Wir bringen die Seele in die Politik –
by, with & for the People
Community Organizing, Education & Arts for Communities, Organisations & Movements
The SCHOOL OF POLITICAL HOPE (SPH) is a Berlin-based grassroots school for all who seek ways out of the current zeitgeist of political depression. Centering community storytelling, political emotions, and cultural organizing, we have the back of those brave justice fighters who refuse to surrender to powerlessness – despite all the violence, traumas, and vulnerability they experience.
Training
Community
Support
Dienstleistungen
The school is a consciousness-raising sanctuary for all those yearning not only for strategies and skills, but for a deeper, more soulful meaning to political life and work. Our work is driven by the belief that political hope, courage, and joy are not mere mental health comforts but radical forces of resistance – essential in confronting the abysses of a world where crisis, collapse, and catastrophe seem more imaginable than system change.
Als populäre Pädagog:innen, kritische Psycholog:innen, Community Organizer:innen, Kulturschaffende und politische Seelen arbeiten wir Hand in Hand mit sozialen Bewegungen, zivilgesellschaftlichen Organisationen, Kultureinrichtungen, Gewerkschaften, Betriebsräten, Jugendverbänden and migrant communities, as well as youth, worker, and community leaders to fight against authoritarian oppression, exploitation, and repression.
Georg Blokus | Er/Ihm
Politischer Organizer, Bildner & Kurator |
Mitgründer & Geschäftsführer
Georg, born near Gdansk in 1987, is a psychologist who lives in Berlin and works across Europe as a political curator, artist, trainer, facilitator, consultant, and author with progressive social movements, trade unions and civil society organizations, cultural institutions and migrant communities. He works at the intersection of community organizing, education and arts, creating transformative spaces where solidarity and humanity can become lived experience. He currently leads the SCHOOL OF POLITICAL HOPE after being Director and Head of Organizing Education of the Berlin Hub of European Alternatives und der School of Transnational Organizing.
Sujin J. Noël | Sie/Ihr
Community FACILITATOR, Coach & Consultant
From an early age, Sujin has lived in, between, and with different cultures. As a community coach and consultant, she works wherever people collaborate who are very different and want to or must face the challenges of diversity. But what do vulnerable groups and leaders, (post-)migrant communities and democratic initiatives need in order to cope with complex changes and (re)build functioning communities? As a Senior Fellow of Humanity in Action (HIA), as a member of the Leading Change Network und der Radical Daughters, and as part of the SCHOOL OF POLITICAL HOPE, she deals with this question in change processes, consulting, and training.
Csenge Schneider-Lonhart | Sie/They
Politische Theatermacherin & Kulturorganizerin
Csenge is a cultural organizer and activist dedicated to building strong, transnational and intersectional networks that strengthen solidarity across movements at European Alternatives Berlin and for the SCHOOL OF POLITICAL HOPE. She studied theatre in Cluj, Romania, while actively fighting in the local housing movement with Social Housing Now und der European Action Coalition against urban gentrification and displacement, and for the right to housing and to the city, an experience that shaped her commitment to the arts, education, and politics. She believes in the power of care, trust, and creativity as fundamental tools for social change and resistance against alienation and xenophobia.
Max Gede | Er/Ihm
Creative Director & Community Educator
Max Gede, who comes from a Russian-German family, is a creative director, graphic & game designer, and political educator. He is particularly interested in the playful design of social, educational, and organisational transformations for diverse and democratic societies. He co-founded the democracy initiative Sprich e.V. und der SCHOOL OF POLITICAL HOPE. He also worked as Creative Director for the pan-European movement DiEM25, where he developed and implemented participatory communication and campaigning strategies. He is leading a game design team at the NS Documentation Centre in Cologne, which is developing an interactive game app for political education in schools. As a political educator, he works in particular with Russian and Ukrainian communities for the BVRE und der bbt on migration, anti-discrimination, and the culture of remembrance.
Elisa Calosi | Sie/Ihr
Kulturmanagerin & Somatic Bodyworker
Elisa studied Media – Culture – Communication in Germany, France, and Bulgaria. From 2012 to 2014 she was head of the Art and Culture Department of the International Elias Canetti Society in Ruse, Bulgaria. In 2015, she was Fellow for Art Coordination at the Akademie Schloss Solitude. She developed and managed numerous projects, from literature festivals to art exhibitions, theater performances, and films, with a focus on inclusive and participatory formats. Since 2016, she has been living in Berlin again and works as a freelance cultural manager for the IIPM – International Institute of Political Murder, the SCHOOL OF POLITICAL HOPE, and other cultural institutions and political organisations.
Denn wir verstehen, dass politisch zu organisieren nicht nur bedeutet, zu denken, sondern füreinander zu sorgen, ineinander zu vertrauen und individuelle Verzweiflung in kollektive Imagination, Lernen und Handeln zu verwandeln. Sowohl offline als auch online schafft unsere Schule deshalb mutige Räume, in denen Menschen lernen, wie sie ihre persönlichen Leiden und Geschichten in politische Kämpfe und Systeme kollektiver Fürsorge, Vertrauen und Macht transformieren können.
Practicing the lost art of organizing hope, courage, and joy means choosing the long road – consciously and with commitment. Together, it is finally time to make the road and unlearn political hopelessness. The SPH is the place where we build the emotional confidence to dream, the relational courage to care, and the cultural wisdom to organize.
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Wenn Ihr uns als Moderatoren, Keynote-Speaker, Panelisten, Trainer, Berater, Kuratoren, Autoren oder Consultants für Eure Projekte, Kampagnen oder Veranstaltungen benötigt, könnt ihr uns gerne kontaktieren.
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Unsere Partner:innen & Unterstützer:innen
Ohne unser internationales Netzwerk von Partner:innen aus Aktivismus, Zivilgesellschaft, Gewerkschaften, Bildung und
Forschung, Kunst und Kultur könnten wir uns nicht vorstellen, unabhängig, nachhaltig und politisch wirkungsvoll zu arbeiten.
