CORUSCANT: A studio for organizers
For renewal. For strategy. For the long view.
Coruscant is a physical and relational base designed to support organizers, leaders, and organizations across multiple phases of their work—strategy, transition, consolidation, and renewal.
Located on the Pendle Hill campus just outside Philadelphia, Coruscant offers a grounded setting where movement work can be examined, strengthened, and carried forward over time.
Coruscant is a studio: a place to sharpen practice, deepen political clarity, build alignment, and strengthen the relationships that long-haul organizing depends on.
Coruscant: A fictional planet in the Star Wars universe, characterized by its endless, planet-wide city and function as the capital of the Galactic Republic. The name itself is derived from the English word "coruscant," meaning "sparkling" or "brilliant". The Jedi Temple on Coruscant is a central hub for all Jedi activities, including training, quiet contemplation, and learning.
Coruscant: An Institutional Base for the Long Haul
We are living in a historical moment that demands more than constant response. Organizers are navigating political volatility, organizational strain, and deep uncertainty—often without the time, space, or infrastructure needed to build durable power.
Coruscant exists to help address that gap.
Across Spadework, InAdvance, and decades of movement practice, one truth kept surfacing: you cannot strengthen organizing for the long haul without building institutional bases that organizers and organizations can return to—across campaigns, roles, and moments of transition.
Organizing is slow, relational, and deeply human work.
It requires stamina.
It requires belonging.
It requires political clarity and cultural grounding.
And it requires places—physical and relational—that support reflection, experimentation, and continuity.
Coruscant is one such place: a studio designed to support organizers and organizations across the long arc of their work, and to evolve alongside the movements it serves.
Partnership with Pendle Hill
Coruscant is located at 322 Plush Mill Road in Wallingford, Pennsylvania, within the Pendle Hill campus—a historic center dedicated to study, reflection, and social transformation. Beginning in 2025, Coruscant and Pendle Hill will co-sponsor programs including tracks for new organizers, strategy seminars, and a guest speaker series. Groups gathering at Coruscant may also arrange meals, additional guest rooms, and access to campus grounds through Pendle Hill.
What Happens Here
Organizers and movement groups use Coruscant across different moments in their work—to think through strategy, navigate leadership or organizational transitions, consolidate learning after campaigns, and reconnect to longer horizons.
Or: Groups and individuals use the space when decisions need clarity, leadership is shifting, or there is a need to consolidate learning and reconnect to longer-term strategy.
Coruscant supports multiple forms of use, including residencies, curated convenings, and supported rentals—without being defined by any single one.
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Extended time and space for experienced organizers and movement leaders to reflect, clarify direction, and re-engage their work with intention. Residencies are one way Coruscant supports people across longer organizing journeys.
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Political education, strategy seminars, cultural work, and guest speakers that strengthen shared language, movement memory, and organizing practice across generations.
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Convenings for executive directors and senior leaders navigating growth, transition, political complexity, or strategic inflection points—designed to support clear thinking and collective learning.
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Coruscant is available for aligned use by organizations and collectives whose work supports organizing and movement-building. Supported rentals help sustain the studio and ensure access to shared movement infrastructure. Learn more about renting the space