Community members joined the Racial Healing Initiative for a special 90 minute post-election Community Call. This was a dedicated space for grounding, reflecting, and cultivating collective healing after the U.S. presidential election.

On a recent Community Call, Nanci Lee shared her reflections on reparative land practices and BIPOC circles at Tatamagouche Centre. Participants were invited to discuss their own practices and experiences of radical hospitality in their organizations.

On this Community Call, participants discussed the recent impacts of wildfires and hurricanes on retreat centers in the community. We also explored a disaster scenario as groundwork for future calls on the increasingly-urgent topic of resilience.

On this Community Call, community members discussed ways retreat centers can serve as spaces of refuge, healing, and learning during times of political upheaval.

On this call, the RCC Stewardship Circle gathered with community members to share updates on the hiring process for RCC Collaborative Director and to discuss ways retreat centers can foster cultures of belonging.

On this Community Call, community members came together to join Eve Wachhaus of Adamah for a discussion about what risk can look like at retreat centers.

Community members gathered for a celebration of solstice and a conversation exploring how seasonal retreat center programs connect to racial healing.

On this Community Call, Stanley Wu and Oren Slozberg led a discussion about resilience. Participants helped to identify different kinds of resilience and suggested first steps towards strengthening personal and organizational resilience going into the future.

On this call, the RCC Stewardship Circle member Kirstin Vander-Giessen Reitsma led a community discussion about hospitality. Participants pooled their collective wisdom to expand their thinking about the meaning of hospitality and how to address hospitality-related challenges.

On this call, the RCC Stewardship Circle gathered with community members to share updates on the leadership transition and to hear feedback from the collaborative community that is the RCC.

Tuning into and managing the energy we bring into racial healing spaces is a vital part of healing work. On this call, RHI Program Director Brenda Salgado shared Toltec perspectives and practices on energetic sovereignty and responsibility and invited participants to share their own wisdom.

This open space Community Call provided an opportunity for participants to explore resilience and successful program stories, among other topics.

On this call, the RCC Stewardship Circle gathered with community members to share updates on the leadership transition and to hear feedback from the collaborative community that is the RCC.

Community members gathered in the spirit of renewal for this Racial Healing Workshop led by RHI Program Director Brenda Salgado.

On this Community Call, RCC peers gathered celebrate Ben Scott-Brandt and all the RCC has accomplished under his leadership.

On this Community Call, RCC peers gathered for an interactive discussion to exchange notes on effective marketing tools and strategies that work for retreat centers.

On this call led by Brenda Salgado, program director of the Racial Healing Initiative, community members gathered to explore money stories. Opening up our money stories is a way to observe and transform our relationship to the flow of abundance.

On this Community Call, participants gathered to discuss staffing at retreat centers.

While gathering for the final Community Call of 2023, RCC community members reflected on the year and our shared story as a community.

On this Community Call, participants shared poems and stories that have given them strength and inspired them in the important work of retreat centers.