.
Young Americans are not the audience for this work — they are stewards of it. They document. They organize. They interview elders. They shape local projects. They show up to the Assembly and they carry it forward.
But this is not a youth program. It is a multi-generational effort where every generation is in the room — and the next stewards are already at the table.
FROM SHARED MEMORY
TO SHARED RESPONSIBILITY.
Four pathways, equal weight. Pick the one that fits — the central team coordinates and supports from there.